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Fargodome Adds Metal Detectors

The equipment has been installed but not yet used.

FARGO (KFGO) – The Fargodome is upgrading its security with walk-through metal detectors. The equipment has been installed but not yet used. General Manager Rob Sobolik tells KFGO News says staff is undergoing training, and they are working on finalization of guidelines and protocol on what is and isn’t allowed to be brought in to the venue. While an official…

Moorhead Police Begin “PAL” To Combat Juvenile Crime

Police Athletics and Activities League

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Police Department has just launched a local chapter of ‘PAL’, the Police Athletics and Activities League. They are combining this new program with favorites from the past to prevent juvenile crime. Moorhead Police Department is mixing some of the old with the new. “We used the inspiration behind the cops and kids game to start the…

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Report Another Enrollment Decline

Full-Time Students Down 17% Since 2010

    ST. PAUL, Minn. — Enrollment is down at most Minnesota state colleges and universities and that means fewer dollars for those schools. Records released by the MnSCU Board of Trustee’s show last school year as the sixth straight that MnSCU institutions saw a drop in enrollment. Full-time students at those schools is at 132,000. That’s a 17% decline…

Man Who Died After Crashing Into Horses Identified

The Crash Happened Just Before 5 a.m. Saturday

STUTSMAN CO., ND — Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed when his vehicle struck three horses standing on a county road west of Ypsilanti, North Dakota. The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office identifies the victim as 24-year-old Cruz Schumacher of Jamestown. The crash happened just before 5 a.m. Saturday. After striking the horses, Schumacher’s Pontiac Grand…

Minnesota Attorney General Decides To Run For Re-Election

Lori Swanson Had Considered A Run For Governor

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson says she plans to run for re-election as attorney general instead of running for governor. Swanson was widely expected to launch a bid for governor. But the three-term Democrat told supporters in an email that she is running instead for re-election. In her email, Swanson wrote that the work of her…

More Than 1,800 People Show Up To West Fargo Boot Camp

the goal was to get kids out of the house during the winter, staying active

  FARGO, N.D. — It might just be the most fun kind of boot camp you could send your kids to. West Fargo Park District had inflatable games, mini golf, a DJ and all kinds of arts and crafts for kids to do. More than 1,800 people showed up just within the first two hours the boot camp went on and…

Frostival 2018 Makes The Cold Cool

there were plenty of activities going on all around fargo, west fargo and moorhead

  FARGO, N.D. — There’s nothing more depressing than having to stay inside all day during frigid winter weather. But park districts in the metro are changing all that with the Frostival. People who showed up to this year’s Frostival festivities certainly won’t say they were bored. “We got to go on bouncy houses and got our face painted and then…

Moorhead Police Department Participating In National Program To Reduce Juvenile Crime

they're doing it through the Police Activities and Activities league

  MOORHEAD, Minn. — There’s one moment in his career that really sticks out for Scott Kostohryz. “The first time we had one of our explorers graduate college and get hired by the Moorhead Police Department and put on our uniform. That was a big moment for me to say we’re making an impact,”  said Kostohryz, a detective sergeant at the…

Lewis and Clark Elementary Put On Living Wax Museum

they all dressed up as different scientists they researched throughout their class

  FARGO, N.D. — Gifted students at Lewis and Clark Elementary put a little twist on a wax museum they put together. The third through fifth grade students were the actual mannequins, dressed up as different scientists to go along with their “Scientists in the Field” unit at school. In order to learn more about each scientist, people just had to…

Moorhead Man Arrested After Threatening Neighbors With A Knife

The Moorhead Police Department says around 2 a.m. Friday, they were called to the 1800 Block of Belsly Blvd.

  Moorhead, MN (KFGO) – A Moorhead man is facing multiple charges after threatening his girlfriend and neighbors with a knife. The Moorhead Police Department says around 2 a.m. Friday, they were called to the 1800 Block of Belsly Blvd. Once on scene, they learned a man, looking for his girlfriend, had forced entry into his neighbor’s residence and threatened…