WEST FARGO, ND — The doors at Legacy Elementary in West Fargo have only been open for two years but it’s already earned its first National Blue Ribbon award. Only 342 schools across the United States received the award this year. Legacy’s principal hosted a special version of his weekly video chat to congratulate students and staff on a job well…
STEARNS COUNTY, Minn. — A state court judge has been asked to order that FBI documents related to the Jacob Wetterling investigation be returned to the federal agency. Officials in Stearns County had planned to release the investigative case file after Danny Heinrich confessed to the 1989 abduction and killing of the 11-year-old. But Patty and Jerry Wetterling sued…
WEST FARGO, ND — West Fargo Public Schools Superintendent David Flowers has announced he will retire June 30 because it’s just time. Flowers has worked in education for 45 years, serving as West Fargo Superintendent since 2010. He previously served in the same role in the Fargo School District. Originally from Topeka, Kansas, Flowers and his wife will stay in Fargo…
FARGO, ND — NDSU nursing students learned more about the opioid crisis happening in our area. The first annual Opioid Crisis Awareness panel brought in multiple experts on the disease to talk with students about the crisis. The panel is now part of the undergrads curriculum. It was put in place to make students more aware of the crisis that…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The president of Minnesota Public Radio has told employees the decision to cut business ties with Garrison Keillor resulted from “multiple allegations” over an extended period of time. Jon McTaggart held an off-the-record meeting with employees a week after Keillor’s dismissal. Reporters from Minnesota Public Radio News did not attend because the meeting was declared off-the-record,…
NATIONAL — Are you wondering what to get the millennial in your life for Christmas? Consider picking up the tab of one of their student loan payments. A new survey by the Student Loan Report states nearly 70 percent of borrowers want a loan payment this holiday season instead of that high-tech gadget or gift card. In another survey,…
Courtesy: North Dakota Game and Fish Department NORTH DAKOTA — North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department has closed the state’s inaugural otter trapping season. The limit of 15 otters has been reached. Enough otters had moved into eastern North Dakota from Minnesota to warrant a trapping season. Gov. Burgum signed off on the idea last summer. The season opened November…
NATIONAL — The feud between Google and Amazon is heating up. The two companies have been at each other’s throats over streaming and product services. Google is announcing they are pulling YouTube from some Amazon devices after Amazon is refusing to sell many Google products on its website. But the wrath of Google is far from gone. Company officials…
Fargo, ND — Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation President Jim Gartin announced he will retire on March 15, 2018. Gartin has been with the EDC since February 2012. In a statement released by the GFMEDC, Gartin said, “I believe the GFMEDC is in a stronger position than it was 6 years ago. I am especially proud of our accomplishments…
FARGO, ND — The Windbreak Saloon will no longer be known just for its music, drink specials and games. The restaurant and bar can now add “most Uber-ed to” destination in North Dakota to its description. “It gets really rowdy and busy so there’re taxi cabs. There’s everybody lined up here when I get off of work,” said Krsti Severson. Severson…
