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F-M Community, SpartanNash Give Donation Boost to the Great Plains Food Bank

That is enough money to supply more than twenty four thousand meals to help feed the hungry

REGIONAL — Donations at the checkouts at all four Family Fare Supermarkets in the metro really added up. People helped raise $8,200 for the Great Plains Food Bank between August 30 and September 14. That is enough money to supply more than 24,000 meals to help feed the hungry. Anyone who visited a participating SpartanNash owned retail store or fuel…

Need a Break at the Pump? West Fargo Church Has a Solution

The church will discount 25 cents per gallon up to 20 gallons per car

  WEST FARGO, ND — A West Fargo church wants to give people a break at the pump. Living Hope Baptist Church is sponsoring its 6th gas buy-down event on Saturday. It’ll happen from 10 a.m. until noon at Petro Serve USA at 239 West Main Avenue in West Fargo. The church will discount 25 cents per gallon up to…

Minnesota Farmers Racing Against the Clock to Finish Harvest

The DNR says currently, the weather trend is now towards heavier rains

  MINNESOTA — A rainy fall season has put up some obstacles for farmers in Minnesota who are trying to get their crops in. Farmers across the state say they are worried about the wet weather and are pushing to finish the harvest season with the countdown to winter fast approaching. Harvesting crops while the fields are wet can compact…

Montevideo Police Release More Details Behind Fatal Work Accident

Fultz was pronounced dead at the scene Friday

  MONTEVIDEO, Minn. — Police say the death of an auto shop worker in Montevideo was an accident. Authorities said 55-year-old Richard Fultz was pinned between a pickup and a tool chest when the owner of Backstreet Auto accidentally stepped on the truck’s accelerator. Fultz was pronounced dead at the scene Friday. Police do not expect the shop owner will…

Fake Money Making the Rounds in the Metro

In one case, the fake bill was exchanged in a Facebook purchase

  FARGO, ND — Police are reminding you to check those large bills. Fake money is turning up again in the metro. Police in Moorhead and Fargo each took a report of fake money being passed on Sunday. In one case, the fake bill was exchanged in a Facebook purchase. Police said they are seeing more movie prop money being…

Hundreds of Drought-Stricken Ag Producers Still Struggling

The aid is used to help pay the cost of hauling in hay to maintain their livestock through the winter season

  NORTH DAKOTA — Hundreds of North Dakota farmers and ranchers are expected to apply for more aid in wake of the drought. The state Ag Department is expecting at least 700 applications by the November 3rd deadline. The aid is used to help pay the cost of hauling in hay to maintain their livestock through the winter season. With…

Kayak Launch on the Red River Shuts Down for Winter

The Forest River Drive launch, which was installed last year in south Fargo, closed today

  FARGO, ND — A new kayak launch on the Red River is closing for the season. The Forest River Drive launch, which was installed last year in south Fargo, closed today. Park District officials said the Lindenwood Kayak Launch will stay open until weather conditions are no longer boat friendly. These launches are for any non-motorized boat and are…

Puzzle FM Raising Money to Help Owen Anderson Run a Marathon

A local business holds "A Day for Owen" to help his fundraiser

FARGO, ND — A local puzzle room business is helping a young disabled boy run the Fargo Marathon next year. The “Day for Owen” at Puzzled FM was dedicated to Owen Anderson, a child who lives with blindness, autism and Crohn’s disease. Family members told us all money spent at the business on this day will help the Anderson’s buy…

BBB Advises How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Cyber Attacks

More than 60 percent of americans have already been hacked this year

FARGO, N.D. — Sensitive information belonging to millions of Americans was hacked in the Equifax breach earlier this year. But why are so many people vulnerable? Even people who work in cyber security are at risk of being hacked. “I teach this all day long and yet I was still hacked, so I might have made a purchase at a coffee…

Far-Off Melodies: From the Middle East to Fargo

Compose yourself -- you're about to see and hear nothing like you've ever heard before, in Fargo.

As Fargo welcomes more and more newcomers from all different parts of the world, we get to learn all about the arts they bring with them. And this time, we get to do it at the Fargo Theatre Saturday. Symphony After Dark: Music of the Middle East is a show that blends the work of world-renowned composers and performers from…