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Red River Zoo offers free admission to healthcare workers and first responders

FARGO, N.D.–Healthcare workers and first responders will receive free admission to the Red River Zoo from June 22 through June 30. Free admission for all healthcare workers and first responders has been sponsored by Rick Electric, Inc and the Dakotas Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association. Rick Electric and the NECA want to recognize the dedication and hard work…

Team Chip to present 9th Annual Bowlin’ for the Colon check to Lend A Hand Up Wednesday

The event on Wednesday will be held at Drekker Brewhalla.

FARGO, N.D.–Team Chip will be presenting their 9th Annual Bowlin’ for the Colon check to Lend A Hand Up at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Team Chip started the Bowlin’ for the Colon fundraiser after Lend A Hand Up helped them raise money for their friend Maynard “Chip” Johnson in 2011. Every year since the fundraiser, Team Chip has given back…

Moorhead Rotary Club Hosts Food Drive For Churches United

More than 30 people dropped off food items.

MOORHEAD, Minn- The Moorhead Rotary Club is no stranger to helping out when a hand is needed. “People need food and we have the time and the energy to do it.” The club says the country is still facing trying times. “They’ve lost jobs, they need to feed their families, with the COVID pandemic that has only exacerbated things, so…

OneFargo, Black Lives Matter plan marches to get answers from police and city leaders

Organizers say they have been unable to get concrete answers to what role the police department played in former deputy chief Todd Osmundson's undercover mission on May 30th

FARGO, N.D. — When OneFargo and Black Lives Matter found out that former Fargo police Deputy Chief Todd Osmundson was allegedly in contact with other members of the police department during his undercover mission during the city’s May 30th protest and riots, the groups demanded answers. They say they have yet to be given a straight one. “The narrative continues…

Agassiz Greenway Recreation Plan Allows Public To Ask Questions About New Project

The group wanted to do this meeting to provide the public with an update and hear feedback.

FARGO, N.D.- The plan for the project is to create a wide range of recreation trails and activities, reinforce natural landscape, and support the continuing growth and prosperity of the metro. The group wanted to do this meeting to provide the public with an update and hear feedback. “An overwhelming majority of the survey respondance and participants of our events indicated…

LIVE: Hot Tips to Stay Cool

Are you sick of the heat yet? Stay healthy instead, with us.

Even if we don’t hit a new record high today, temperatures are still dangerously hot outside. Just like they were yesterday. The experts at F-M ambulance say it’s during a long stretch of hot days that they typically see a spike in heat-related emergency calls. That’s often because after a day or so, we forget to keep ourselves hydrated. They…

Lend A Hand Up, Peoples Rising Academy supports Detroit Lakes family through auction

Anna and Fred Lassonde have suffered several unexpected medical issues over the last three years. The funds from the auction help with those costs.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Tragedy has seemed to keep sneaking its way into the life of the Lassonde family. In March of 2017, while working on his car, an accident caused Fred Lassonde to suffer a traumatic brain injury, leaving the former Fargo Police detective temporarily without the ability to speak or to recall short-term memory. With Fred out of…

Code Ninjas launches contest to support families impacted by COVID-19

The winners will be notified the week of July 10. 

FARGO, N.D.–Code Ninjas Fargo is launching a contest to give back to the Fargo-Moorhead community. The contest is part of a Code Ninjas’ national campaign to give 100 free camps to deserving families impacted by COVID-19. The contest begins June 15 and runs through June 28. Owner of Code Ninjas Fargo, John Rader, said, “At Code Ninjas Fargo, we’re proud…

The Market at West Acres to return June 23

Guidelines will be in place to ensure the health and safety of both vendors and visitors.

FARGO, N.D.–The Market at West Acres is returning every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday beginning June 23. The Market is a partnership between The Northern Plains Botanic Garden Society and West Acres. It features a variety of produce and products from regional vendors. Guidelines will be in place to ensure the health and safety of both vendors and visitors. Vendors will…

Battle Lake’s Bethel Lutheran Church Moving Forward After Fire

A group of churchgoers are fundraising to help in the rebuilding effort

BATTLE LAKE, Minn. — The winds of change are blowing hard at Bethel Lutheran church in Battle Lake as the congregation packs the parking lot for Sunday service. Behind Pastor Todd Hylden lies the charred remains of the century old church on the hill which burned last weekend. “There were a lot of wonderful memories that went down in flames…