FARGO, N.D. — The Red River Valley SWAT team tests out some explosive breaching techniques on a house in South Fargo. Because SWAT doesn’t always have the chance to test their tools to the point of failure on structures, they’re taking the opportunity to test them out on a flood buyout home. Testing their breaching techniques allows them to do things…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ The Plains farm aid nonprofit Farm Rescue is launching an effort to bring donated hay to flood-stricken Nebraska ranchers. North Dakota-based Farm Rescue first activated its “Operation Hay Lift” program to help drought-stricken Upper Midwest ranchers in 2017. Dozens of volunteer truckers hauled hundreds of loads of hay to the region. The organization now wants to…
BISMARCK – A Republican senator from eastern North Dakota has announced he’s resigning due to health reasons. Arne Osland of Mayville notified legislative leaders that he was stepping down. Colleagues say the 77-year-old retired farmer and businessman recently suffered a stroke and is convalescing in Arizona. Osland was serving his first term, representing District 20 that includes all of Traill…
Transgender issues used to be all but impossible to talk about. Now, they’re at the forefront of a lot of issues and news stories. But that hasn’t necessarily made the conversation about — and with — transgender folks any easier for many of us, whether we’re having them in the workplace, around the neighborhood or with our friends and families….
FARGO, N.D. — It’s the metro’s call to arms to prepare for spring flooding. “We need to see the spirit of Fargo across our volunteer efforts. Working together, we are all committed to protecting the Fargo metro,” said Mayor Tim Mahoney. Mahoney wants to fill about 100,000 sandbags a day but in order to do that, he’ll need help. He’s…
FARGO, N.D. — When Brad Tanner went to NDSU back in the day, the university’s basketball team was still a part of Division II. He says he never dreamed they’d eventually be part of Division I and now, headed back to the NCAA tournament. “I was excited that they made it to the Summit League Championship and I hope…
FARGO, N.D. — College basketball fans celebrating March Madness get the chance to win big at Fantasy Sports Paradise’s annual Maui Madness. Maui Madness at Fargo’s Holiday Inn is a party where participants pick one of 68 envelopes with a NCAA team in the tournament. Whoever picks the envelope with the winning team wins a seven-day trip to Maui,…
WHITE EARTH, MINN. – The White Earth Reservation Business Committee is deeply saddened to announce that Chairman Terrence “Terry” Tibbetts, age 60, passed away this morning at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, N.D., after a lengthy illness. Tibbetts was elected Chairman of White Earth Reservation in 2016 and led the largest tribe in Minnesota. He represented all three districts on…
FARGO, N.D.– The Fargo Bacon & Beer Festival is back at the Fargodome to celebrate all things bacon and beer. The festival brings together over thirty five hundred beer and bacon lovers for the ultimate food and drink combination. Festival goers can sample almost two hundred beers from craft beer artists and watch more than fifty local restaurants compete to…
FARGO, N.D.– The Fargo Public Library is helping young kids develop their sensory skills through sensory play. From birth to early childhood, children use their senses to explore and make sense of the world around them. Sensory play is any activity stimulating a child’s senses. Kids get to interact with different things like sensory bottles, contact paper, and even bubble…
