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Bench Made of Recycled Plastic Donated to Sustainable Group at MSUM

The group had a goal and exceeded the 500 pound goal during their six month plastic bag recycling competition

May 10, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — After collecting 574 pounds of plastic materials the Sustainable Students Association at MSUM has been awarded a bench made of recycled plastic. The group had a goal and exceeded the 500 pound goal during their six month plastic bag recycling competition. The students say it’s really important to being awareness to college campuses and show students how…

MATBUS Donates Youth Programming and Outreach Transport Van to Fargo PD

"We are working with families and kids that don't have transportation readily available to them"

May 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Over the last few months the Fargo Police Department has been trying to find a method of transportation for their community engagement group. MATBUS has donated a vehicle that is going to change the future for these programs. The Fargo Police Department doesn’t just serve to protect, they serve to help children in the community. “So we’re…

Fargo’s Youth Home Remodeled for the First Time Since 1980’s

Officials say it needed some TLC

May 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — A house may be what someone lives in but what truly makes it a home is the way that it makes them feel. To make at–risk–youth feel more at home, the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch remodeled their Fargo Youth Home. Three years ago, the DBGR realized they were helping at–risk teenagers find hope but the place they…

Chick-fil-A in Fargo Teams Up with Carson Wentz’s AO1 Foundation

$1 per every chicken sandwich meal sold will go to Wentz's foundation Friday

May 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Carson Wentz teams up with Fargo’s Chick–fil–A for a special deal tomorrow. For every chicken sandwich meal sold tomorrow, Chick–fil–A will donate $1 to Wentz’s Audience of One (AO1) Foundation. Wentz founded the AO1 Foundation last year to help underprivileged youths, the physically disabled, and veterans. Chick–fil–A West Acres owner/operator Kimberly Flamm jumped at the chance to help…

Mother of Lukas Kusters, “The Dutch Destroyer”, Returns to Fargo

Rebecca Burmeff looks to sell bracelets to raise funds for the Live Like Lukas foundation

May 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — The mother of the the late Lukas Kusters, who was nicknamed the “Dutch Destroyer”, returns to Fargo to raise awareness for childhood cancer. Rebecca Burmeff will be on hand at the second annual FM Wing Challenge to sell bracelets to raise funds for Live Like Lukas. Her son met Carson Wentz as part of ESPN’s “Make–A–Wish Series” before…

West Fargo’s First Hornbacher’s Will Have Liquor Store Inside

It's expected to at the end of 2018

May 10, 2018

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WEST FARGO, N.D. — A new Hornbacher’s coming to West Fargo will be the first one to have a liquor store inside of it. It’ll also have a mezzanine level and a salad bar. The store will be right off of I–94 and Sheyenne Street in West Fargo in a strip mall site called Gateway West. The inside of the store…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Libby

A gal with a disposition as sweet as her blood sugar.

May 10, 2018

Emily Welker,

Libby the cat is a lot less fur than most of our feline guests on the Morning Show, but she’s got more love than most to make up for it. The 6-year-old orange domestic medium-hair was rescued from the pound by the fine folks from Homeward Animal Shelter and when she came in she had a substantial number of mats…

United Way Invests $300,000 To Treat Children That’re Victims of Abuse

The organization gave the grant to the Red River Children's Advocacy Center

May 9, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Last year the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center treated more than 600 kids who have been abused. Now thanks to the United Way, they’ll be able to treat even more kids, for free. When traumatized kids walk into the center, there’s usually a dark cloud hanging over them. “They’re broken and they’re hurting, they feel like the world…

Rustad Recreation Center “On the Grow” With Step Two Expansion

The project costs more than $8 million

May 9, 2018

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WEST FARGO, N.D. — West Fargo’s Rustad Recreation Center is about to get a whole lot bigger. The rec center is going into phase two of its expansion plan. It includes building space for indoor artificial turf, a basketball court, volleyball courts, batting cages and much more. West Fargo will be expanding the southwest side of the center. The project will…

LIVE: Artist Series — Cole LaRocque

The art of war.

May 9, 2018

Emily Welker,

It may be one of the most demanding disciplines any painter can choose — watercolors. The paper reveals every error, every misstep. Whites aren’t painted on; they’re the very paper itself coming through, and once you make a mistake, there’s really no removing it. But watercolorist Cole LaRocque chose his discipline already more than familiar with what happens when you…