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How Cleanup Week Makes Things Easier for People in the Valley

When you're driving around Fargo, the streets may look a little messier than you remember them.

May 6, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Monday starts everyone’s favorite holiday in the metro…cleanup week! And that means all of that old junk and unwanted furniture is being tossed outside. This makes spring cleaning a little bit easier for people around town in our lead story. “Just helps timewise and going out to the dump,” said David Sullivan, who lives in Fargo. When…

They Did It! Congratulations to Concordia College’s Class of 2018

More than 400 students received their degree this year

May 6, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Erica Lindsey told herself at seven years old that she was going to eventually learn to play the flute. She finally did when she joined band in sixth grade and it was nothing short of the perfect fit. “I knew it was going to be an incredible journey. And what do you know? It has been,” Lindsey…

One Garage is a Total Loss, Another Damaged After Fire

The two garages and the house nearby were boarded up and vacant

May 6, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — One garage is a total loss and the other is damaged after a fire near the NDSU campus. Around 4:45 this afternoon, firefighters were called to a report of flames coming from a garage. It only took about 20 minutes for firefighters to put out the fire but not much is left standing. The Fargo Fire Battalion…

Instrument Zoo Gives Kids a Look Into the World of Instruments

Everyone who is involved in the sorority is either in the marching band, wind symphony or the U–band

May 6, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Tau Beta Sigma Sorority at NDSU and Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons are teaming up to teach kids about new instruments. The instrument zoo gave kids a chance to play new things like a trumpet, learn how to properly march in a band, and how to make some instruments of their own. Everyone who is involved in the…

Using Your Green Thumb This Spring

Gardening experts say right now it's best to get cold tolerant plants

May 6, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — We may have gotten some hotter weather but those cool nights can still affect your garden. Garden experts say many people in the metro have been buying more cold tolerant plants and flowers like pansies as a result. It’s usually after Mother’s Day when you can start planting tropical plants that require a lot of heat. If…

United Way Hosts New Event to Address Needs of Child Care Providers

The "United for Child Care" event helped child care providers learn new skills to help children

May 5, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — At the first “United for Child Care” event held by United Way of Cass Clay, many child care providers learned valuable lessons to help them in meeting the needs of children. “Whether it’s a social or emotional issue, if they’re having some sort of difficulty, so it’s balancing that while providing a really enriching early program,” said…

Students Begin Canvassing Across Town to Support Heidi Heitkamp

The "Students for Heidi" groups also take form on college campuses across North Dakota

May 5, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Several students walk around neighborhoods in the metro to convince potential voters to support Senator Heidi Heitkamp. The “Students for Heidi” group knocked on several doors and asked voters questions about their preferences heading into the election. Students say Heitkamp’s support of their needs in education and other issues fuels their ambition to help her campaign. “She always…

Hundreds Line Up for Free Comic Books at Paradox Comics-N-Cards

Free Comic Book Day falls on the first Saturday of May each year

May 5, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — People of all ages lined up all the way down Roberts Street to get their hands on a free comic book. Paradox Comics–N–Cards in downtown Fargo gave away 10,000 comic books. This year, the store partnered up with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley to bring awareness to their new homes. Comic book author…

Fargo-Moorhead Goes “Out with the Old” By Filling Streets Ahead of Cleanup Week

People across the metro put out their unwanted goods for Fargo Solid Waste to pick up

May 4, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Old couches, mattresses and even musical instruments give some new character to the streets of Fargo. “I find it unique. You know I’ve lived in many other places and never have I seen anything like this where the city is willing to pick up your stuff if you leave it on the curb,” said Michael Dillon of Fargo….

Crews from Fargo and Moorhead Respond to House Fire

Passerby saw smoke, alerted woman so she and her three dogs could get out safely

May 4, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Firefighters from Fargo and Moorhead extinguished a house fire on the 200 block of 9th Street South in Moorhead Friday afternoon that was first spotted by a passerby. The driver then alerted a woman, who quickly fled the house with her three dogs. No one was hurt. When firefighters arrived, they noticed a fire in the back…