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Students Receive Bikes From Moorhead Police

Police say they wanted to give back to the community

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Five students at Horizon Middle School got to ride home on bikes that were gifts from Moorhead Police. “I just always wanted a bike,” Angelo Zeleon, a 6th grader, said. The Moorhead Police Athletics League took unclaimed bikes donated by the police department, and with the help of Scheels, fixed them up and provided helmets to go with…

Local Businesses Go Head-to-Head in Tenth Annual Chamber Corporate Cup

52 businesses and 750 employees gather at MSUM's Nemzek Fieldhouse

MOORHEAD, Minn. — It was not quite a normal day at the office for several workers across the metro. “Well, our goal is to really just get to know all of our co–workers on a personal level. We get to have fun outside of our work setting,” said Sam Callahan of Anytime Fitness. Employees from 52 companies including Goldmark, Anytime Fitness,…

Instacart Comes to North Dakota: Nation’s Largest On-Demand Grocery Delivery Service

It's simple. Download the app or go to their website, shop your favorite local grocery store and for just $5.95 schedule a delivery

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Imagine Uber but for groceries…You can hop on an app or on the web and order your groceries instantaneously. Well now it’s not imaginary, it’s real and happening right here in the valley. Say goodbye to long checkout lines and carrying those heavy items out of the store. “You get a joke that I’ve never had to…

Treating Yourself to a Root Beer Float to Give Back with Hornbacher’s

This weekend at all Hornbacher's locations in the metro and Grand Forks, you can get a root beer float for just 50 cents

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Separately vanilla ice cream and root beer are delicious. But together they create an American classic that not only tastes great but it can also make a difference! This weekend at all Hornbacher’s locations in the metro and Grand Forks, you can get a root beer float for just 50 cents. All of the money raised will…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Moose

A shaggy dog story with -- we hope -- a happy ending.

Believe it or not, Moose is an Old English sheepdog. That’s right, the beloved and familiar face you remember from Barkley on Sesame Street is right in front of you, but minus about 2 pounds’ worth of ill-kept long fur, mats, mange, tangles and ticks. Moose was rescued from a situation in which the big guy didn’t ever get to…

Reflecting On Times of War: Honor Flight Helps Veterans Find Peace

Their trip to D.C. also helped them to create some new memories that'll last a lifetime

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wars may be over, but the memories live on for the veterans who fought in them. You could see it in more than 80 of them who went on this year’s honor flight to D.C. Joe Jimenez was just 20 years old when he enlisted as an Army clerk serving in Vietnam. Little did he know he…

Fargo South Students Celebrate a Different Kind of “Senior P.R.A.N.K. Day”

The students went to various elementary schools in Fargo to teach kids different activities

FARGO, N.D. — Seniors at Fargo South High School spent one of their last days of school helping out kids at various elementary schools. Groups of seniors went to six elementary schools in Fargo to play games with students as part of Senior P.R.A.N.K. Day But in this case, PRANK stands for People Really Appreciate Nice Kids. Fargo South students embraced…

Sheyenne Senior Ashlen Wright Receives Coca-Cola Scholarship

Wright is one of 150 students nationwide to win the honor

WEST FARGO, N.D. — A Sheyenne High School senior is one of 150 students nationwide to win a scholarship from Coca–Cola. Ashlen Wright was named a Coke scholar, earning a $20,000 college scholarship and a trip to Atlanta to attend a leadership seminar. Wright is a student volunteer with Imagine Thriving in Fargo, pairing students who are battling depression with the…

LIVE: Artist Series — Play For A Cause

A playwright who's the latest in a long line of those who give other artists a way to shine.

When you think of art, chances are, you think of a painting or a sculpture. But the art we probably consume the most is created by people we hardly ever think about at all. If it wasn’t for writers, 90 percent of the TV and the movies we watch — in fact most of our modern-day entertainment wouldn’t exist at…