FARGO, N.D. — It’s National Walk at Lunch Day, and Blue Cross Blue Shield companies across the country are turning their working lunches into walking lunches. Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota has been taking part for about ten years. Employees take a lap around the outside of the building during lunch time. Experts say walking at a pace of three…
FARGO, N.D. – A Fargo restaurant hosts a pizza for Parkinson’s fundraiser on Parkinson’s Awareness Day in North Dakota. Blaze Pizza served up pies with 20% of the proceeds going to the Marv Bossart Foundation For Parkinson’s Support. The longtime Fargo TV anchor passed away six years ago Tuesday after battling the disease. The foundation helps fund exercise programs, education and…
Topaz is a cat who, like many gems, has been under a lot of pressure in her life. She first came in to the care of her foster family at Adopt-A-Pet F-M with her three small kittens, all eight weeks old. She and her tiny family had been living homeless on the streets of the Turtle Mountain Reservation, and the…
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s Health Department says four illnesses in the state have been tied to a salmonella outbreak linked to frozen, raw ground tuna. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the tuna from Louisiana-based Jensen Tuna has sickened 13 people in seven states since early January. Two people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported….
FARGO, N.D. – Homeward Animal Shelter invites the community to raise money for its spay-neuter services fund with an annual Spay-ghetti and No Balls lunch. People donated a suggested $10 while enjoying a spaghetti meal at the shelter’s spay-ghetti event. Proceeds allow Homeward to spay or neuter the rescue animals before getting adopted. The shelter’s operations director says the lunch…
Surly is kind of the cautionary tale of cats whose owners choose not to spay and neuter their pets. The sweet-natured calico came in to Homeward Animal Shelter with a swollen abdomen, which made rescue workers assume she was pregnant. Further examination showed it wasn’t kittens causing the swelling. It was a massive infection of Surly’s uterus, called a pyometra,…
FARGO, N.D. – Homeward Animal Shelter is looking for your help to raise money for its spay-neuter services. The shelter is hosting its 5th Annual Spay-ghetti lunch event on Thursday from 11am to 1pm. You can enjoy a spaghetti meal while donating a suggested $10 to the shelter’s fund. The shelter is expecting around 500 people to attend. You do…
FARGO, N.D. — For the parent’s of premature babies, the time spent in the hospital after pregnancy can be difficult. Alpha Delta Kappa hoped to make things a little brighter for those families with their annual “Preemie” Baby Shower. “I know it is really important to know other people are thinking about them,” ADK member Pat Pobst said. “Even strangers,…
FARGO, N.D. – It costs Samuel Erdmann’s parents anywhere between $1200 and $2200 in medical supplies every three months to keep him alive. Samuel is six–years–old and was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes just over 10 months ago. “For us, it’s been a learning journey about what diabetes is and what that entails,” Samuel’s dad Jon Erdmann said. “You know, from…
We’re looking down the barrel of a long, rainy weekend to come with more precipitation expected over the next week. But hey, that’s early April in the upper Midwest for you. And that’s why these new workshops from River Keepers couldn’t come at a better time. They’re teaming up with the Clay County Water and Soil Conservation District to…
CLAY COUNTY, Minn. -- A Sabin man has been sentenced for a crash that killed a two-year-old boy. Forty–two–year Jeremy Sagvold is given 3 years and 6 months in prison for criminal vehicular homicide and a misdemeanor count of careless…
Minnesota (FOX 9) - The Minnesota State Patrol is warning drivers to stay focused behind the wheel after several people were cited for distracted driving - including one person who was watching "Law & Order" while behind the wheel. According to…
The director and producers of a Jacob Wetterling documentary need your help finishing the film. You can chip in on GoFundMe or at a trailer release parties in the Midwest including one at Kilstone Brewing in Fargo on…
