FARGO, ND — If you’ve always wanted to try the polar plunge, but don’t want to get wet, you may enjoy it cryo-style! Glacial Peak Cryotherapy in West Fargo is having a Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics North Dakota. You can register a team of three or more all this week for the plunge on February 17th. Groups are…
REGIONAL — Three more Native American tribes in the Dakotas are suing opioid manufacturers and distributors. The tribes allege that they concealed and minimized the addiction risk of prescription drugs. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate sued 24 opioid industry groups in federal court on Monday. The lawsuit follows more than 70…
FARGO, ND — The Native American community in Fargo lost one of their own this year and many other women are stilling missing throughout North Dakota. The community is trying to stop the increase of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The rate of violent crime for Native Americans is twice the national average. “It’s really happening right here in Fargo….
FARGO, ND — Many people look forward to the holidays, but spending time with loved ones could be getting you sick. Doctors say the holidays can always play a factor in the number of flu cases because there are larger numbers of people gathered together in one space. That means people are exposed to more germs, then go home and…
FARGO, ND — The holiday’s season of giving was an exciting time for Golden Drive Homeless Kids. A family in West Fargo had a lightshow outside of their house and all donations were given to the Golden Drive. The show raised over $1,000 which is directly given to Youthworks, along with all the other money raised this year. Golden Drive…
WHITE EARTH, Minn. — Narcan is saving lives on the White Earth Reservation. The medication designed to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose has been distributed door-to-door in communities across the reservation. Police Chief Michael LaRoque calls it an “uphill battle,” but he says since an “urgent health crisis” was declared in mid-December several people have been saved by the…
Christmas is over, New Year’s has popped its cork, and Valentine’s Day is a long, long way off on the horizon. We’ve reached the January doldrums of winter, when it seems like we’re so far between festivities there’s not much to look forward to, other than a long winter’s nap until spring thaw. But behold!!! Off on yonder peak —…
FARGO, ND — About one in three students in the U.S. say they have been bullied at school. One Minnesota fifth grader is trying to fix that. He’s changing the minds of those around him. This is Thomas. A 10–year–old boy from Sartell, who loves to fish and ride his bike…but his passions go much deeper than that. At a…
REGIONAL — The American Red Cross is lending a helping hand after an apartment fire in Langdon and a house fire in Wahpeton. They’re providing financial assistance for food, clothing and emergency lodging to the two people from the apartment fire. Two others at the house fire in Wahpeton also were given emergency housing from the Red Cross. The organization…
FARGO, ND — The Mayors’ Blue Ribbon Commission is trying to educate more people in the Metro about what it means to struggle with addiction. More than 10 people died from an opioid overdose in Fargo-Moorhead from January to September 2017. The commission is getting out into the community because members say addiction shouldn’t be a closet discussion. They say…
