DETROIT LAKES, MN — Roosevelt and Rossman Elementary in Detroit Lakes will now start classes on Thursday, September 17. The original start date was scheduled for Monday, September 14. In a Facebook post on the districts page explained the decision. “We want to make sure all of our students have an opportunity to come in at a scheduled time to…
FARGO, N.D. –The use of electronic cigarettes continues to be on the rise among youth. According to the CDC, more than 27% of high school students reported using an e-cigarette in 2019. Fargo Cass Public Health say there’s a common product parents should be watching out for. “When parents don’t know what they Juul looks like, that is concerning,” said…
FARGO, N.D. – Over the next two weeks, 30,000 students will head back to school in-person for the first time since the pandemic began. The school districts of Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead, have spent the summer carefully preparing for all of the challenges that lie ahead of them, especially COVID-19. “Every generation has had a challenge, and this is…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Minnesota Senator Tina Smith stopped by Junkyard Brewing to talk with local leaders about the effects of COVID-19. This was one stop on a day-long trip around northwest Minnesota. Smith was also in Detroit Lakes, White Earth Reservation and on the MSUM campus. She talked about COVID-19 effects on small businesses, on tribal communities and in rural…
FARGO, N.D. – NDSU performance arts students are finding ways to work around COVID-19 restrictions. Choir students are hungry to get back into their studies and are taking every opportunity to work on their craft even with pandemic restrictions. In order to keep themselves and others safe the students have opted to do their rehearsals with masks on and outside,…
WARD CO., N.D. — An unusual story out of northwestern North Dakota. A man is arrested for driving drunk after flipping a combine in a field near Berthold. Authorities say 45-year-old Michael Carr was drunk when the crash happened. He was taken to the Ward County Jail in Minot. Police say the combine landed upside down in the field Monday…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Democrats have endorsed a new candidate for insurance commissioner. He is Fargo insurance agent Jason Anderson. He was endorsed after the state Supreme Court ruled the party’s initial nominee, Travisia Martin, was ineligible for the ballot. She hasn’t lived in the state long enough to hold the office. Democrats filed a petition on Monday with…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The winner of the Red River Valley Business Plan Competition is going to ring NASDAQ’s closing bell Wednesday afternoon. Pierson Painter will represent UND’s Nistler College of Business & Public Administration. He will ring the bell remotely from North Dakota. A 30-second UND video will also be featured in Times Square in New York City on…
FARGO, N.D.–Fargo Public Schools will be providing all students free breakfast and lunch at the start of the 2020-21 school year. The meals will be provided to students regardless of their income level or chosen learning model. The United States Department of Agriculture is providing the funding for the meals. FPS says the free meals will be available through December…
FARGO (KFGO) – Amazon is coming to Fargo. KFGO News has learned one of the world’s largest on-line retailers plans to build a 1-million square foot, three-story distribution center on approximately 110 acres of farmland north of Hector International Airport. It will create 1,000 jobs. The property is located in the North Fargo Industrial Addition. Annexation and rezoning of the…
