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Students Register to Vote For Bond Referendum

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Students are making sure their voices are heard in the upcoming Moorhead High School bond referendum. If it passes, no current students would attend the new school since the building would be completed after their senior year. That isn’t stopping one senior from getting as many of her classmates as possible to the polls. Amelia Bjorklund says…

Crave Opens New Fargo Location

The Fargo location is the first in North Dakota.

FARGO, N.D. – Crave, a Midwest restaurant primarily based in the Twin Cities, had its grand opening at West Acres on Tuesday. The restaurant features sushi and American kitchens. Gluten free, vegetarian and vegan menu items are available in addition to a full bar. “The quality, not just the food, but the service as well as the ambiance. Those elements…

Fargo Trust Officers host assembly at Davies High School

They spoke about mental health, positivity and social media.

FARGO, N.D.-  The assembly featured musicians and speakers including North Dakota First Lady Kathryn Burgum who spoke about her struggles when she was in high school. Everyone involved wants teens to know that they have people who they can reach out to. They also spoke about how social media influences kids to be someone they’re not to fit in and…

Dangerous Inmate Captured In Wadena

UPDATE: According to the Wadena County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page, Ryan Petro has been apprehended in the City of Wadena. They thank everyone who called with information. Original Story: Extra police officers patrolled schools in the Wadena-Deer Creek district Tuesday after a jail inmate escaped on Monday. The district says all doors to the schools have been locked or manned,…

Fargo Park district holds meeting on Executive Director candidates

FARGO, N.D. – Fargo Park District held a meeting to review executive director candidates. Park Board President Jerry Rostad says the Human Resources Director reviewed the position description, gathered input on interview questions and provided a framework on how the search committee process will play out. Each member of the search committee will then review the list of candidates. Previous…

West Acres Cinema Closed

FARGO, N.D. – West Acres Cinema is closed Tuesday for what Marcus Theatres calls “an emergency maintenance issue.” Fargo Police dispatch logs show crews were called around 7:00 Monday night for a water main break and sewer backup. Marcus Theatres says in a Facebook post, “Thank you for your patience as we work to fix the issue and reopen as…

LIVE: Scary Creatures

Learn facts about these awful animals that take them from frightening to fun.

They’re some of Halloween’s most dreaded characters. Snakes, spiders, even menacing birds of prey that hover above our heads like a Hitchcockian nightmare come to life. The Halloween holiday is full of them. But this year, the Red River Zoo wants you to get to know its scariest critters a little better, and make friends with the frightening. Even zoo…

West Fargo Residents Must Obtain Variance to Discharge Sump Pumps Indoors

The variance is a one-time fee.

WEST FARGO, N.D.–The City of West Fargo is reminding residents to obtain a seasonal variance in order to discharge their sump pump water indoors. The $50 variance allows residents to discharge the sump pump water indoors into the sewer system between November 1, 2019 and April 1, 2020. The variance is a one-time fee and can be purchased at any…

Local Kurd reacts to Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death

The ISIS leader died Saturday during a U.S. military operation in northwest Syria

FARGO, N.D. — Over the past three decades, Kurdish immigrant Kawar Farok watched as dictators in the Middle East came and went; the most recent of which is ISIS leader Bakr al–Baghdadi. “Extremism is an ideology. It doesn’t end with one person. We saw Bin Laden go. We saw Zarqawi go. We saw Abu Bakr al–Baghdadi go. So, if extremism…