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Oscars Cheat Sheet: Best Picture

It's a big field. Let us whittle it down for you.

Take a deep breath. It’s the final segment of our weeklong Oscars preview stories, and we saved the biggest category for last. The Best Picture category has run the gamut through the years from the controversial to the acclaimed to the just plain inexplicable. And this year, we’re trying to clear up the confusion. The North Dakota Film Society’s Scottie…

LIVE: Red River Market and Giving Hearts Day

Cozy up with a community event that feeds the soul as well as the stomach.

It’s a long time until growing season starts up again, but the Red River Market is here to give us a way to grow the warm fuzzy feelings in our hearts just in time for Giving Hearts Day. This weekend, they’re holding a Winter Farmer’s Market at the Moorhead Center Mall with goods from local makers, including cookie-decorating kits for…

LIVE: Senior Heart Health

Keep things ticking along with help from senior health specialists, live in studio.

It’s Go Red for Women Day, and we’re wearing our hearts on our sleeves to promote heart health in women. And whether the senior in your life is a mom, grandma, sister, or just a sister of the heart, you can share some heart-healthy habits that will keep hers ticking along the way you want. Barry Maring, of Right at…

Fargo Police to Hold Moszer Flag Ceremony Feb. 11

Officer Jason Moszer was killed in the line of duty on February 11, 2016.

FARGO, N.D.–A flag ceremony in remembrance of Officer Jason Moszer will be held on February 11 at 9 a.m. Officer Jason Moszer was killed in the line of duty on February 11, 2016. The Fargo Honor Guard will conduct the ceremony with remarks from Deputy Chief Joe Anderson. The ceremony will be held in the public entrance parking lot on…

Former ND Senator Launching Book Drive for Inmates

Donations will be accepted until March 15.

FARGO, N.D.–A former North Dakota Senator is working to launch a book drive for inmates. Tim Flakoll was a member of the North Dakota State Senate for 18 years. Now he is attempting to collect books to donate to jails for inmate reform efforts. Studies have shown that giving prisoners access to educational tools such as books can lower recidivism…

#grantleystrong Grantley Johnson Passes Away

FARGO, ND — A young boy who’s cancer fight inspired our entire community has passed away. According to his parents Jordan and Leah, Grantley Johnson passed away at 11:12 p.m. last night. In a Facebook post, they say he was surrounded by loved ones and is no longer suffering. They thank everyone for their love and support through his journey….

Fargo Police Investigate Southside Shooting

FARGO, N.D. – Fargo Police were dispatched to the 5100 block of Amber Valley Parkway South after receiving multiple reports of gunshots Thursday night. Officers arrived and set up a perimeter and checked to see if there were any victims. No one was injured. Officers interviewed several people and recovered shell casings from a handgun. Witnesses said there was an…

Warm Blanket Hugs & Moorhead Lions make blankets for Childhood Cancer Awareness Day

Childhood Cancer Awareness Day is February 15th

FARGO, N.D. — Warm Blanket Hugs has teamed up with Moorhead Lions for a blanket making event in preparation for Childhood Cancer Awareness Day on February 15th. All blankets made at the event will go to Sanford Children’s Hospital. The organizers of the nonprofit say donating blankets provides a sense of comfort to children who need it most. “To see…

A Program at Edgewood Wants To Lend A Hand To Caregivers

A family is looking for extra help as the father struggles with dementia.

FARGO, N.D.- “Anybody that knows my father, he’s just a jolly, just patient, carefree man and loves to be social and all that stuff so, it’s very hard to see him now. He’s just lost,” says Natalie Mccleary, whose parents are residents at Edgewood. It’s been a difficult couple of years for Natalie and her family. Especially her mom, who…

Moorhead Open House to Revamp Downtown

Community members gathered at the Moorhead Center Mall to voice their opinions on possible changes to the area

MOORHEAD, Minn. — For one Concordia student, making the move from Nepal to Moorhead wasn’t an easy transition. “Coming here, it was a whole new experience. For me, Moorhead is a very small city,” says Susham Bhujel. He says coming from Kathmandu, a city with over a million people living in it, to the F-M area was a bit of…