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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…

Man blinded by pepper ball shot by Fargo Police

FARGO, N.D. – It all began with Stephanie Patel’s post on the social media platform Nextdoor over the weekend. She claims her son, 27-year-old Tyler Patel, was shot with pepper balls by Fargo police officers on October 2nd at 1300 Gateway Drive causing him to be blinded in one eye. Patel was arrested for terrorizing and preventing arrest. Police are…

Lack of Labor Sparks Hiring Blitz at Sandy’s Donuts

North Dakota touts the second lowest unemployment rate in the nation, but it isn't helping some small businesses...

FARGO, ND – Mary Rohrich has been working at Sandy’s Donuts for 21 years. She’s never seen the store this busy, and the kitchen this empty. “We need help. There is a lot of orders coming in and you know people come in to buy. We have days that we run out of things because it’s so busy, and then…

LIVE: Fly Girls

See why the region's been giving women wings to fly for an entire century.

You probably know all about Amelia Earhart, but did you know the Red River Valley region is home to one of the most daring women pilots in early aviation history? Award-winning author Keith O’Brien is talking at the Fargo Air Museum Monday night about his new book out, called “Fly Girls,” and featuring the true story of Florence Klingensmith, a…