MOORHEAD, Minn. — People get one last chance to get coffee with Mayor Del Rae Williams before she leaves office. Williams held her final “Coffee with the Mayor.” She has been holding the sessions since she took office in 2014 on the third Wednesday every month. Williams will leave office at the end of the month. She did not run for…
FARGO, N.D. — Local law enforcement, firefighters and realtors all went up against each other in the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Challenge. After ringing these bells for hundred of hours over the course of three days, the winner is the realtors for collecting over $29,000. “Our strategy is to have kettle matches. Having several businesses and individuals match at our kettle…
FARGO, N.D. — Across the state, several manufacturing companies are struggling to fill open positions. “When you talk about manufacturing and production, there’s a shortage of skilled workers, so if you got some experience and some skills in that area, you’re in demand and they’d like to hire you,” said Carey Fry, the Workforce Center Manager at the Fargo location for…
FARGO, N.D. — City leaders are looking at tracking businesses that overserve alcohol. A proposal called place of last drink, or POLD, would have officers ask people at the point of arrest where they had their last drink. “Occasionally they do get somebody that does lie about where they had their last drink, again you’re looking at a big pattern…
FARGO, N.D. — Time is running out to pass Savanna’s Act or it will be back to square one on the legislation in the next session. To prevent that from happening, activists for Native women’s rights were outside Senator-Elect Kevin Cramer’s offices across the state. Savanna’s Act would improve crime databases and start reporting missing and murdered indigenous people. The bill…
FARGO, N.D. – The Red River Zoo is receiving an extra special gift from the Fargo Lions Club this holiday season. The Fargo Lions Club is donating $5,000 to be used for new playground equipment for children who visit the zoo. This donation goes along with the club’s goal of giving back to the children of the Fargo-Moorhead area. The equipment…
BISMARCK, ND — North Dakota’s population has grown to an all-time high. The U.S. Census Bureau says that as of July 1, North Dakota’s population was estimated at 760,077 people. That’s up 4,900 people from an estimate in July 2017. The population has grown since the 2010 Census pegged it at more than 672,000 and it grew as the Bakken oil…
FERGUS FALLS, MN — We have yet another warning about scams. A Fergus Falls man has lost nearly $8,000 in a sweepstakes scam. Police say the man received a letter telling him that he’d won a prize, but needed to pay a fee in order to collect the money. He sent the money and later realized that he’d been taken. Remember…
ST. PAUL, MN — A golden ball swiped from the top of the conservatory at St. Paul’s Como Park has been found, gift wrapped in a giant Christmas stocking. Security footage showed five people on a path near the conservatory at about 2 a.m. Sunday. About 15 minutes later, two youth reappear on camera and one of them is carrying the…
FARGO, ND — Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney Tristan Van de Streek is now a judge. Gov. Doug Burgum named Van de Streek to the East Central Judicial District which covers Cass, Traill and Steele Counties. He’s been a county prosecutor since 2007 and also worked as an assistant city attorney in both Fargo and Minot. Van de Streek was one…
