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LIVE: Restaurant Week

The man behind the HoDo's delicious menu.

It’s the biggest restaurant week lineup in the FM Restaurant Week’s five-year history, and it could just be your ticket to the most delicious meal you’ve ever had. Restaurant Week is underway in Fargo right now through June 16th, and one of the must-make stops on your tour of the metro’s fine dining spots is the HoDo in downtown Fargo….

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Norm

If this cat's expression makes you think he's up to something, it's because he is.

Norm is a cat that was quite difficult to get a screen shot of for this profile story, and it’s not because he’s not a photogenic guy. He is. It’s just that Norm literally never stopped moving the entire time he was live in the studio with us on the Morning Show with Emily Welker. Norm and his buddy, Homeward…

Local Soccer Players Excited for World Cup

The U.S., Canada, and Mexico won the bid to host the 2026 World Cup

FARGO, N.D. — The World Cup kicks off tomorrow, and local soccer players are getting excited for the big tournament. They all have their favorite part of the sport. “Tricking out the players and seeing how they react and scoring goals,” Emmi Dorfmeister, 11, said. “Scoring goals and defending,” Anna Dorfmeister, 8, said. “I love to shoot goals and just play…

FM Restaurant Week Introduces Customers to Several Metro Eateries

A record 22 restaurants participate in this year's event

FARGO, N.D. — Before she co–founded BernBaum’s in downtown Fargo, Andrea Baumgardner was always intrigued by an event when she lived in the Big Apple. “Restaurant Week in New York City was the one time I planned out my every meal. It was basically a month and I planned out my every meal because it was such a good deal…

NDSU PhD Student Creates Portable Vegetable Garden Project

It's meant to help low-income and New American families have access to healthier foods

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Bukola Bakare has a passion for helping those around her get access to healthier foods. “I know it’s not healthy to eat unhealthy because if you don’t spend the money eating good food, you will spend it at the hospital anyway when you’re sick,” Bakare said. That’s why Bakare has created a cheaper way to eat healthier…

Spuds Celebrate School Board Decision with ‘Moorhead Lacrosse Day 2018’

The Moorhead School Board approved to make boys and girls lacrosse a sanctioned school sport during Monday's meeting

MOORHEAD, Minn. — It has only been 48 hours since the Moorhead School Board approved to make boys and girls lacrosse a sanctioned school sport, and already the Spuds are celebrating. It’s Moorhead Lacrosse Day 2018! All Spuds students and their families were invited to the Jim Gotta Field to learn more about the sport and how to get involved before…

West Fargo School Board Could Be Doing An Election Recount

Fourth-place Jon Erickson and fifth-place Summer Kristianson have less than 20 votes between them

WEST FARGO, N.D. — There could be a recount of votes for the fourth open spot on the West Fargo School Board. Jim Jonas, Jessica Anne Heilman, Kara Gravley–Stack and Jon Erickson won in the election last night. However, Erickson and fifth–place vote getter Summer Kristianson have less than 20 votes between them. No recount has been set yet because the…

F-M Could Get First Ever Science Museum

A local group trying to bring one to the metro say they have already gotten "overwhelming" feedback about starting one

FARGO, N.D. — If you drive three hours from Fargo in any direction, you’ll find a city with a science museum. A group is working to bring the first one Fargo–Moorhead. NDSU’s geosciences department used to take artifacts and scientific materials to schools around the area. That’s when a few people from the department came up with the idea to start…

Secretary-Treasurer Censured Over Financial Issues Loses Election

White Earth Reservation Voters Picked Leonard "Alan" Roy Over Tara Mason

WHITE EARTH RESERVATION, Minn. — The woman at the center of a censure vote on the White Earth Reservation has been voted out of office. Tara Mason was defeated for Secretary-Treasurer by Leonard “Alan” Roy. Roy got 1,134 votes to Mason’s 1,082. Mason had feuded with the tribal chairman Terry Tibbetts for months over financial issues. Both filed charges against…