ST. PAUL, Minn. — A former Minnesota Teacher of the Year has lost her position on a state licensing board. St. Paul teacher Amy Hewett-Olatunde came under fire after using an expletive in a social media post criticizing President Donald Trump. She says the president’s use of an expletive to describe African counties earlier this year has had a painful…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — A Sheyenne High School senior is one of 150 students nationwide to win a scholarship from Coca–Cola. Ashlen Wright was named a Coke scholar, earning a $20,000 college scholarship and a trip to Atlanta to attend a leadership seminar. Wright is a student volunteer with Imagine Thriving in Fargo, pairing students who are battling depression with the…
FARGO, N.D. — A staff member at Agassiz School in Fargo was hurt by a student. Superintendent Jeff Schatz confirms the incident happened last Tuesday. He could not comment on the identity, position, or extent of the staff member’s injury, or the gender and age of the student citing data privacy laws. Schatz says it involved a child in the…
Back Row: Left to Right Jason Scott, Joe Crawford, Chris Potter, Tim Briggeman, Sheriff Laney, Dan Hermann, Jesse Jahner Front Row: Heather Konschak FARGO, N.D. — Cass County Sheriff’s Office is being awarded for its role in school safety. They will receive the 2018 National Association of School Resource Officers Model Agency Award next month. Cass County placed its first…
When you think of art, chances are, you think of a painting or a sculpture. But the art we probably consume the most is created by people we hardly ever think about at all. If it wasn’t for writers, 90 percent of the TV and the movies we watch — in fact most of our modern-day entertainment wouldn’t exist at…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A man escaped serious injury in a random attack in Fargo. Sgt Matt Ysteboe tells KFGO News, it happened outside a home in the 200 block of 6th Avenue North shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday. The victim had just arrived home when a stranger knocked on his car window and demanded a ride. The driver refused…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. —When you think of summer nights in Detroit Lakes, most people will mention a memory out on the Pavilion. “I just remember when I was a much younger person going down to the Pavilion to go to dances on the weekend, and boy there were a lot of great bands that played at the Pavilion back in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Thousands of used plastic bags are scattered in areas across the metro. According to the F–M Plastic Bag Task Force, more than 50,000 pounds of plastic bags are used by grocery stores each year. “In Clay County we have our landfill, and I know in Fargo they have a landfill, and the litter around the landfill is for…
FARGO, N.D. — A man has been arrested after an early morning drug bust in South Fargo. Fargo Police, the Cass County Drug Task Force, and the DEA executed a search warrant at 1019 4th Ave. South. The Red River Valley SWAT Team was called to help because one of the suspects had a lengthy criminal history including violence. “The SWAT…
1998 CeremonyThe groom who said “I do” to a woman he had just met in a well-publicized wedding at the Mall of America 20 years ago has died. David Weinlick had colon cancer. He was 48. A friend who helped arrange David’s marriage to Elizabeth Runze in June 1998, says he died Sunday night in hospice care in a Minneapolis…
