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MATBUS Donates Youth Programming and Outreach Transport Van to Fargo PD

"We are working with families and kids that don't have transportation readily available to them"

May 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Over the last few months the Fargo Police Department has been trying to find a method of transportation for their community engagement group. MATBUS has donated a vehicle that is going to change the future for these programs. The Fargo Police Department doesn’t just serve to protect, they serve to help children in the community. “So we’re…

Fargo’s Youth Home Remodeled for the First Time Since 1980’s

Officials say it needed some TLC

May 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — A house may be what someone lives in but what truly makes it a home is the way that it makes them feel. To make at–risk–youth feel more at home, the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch remodeled their Fargo Youth Home. Three years ago, the DBGR realized they were helping at–risk teenagers find hope but the place they…

Chick-fil-A in Fargo Teams Up with Carson Wentz’s AO1 Foundation

$1 per every chicken sandwich meal sold will go to Wentz's foundation Friday

May 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Carson Wentz teams up with Fargo’s Chick–fil–A for a special deal tomorrow. For every chicken sandwich meal sold tomorrow, Chick–fil–A will donate $1 to Wentz’s Audience of One (AO1) Foundation. Wentz founded the AO1 Foundation last year to help underprivileged youths, the physically disabled, and veterans. Chick–fil–A West Acres owner/operator Kimberly Flamm jumped at the chance to help…

Mother of Lukas Kusters, “The Dutch Destroyer”, Returns to Fargo

Rebecca Burmeff looks to sell bracelets to raise funds for the Live Like Lukas foundation

May 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — The mother of the the late Lukas Kusters, who was nicknamed the “Dutch Destroyer”, returns to Fargo to raise awareness for childhood cancer. Rebecca Burmeff will be on hand at the second annual FM Wing Challenge to sell bracelets to raise funds for Live Like Lukas. Her son met Carson Wentz as part of ESPN’s “Make–A–Wish Series” before…

Woman Gets 20 Years In Prison For Being Accomplice To Murder

Crystal Herman of Shakopee pleaded guilty last January For Role In Death of Amanda Engst

May 10, 2018

TJ Nelson,

EDDY COUNTY, N.D. — A former North Dakota woman will spend 20 years in prison for being an accomplice to murder. Crystal Herman of Shakopee pleaded guilty last January in Eddy County. Herman admitted helping her husband, Billy, kidnap and murder Amanda Engst in October 2015. According to criminal complaints, Crystal allowed Billy to strangle Engst, made room for her…

West Fargo’s First Hornbacher’s Will Have Liquor Store Inside

It's expected to at the end of 2018

May 10, 2018

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WEST FARGO, N.D. — A new Hornbacher’s coming to West Fargo will be the first one to have a liquor store inside of it. It’ll also have a mezzanine level and a salad bar. The store will be right off of I–94 and Sheyenne Street in West Fargo in a strip mall site called Gateway West. The inside of the store…

House Fire In Grand Forks Causes $40,000 In Damage

The Cause Of the fire is under investigation

May 10, 2018

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — People safely escaped a house fire Wednesday night in Grand Forks. Firefighters responded to the 49-hundred block of Silvergate Drive shortly before 8:30 p.m. They found smoke and fire in the home. The people in the house had already gotten out. Firefighters quickly put the fire out. Damage is estimated at 40-thousand dollars. The cause of…

Emergency Executive Order Grants Waiver of Hours For Fertilizer Haulers

North Dakota farmers are facing a shortage due to the delayed and shortened spring planting season

May 10, 2018

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum has signed an emergency order loosening driving restrictions for truckers who haul fertilizer. North Dakota farmers are facing a shortage due to the delayed and shortened spring planting season across the region. Commercial truck drivers are having to move more fertilizer in a shorter time frame. The wait for fertilizer at the Dakota Gasification…

Hunter Will Rebuild Community-Owned Bar Destroyed By Fire

The investigation into the cause of the fire is still ongoing

May 10, 2018

TJ Nelson,

HUNTER, N.D. — People in Hunter haven’t wasted anytime deciding to re-build the community-owned bar destroyed by fire two weeks ago. City Council member Dustin Moen says the C & I Bar has been a landmark since it opened in 1945 and became community-owned two years later. He says the small town bar acts as a community center since the…

Photo Released of Missing Man At Gas Station In Wahpeton

Eugene Harstad of Alexandria Has Been Missing Since May 4

May 10, 2018

TJ Nelson,

Eugene Harstad At Gas Station In Wahpeton on May 7, 2018DOUGLAS COUNTY, Minn. — Authorities have released a new picture of an Alexandria man missing since last Friday. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says Eugene Harstad bought fuel in Wahpeton on Monday morning. He can be seen filling up his teal green Chevy Silverado pickup with Minnesota license plates 545 UUA….