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

The Cause Of the fire is under investigation

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

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

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

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….

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Libby

A gal with a disposition as sweet as her blood sugar.

Libby the cat is a lot less fur than most of our feline guests on the Morning Show, but she’s got more love than most to make up for it. The 6-year-old orange domestic medium-hair was rescued from the pound by the fine folks from Homeward Animal Shelter and when she came in she had a substantial number of mats…

Elementary School Teachers from Fargo Go Head-to-Head In “Battle of the Schools”

Longfellow Elementary took home the first championship

FARGO, N.D. — It was no secret that school spirit was at an all–time high inside the gym of Eagles Elementary. Many educators were fired up on a Wednesday afternoon for one reason: the first ever “Battle of the Schools”. “Oh it’s great. It builds team spirit, builds camaraderie, you know we look forward to this, coming together, and competing against…

Food Commission Discusses Bringing SNAP Benefits to Farmers’ Markets

Commission members say one of the biggest challenges is getting connected

FARGO, N.D. — The Cass Clay Food Commission met to discuss how federal nutrition programs, like SNAP, which used to be called food stamps, could be used at farmers’ markets. “The SNAP participant being able to go to a farmers’ market and being able to participate in that community. It’s inclusivity of people who are lower income, and who often are…

United Way Invests $300,000 To Treat Children That’re Victims of Abuse

The organization gave the grant to the Red River Children's Advocacy Center

FARGO, N.D. — Last year the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center treated more than 600 kids who have been abused. Now thanks to the United Way, they’ll be able to treat even more kids, for free. When traumatized kids walk into the center, there’s usually a dark cloud hanging over them. “They’re broken and they’re hurting, they feel like the world…