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UPS Teams Up With Fargo Airport to Bring Faster Package Delivery Service

Packages on-board will be distributed throughout North Dakota and west-central and northwestern Minnesota

November 5, 2018

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FARGO– UPS is teaming up with Fargo’s Hector International Airport to bring a faster package delivery service to people around the region. The UPS jet can carry over 80,000 pounds and will make two trips per day between Fargo and UPS’s main air headquarters in Kentucky. Packages on-board will be distributed throughout North Dakota and west-central and northwestern Minnesota. With…

Police Investigate Fatality Involving Train in Moorhead

Authorities were notified that a person was hit by at train after 4:30

November 5, 2018

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Police in Moorhead are investigating a fatality involving a train. Authorities were notified that a person was hit after 4:30 this afternoon. We are still waiting for more details from officials on what exactly happened. We hope to have more information at 9:00. Categories: Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead Tags: FATALITY, moorhead, police, train

Pilot Error To Blame For Crash That Killed Three

The single engine Cessna went down in a field shortly after take off from the Thief River Falls Airport, enroute to Rawlins, Wyoming.

November 5, 2018

Site Staff,

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINN. – The National Transportation Safety Board says a plane that crashed near Thief River Falls, killing three Wyoming men likely occurred because the pilot lost control due to spatial disorientation, the inability of a pilot to determine altitude or airspeed in relation to the ground. The single engine Cessna went down in a field shortly after…

Native American Festival Raises Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

The festival runs through November 17 at the Fargo Public Library downtown

November 4, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — A Native American Festival running through November 17 at the Fargo Public Library downtown is not just educating the public about all things related to Indian Country. It’s also tackling an issue impacting reservations across the country with a panel on missing and murdered indigenous women. Whitney Fear, one of the panelists, says the rate at which…

“Spatial Disorientation” To Blame For Deadly 2017 Plane Crash Near Thief River Falls

Three Men From Wyoming Died In The Crash

November 4, 2018

TJ Nelson,

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MN — A final report from federal investigators says the plane that crashed near Thief River Falls killing three Wyoming men likely occurred because the pilot lost control due to spatial disorientation. The Rawlins Times reports 69-year-old pilot Moy Wing, 27-year-old Brian Duke and 26-year-old Zach Ostertag died when the single-engine Cessna went down shortly after takeoff from…

St. Joseph’s Church Makes All the Fixings for a Community Thanksgiving Feast

Volunteers started carving turkeys at 5:30 a.m.

November 4, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Plenty of turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie has Thanksgiving coming a lot earlier this year at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Volunteers started carving turkeys at 5:30 in the morning to feed everyone coming to the parish’s annual Turkey Bazaar Dinner & Holiday Showcase. Proceeds from the dinner will go to the church but St. Joseph’s also…

Body Found in Central Minnesota Field Identified

The body was found in a Kandiyohi County field on Halloween

November 4, 2018

Alison Voorhees,

WILLMAR, Minn. — Authorities in central Minnesota say they have identified a body that was found in a Kandiyohi County field on Halloween. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the body as that of 24-year-old David Medellin Jr of Willmar. The manner of death has been ruled a homicide. The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office says it received a call…

MSUM Students Celebrate Dia de Los Muertos By Getting Their Creative Juices Flowing

Students got to paint skulls and try 'dead bread'

November 2, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — Nov. 2 marks the end of Dia de Los Muertos, a Mexican holiday honoring those who have passed. Students at MSUM had their own celebration. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion says having students do activities can be more meaningful that learning from a lecture. “I hope today they’re able to leave with a sense of community. I…

MSUM Professor Discusses Inefficiencies of Public Opinion Polling

Philip Baumann also says the over-saturation of polls causes less people to participate

November 2, 2018

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — As candidates gear up for the home stretch of the election, an MSUM professor argues popularity polls are misleading when predicting a winner of the election. Philip Baumann says polls only reflect a small part of the population at a certain point. When he started studying polls 30 years ago, he saw that participation in these polls hovered…

Three People Arrested Near Park Rapids, Driver Accused of Leaving Scene of an Accident

November 2, 2018

Site Staff,

HUBBARD COUNTY, Minn. – Three people have been arrested after fleeing the scene of an accident near Park Rapids Thursday afternoon. It happened around 3:15 at the intersection of County Road 81 and Essex Road. After receiving multiple tips, Hubbard County deputies arrested two people as they came woods on County Road Four and another at a gas station. Elizabeth…