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The Village Cuts Ribbon On New Moorhead Office

Workers say the new office space will allow them to increase their staff size and take in more patients.

December 11, 2019

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MOORHEAD, MINN — The Village cuts the ribbon on it’s newest Moorhead offices. Along with the ribbon cutting they also offiered tours of the facility. The new building specializes child services, mental health counseling in home family therapy and truancy intervention. Workers say the new office space will allow them to increase their staff size and take in more patients….

Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN Will Now Take Vietnam Veterans

The ND/MN Honor Flight also announced that there will be 3 flights in 2020.

December 11, 2019

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND — The Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN announced that applications will now be accepted from Veterans who served through May 7, 1975. That includes veterans who served during the Vietnam War. If a Vietnam Veteran, anyone who did not serve through 1959, has applied previously, they are asked to re apply. The ND/MN Honor Flight also announced that…

Three Students Injured after School Bus Accident

The incident is under investigation.

December 11, 2019

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FISHER, Minn.–A Fisher School District bus ended up in the ditch on Tuesday resulting in three kids being injured. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of 225th St SW and 390th Avenue SW to find twelve students on board. Three of the students, ages 7, 8 and 9 had minor injuries and were treated by Altru Ambulance…

Law Enforcement Officials Ring Bells for the Salvation Army

The Salvation Army's fundraising goal is $900,000.

December 10, 2019

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FARGO, N.D. – Healthy competition has off-duty law enforcement officials ringing bells for the Salvation Army. They are competing against Realtors and off-duty firefighters to see who can raise the most money as part of the kettle campaign. This year’s off-duty officers were ringing bells at 20 locations throughout the Fargo-Moorhead community. They are hoping to raise enough money to…

BNSF Train Strikes Truck in Fosston, MN

No one was injured during the incident.

December 10, 2019

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FOSSTON, Minn.–A BNSF train collided with a pick-up in Fosston shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The Polk County Sheriff’s office says the crash happened on Highway 2 Southeast and 360th Avenue. Fifty-two-year-old Todd Jevning and a 17-year-old passenger were in the pick-up when it was struck. The BNSF and the pick-up sustained minor damage, but no one was injured…

Services set for 3 Guardsmen killed in Black Hawk Crash

December 10, 2019

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Courtesy: Fox 9ST. CLOUD, Minn.–Services are set for three Minnesota National Guardsmen killed in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter last week. Chief Warrant Officers James Rogers Jr. and Charles Nord and Sgt. Kort Plantenberg were killed Thursday when their helicopter crashed southwest of St. Cloud during a routine maintenance test flight. Services for Plantenberg will be held Thursday…

Snow Totals for Dec 8th/9th

December 9, 2019

Max Mueller,

SNOW TOTALS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE …SNOWFALL REPORTS AS OF 230 PM 12/09/19… Location Amount Time/Date Provider 4 NW Lavinia 10.0 in 1252 PM 12/09 Public Jamestown 9.0 in 6:50 AM 12/09 COOP 4 SW Roland 7.0 in 1259 PM 12/09 Public 1 WNW Lengby 7.0 in 0227 PM 12/09 Public 1 SE Nimrod 6.5 in 0546 AM 12/09…

Revised Environmental Review for Line 3 Across Northern MN

A public comment period runs through Jan. 16.

December 9, 2019

Site Staff,

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – An updated environmental review for Enbridge Energy’s proposal to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota has found no serious impacts on Lake Superior from hypothetical spills. Regulators ordered the update after a Minnesota court declared an earlier review inadequate because it failed to specifically address the potential impacts of a spill into…

Monday Match

Make a difference in two lives: yours and a child's.

December 9, 2019

Emily Welker,

Every Monday we feature an adult and kid who have been matched together by Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Village Family Service Center. Let’s meet this week’s Monday Match, Callahan and Lee: This is their 2nd year being matched in the program. They get together each week at Lee’s school, where they eat lunch and play board games and…

Morning Grain Dryer Fire Involves Several Departments

The Salvation Army used one of its trailers to help frozen firefighters warm up.

December 9, 2019

Site Staff,

CLAY COUNTY, MINN. (KFGO) – Firefighters from Dilworth, Glyndon, and Moorhead battled a grain dryer fire in bitterly cold conditions at a farm 10 miles north of Dilworth early Monday. Those types of fires have been happening often lately as farmers are using the dryers for long periods, drying out their crops as a result of recent wet weather. Clay…