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Fargo Film Festival: Rosewood Ledge

A lake house, a model, a photographer, and a Coen brothers veteran.

It’s one of the latest offerings of the independent film scene, and it’s here in Fargo — along with its director and stars. Rosewood Ledge is the story of a model and her photographer boyfriend who visit a lake house for a photoshoot and encounter a strange request from the homeowner who lives there. It stars Kristin Rudrud, who you’ll likely…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Batman

He needs a home. And a sidekick.

Dark, mysterious, muscular, with an intense and arresting gaze like his namesake, Batman the cat has a similarly sad backstory. The handsome black shorthair was found all alone in the world by rescue workers who brought him in for fostering through Diamond in the Ruff pet rescue. And now, he’s unmasking himself long enough to visit live in studio with…

City of Fargo Calls On Residents To Help Fill Sandbags

The website, www.FargoND.gov/FloodVolunteers, is a tool which can be used both by individuals and groups in deciding when to volunteer.

FARGO, ND — The City of Fargo is asking members of the public to sign up and assist in producing one million sandbags. Similar to 2009, a Fargo flood volunteer website allows the public to see where assistance is needed to ensure sandbag-filling “spiders” are running at full capacity. The website, www.FargoND.gov/FloodVolunteers, is a tool which can be used both…

Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Chamber Helps People Connect With Professionals of Color

They want to give people the opportunity to network, connect and build business relationships with others through speed networking

FARGO, N.D– The Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Chamber is helping people connect with professionals of color. They want to give people the opportunity to network, connect and build business relationships with others through speed networking. They met at Front Street Taproom in downtown Fargo. Members had three minutes to chat and swap business cards until they had to switch. “This is…

Red River Water Management Board Discusses Projects and Goals

Conference-goers hear about project issues, funding, and governance

MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Red River Water Management Board and the Flood Damage Reduction Workgroup gather every year to discuss the latest plans for managing water. The Red River Watershed Management Board has been holding their annual meeting for two decades now, but this year, a new Red River Basin Drainage Conference has also been started. Conference–goers hear not just the…

UPDATE: DL Man Burned in Fish House Explosion Able to Talk With Family

Courtesy: Caring BridgeUPDATE WEDNESDAY – The family of a Detroit Lakes man seriously burned in a fish house explosion gives an update on his condition. On Michael Herzog’s Caring Bridge account, his brother Josh says he was able to talk with him and Michael did remember most of what happened. The former Concordia quarterback was cleaned up to reassess the damage….

Becker County Deaths Are Ruled Murder-Suicide

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Wednesday said 28-year-old Emma LaRoque fatally shot herself at their home in rural Ogema in Becker County.

OGEMA, Minn. (AP) _ Authorities have identified the three people found dead in northwestern Minnesota as a mother and her two young children. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Wednesday said 28-year-old Emma LaRoque fatally shot herself at their home in rural Ogema in Becker County. The BCA says her children were homicide victims. They are identified as 4-year-old…

Bear Warning In NW Minnesota School District

The Clearbrook-Gonvick district posted a safety announcement after bears were spotted at an intersection near the school.

CLEARBROOK, MN (KFGO) – A school district in northwestern Minnesota is warning parents not to let their children walk to school because of bears. The Clearbrook-Gonvick district posted a safety announcement after bears were spotted at an intersection near the school. The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office and DNR are aware of the sightings. Teams in the school district are called…

LIVE: Yay! for the YEA! Winner

We're fit to be tied over this girl's brilliant idea for a new business.

Shark Tank is going to the dogs. The Chamber’s Young Entrepreneurs’ Academy Investor Panel Shark Tank has a winner this morning, and she’s headed to Rochester, New York for the national competition. Winner Ivy Mastrud is the CEO of new business BowWow Bo-ties. That is, when she’s not at her day job, which is being a 7th grader at Ben…

Norman County Death Ruled A Suicide

Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton won't disclose how the man died.

BORUP, Minn. – A man found dead in a field near Borup last week died of an apparent suicide. Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton did not say how 31-year-old Ruslan Arr-stan-ali-yevv of Bensalem, Pennsylvania died, but says his injuries are believed to be self-inflicted. Authorities say the man was driving a semi and got stuck in the snow on Highway…