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Target Announces Closure of Fergus Falls Location

The store's last day will be February 3rd

November 6, 2017

Alison Voorhees,

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Shoppers in Fergus Falls will have one less option come this next year. Target will be shutting its doors for good in 2018. The store’s last day will be February 3rd. Target released a statement saying, “This decision was not made lightly” and says “typically, a store is closed as a result of seeing several years…

Deadly Tuberculosis Outbreak Hitting Minnesota Hmong Population

Two first-line antibiotics have proven ineffective against this strain

November 6, 2017

TJ Nelson,

RAMSEY COUNTY, Minn. A tuberculosis outbreak among an elderly Hmong population of Minnesota is proving deadly and costly. Six of 17 people who contracted tuberculosis in Ramsey County have died, three of them as a direct result of the disease. Patients affected by the outbreak must undergo a costly medication regimen. Two first-line antibiotics have proven ineffective against this…

F-M Diversion Authority Appealing Judge’s Ruling on Construction

The group has a December 15 deadline

November 6, 2017

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, ND — The F-M Diversion Authority is appealing a judge’s ruling halting construction of the diversion. Lawyers say the notice filed with the 8th U.S. Circuit of Appeals is a protective appeal because the two sides have agreed to suspend legal proceedings while a task force works on settling disputes over the diversion. The group has a December…

Minot Police Search for Suspect in Shooting Outside Apartment Complex

Police say the victim is hospitalized in stable condition

November 6, 2017

TJ Nelson,

MINOT, ND — Police in Minot are looking for a shooter. They say a man was shot as he sat in his vehicle outside an apartment complex. Police responded to Trinity Hospital’s emergency room about 1 a.m. where a 28-year-old man was being treated for a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to the hospital by another person who…

Christmas Has Come Early For A Local Family and West Fargo

"Every year, my mom loved Christmas. We'd hit the awesome neighborhoods where every house was lit up and those were some of the best memories. She loved Christmas"

November 6, 2017

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WEST FARGO, ND — There’s nothing quite like the holidays. Once that first snow comes, some people can’t wait to pull out the old Christmas tree and begin hanging their holiday lights. And if you’ve been driving through the streets of West Fargo in the last week, Christmas…has definitely come early. But you may be surprised to learn, Christmas is…

Concordia College Works to End the Mental Health Stigma

Intramural volleyball players began a week of events for Mental Health Awareness Week

November 5, 2017

Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn — Students at Concordia College are serving up a week of ways to end the stigma of mental health. Their intramural volleyball teams kicked off the schools series of events for Mental Health Awareness Week. Leaders of the initiative said this and tomorrow’s yoga classes are ways to discuss how mental and physical health intertwine. They said they’re…

Week of Events Celebrating Native American Culture

Library staff felt the first culture in America more than deserved this attention

November 5, 2017

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND — An entire weeklong celebration of Native-American culture is underway at the Fargo Public Library. People eager to learn stopped by the community room to make art and hear Bob Shimok talk about the White Earth land recovery project. The library will have movie screenings about wild rice harvesting in Minnesota and about Native-American Vietnam veterans on Tuesday…

Grand Forks Air Force Base Forecasters Help Keep Military Missions Flying

Also Keeps People Who Live And Work On The Base Informed Of The Latest Weather

November 5, 2017

Max Mueller,

GRAND FORKS, ND — Every day there is a lot riding on a weather forecast. For the weather team at the Grand Forks Air Force Base that includes the landing and takeoff of some the Air Forces most sophisticated aircraft. Even on a grey November day with some light snow falling, the view from the control tower at the Grand…

Petitioners On Track to Adding Blue Law Repeal to the 2018 Ballot

Many shoppers signed the petition while waiting for Walmart to open on Sunday morning

November 5, 2017

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND — Petitioners are making progress in allowing voters to decide if North Dakota will keep Blue Laws in the 2018 election. The state laws do not allow businesses to open before noon on Sundays. At 11:30 Sunday morning, cars drove by the dark entrance of Walmart on 13th Avenue South in Fargo to run weekend errands. But like…

More Than 20 People Killed During Church Shooting in Texas

Gunman Is Also Dead

November 5, 2017

TJ Nelson,

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — More than 20 people have been killed in a shooting at a church in a small town outside San Antonio. The gunman fled the church in a vehicle after the shooting and was also killed, either by a self-inflicted wound or during a confrontation with police. An official says between 10 to 15 people were also…