FARGO, N.D. — With the opening of the Red Ball Project, you might be thinking about the meaning of public art. The Plains Art Museum held a panel discussion where they discussed just that. Panelists included the artist behind the Red Ball Project, the director of Public Art St. Paul, a Fargo city planner, and an event coordinator for Folkways. With…
TWIN VALLEY, Minn. — Twin Valley Living Center, a nursing home, is set to close. There was a community meeting at Twin Valley Community Center to discuss the situation. The center was packed with people who wanted to voice their concerns. The mayor and city council were also in attendance. There has been talk of embezzlement and other misuse of money….
MOORHEAD–MSUM is making sure the entire community can take part in its homecoming week festivities. Throughout the week, you are invited to participate in Dragons Give. It’s a chance to donate non-perishable food items, toiletries, and old electronics to the Great Plains Food Bank and the Rape & Abuse Crisis Center. Drop-off locations for donations are located across the entire…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — It was a golden time at Bonanzaville for the Golden Drive’s 6th annual Community Event and Bike Run. It may just look like fun and games, but it’s all to help people who don’t have a place to call home. “Every child deserves a home. We need housing, we need second chances. Those who are homeless, they…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — A golden event has been in the works for months, and tomorrow, Sept. 29, is the big day. Golden Drive Homeless Kids is getting ready for their sixth annual community event and bike run. They want to raise awareness for kids experiencing homelessness in the F–M area. There will be lots of activities like inflatables, games and…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — A West Fargo woman’s house is getting some much–needed renovation with the help of several groups. Rebuilding Together, which has a grant through the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation, is a group that does free house repairs for older adults and people in need. Clara Fuss, 87, has been waiting months for this to happen. “I have no…
FARGO, N.D. — A community puts on a free–will pancake breakfast and raffles off prizes to raise money for a Fargo family who just can’t seem to catch a break. Steven Solberg has been battling Crohn’s Disease, which causes inflammation in the digestive tract, since 2015. “He was getting treatments and they wouldn’t work and that’s when he had to go…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Emma Basting is only 2 years old, but last December, she was diagnosed with a form of cancer that many doctors hadn’t even heard of. ” very, very rare. I can’t remember the exact percentage, but it’s way below 1 percent,” John Basting, Emma’s uncle, said. Hundreds of people in Grand Forks came to a benefit to…
FARGO, N.D. — Maggi Thorne, a competitor on American Ninja Warrior, gave a special talk hosted by TNT Kid’s Fitness. “Some people look at American Ninja Warrior and they’re like, ‘oh that’s easy.’ There’s people who definitely know it’s hard. It is a lot harder than it looks,” Thorne said. She’s a mother of three and a global ambassador for a…
FARGO, N.D. — As summer winds down, kids played games, danced to music and had fun with Fargo Police officers. For the officers, getting to spend some time with the kids in the community is something to cherish. “We try to make that connection not only in our schools, but within our neighborhoods, so having something positive like this that we…
