MOORHEAD (KFGO) – School resource officers are returning to Moorhead Area Public Schools. Moorhead Police Department and school district say the officers will be back in district buildings on Tuesday, the first day of the new school year. Two officers will be on-site, one assigned to Moorhead High School and one at Horizon Middle School. Later this fall, a third…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The ghost with the most is leaving the screen and coming to a stage in our region. Horizon Middle School is putting on a production of Beetljuice Jr., a stage adaptation of the hit film, that promises to be a high-energy show. It is the regional debut of the musical, and the students say that it…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Before classes started last week, Moorhead Area Public Schools pleaded for community support to hire drivers. Steve Moore, Executive Director of Operations and Emergency Management, says the beginning of school is always challenging with kids still enrolling and adjusting routes. “We’ve had to make with all of our adjustments with the shortage of drivers. It’s been…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -Bus driver shortages are changing the ways many parents will get their children to school in Moorhead. A Moorhead Area Public Schools office says this is a problem they’re working to solve immediately. He says over the last two years they’ve lost 14 drivers. Some have aged out and went into retirement so now their mission will…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A grief team and counselors are being made available at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead after the unexpected death of a student. The district sent out a letter to parents. They are not releasing any information on the student out of respect for the family’s wishes. The grief team and counselors will be available to Horizon…
St. Paul, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Dept. of Health says Horizon Middle School in Moorhead is one of at least 94 Minnesota schools with an outbreak of at least five cases of COVID-19. Last week, just 26 schools reported outbreaks. Other schools in the region with at least five COVID-19 cases include Lake of the Woods Elementary in Baudette,…
MOORHEAD, Minn.–Classes at Horizon Middle School in Moorhead are continuing after a handwritten note threatening school violence was deemed not credible. A middle school student turned the note in to an employee who reported it to administration Monday morning. An investigation into the threat was conducted using the Cass Clay Unified Response threat assessment protocol and it was concluded that…
BISMARCK, N.D.–Police say a Bismarck middle school student who threatened others with a BB gun has been cited for terrorizing and for violating concealed weapon laws. Lieutenant Luke Gardiner says the student had the pistol-type weapon during Wednesday morning bus ride to Horizon Middle School. Gardiner says the student made threats of harm and pointed the unloaded BB gun at…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A local organization is proving that everybody can rock the runway. Hope Inc., a group dedicated to children and adults with mobility challenges, is hosting its 8th annual fashion show. About a hundred people filled up the Horizon Middle School auditorium as 90 models from the ages of 3 to 65 strutted their stuff. Each participant received…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Kids across the metro are getting ready to clear their communities of plastic bags. Fifth graders from Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, Dilworth, and Glyndon will take part in the 2019 Plastic Bag Challenge. The school that collects the most plastic bags will receive a customized bench made of recycled plastics, while the second place school gets a pizza…
