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F-M Diversion releases ‘The Relentless Red’ documentary

FARGO, N.D. – A new film highlights the need for permanent flood protection in the F-M metro. The Diversion Board of Authority releasing this 30 minute video about flooding, the impacts on the community and the FM Area Diversion Project. Executive Director Joel Paulsen says past floods have disrupted daily life and left lasting impressions on our families, school children…

Man dies in motorcycle crash in North Fargo

UPDATE – Police say the driver of a motorcycle that rear-ended a semi died. His name will be released tomorrow so police can notify his family.   FARGO, N.D. – 12th Avenue North from 41st to 43rd Streets North are closed as police investigate a motorcycle crash. Fargo Police says the road is expected to be closed for the next…

Drive thru testing for JR Simplot employees to take place at Alerus Center Thursday

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -Another COVID-19 targeted testing event will happen at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks from 12:00 to 5:00 PM on Thursday. It’s for JR Simplot employees and those who have had close contact with people with positive cases at LM Wind Power. Health officials say there are no reported cases at Simplot. State officials are calling it…

Person at Centre Inc. facility tests positive for the coronavirus

FARGO, N.D. – The male Centre Inc. recovery center on 15th Street North in Fargo has a positive coronavirus case. Centre Inc. Executive Director Josh Helmer says the person is asymptomatic and quarantined in a different location once their test came back positive Sunday in accordance with CDC guidelines. Helmer says the center is working with the Department of Health…

Fargo Post 2 VP, Former NDSU Baseball Coach Jim Pettersen Dies

Courtesy: Fargo Post 2FARGO, N.D. – Fargo Post 2 baseball is saddened to report Vice President Jim Pettersen passed away at a hospital in Arizona after losing his battle with covid-19. He was diagnosed with the virus on April 2nd. In the last report on his health, Pettersen was working toward getting off a ventilator. Along with overseeing post two’s…

Employees test positive for the coronavirus at LM Wind Power in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – LM Wind Power in Grand Forks has shut down after several employees test positive for the coronavirus. The Department of Health has not confirmed how many workers at the plant that makes wind turbine blades have contracted the virus. However, Grand Forks County confirmed eight new cases. LM Wind Power is closed to disinfect and clean…

Bodies found in rubble of home that caught fire near Hillsboro

TRAILL COUNTY, N.D. – The daylong search for two people missing during a house fire in rural Hillsboro ends tragically. The family of Adam Gettel says the 35-year-old and his nearly two-year-old daughter were found dead. A Traill County deputy saw a home on Center Street three and a half miles east of town on fire around 3:00 Thursday morning….

Fargo’s Rocking Horse Farm offers social distancing scavenger hunt

FARGO, N.D. – Rocking Horse Farm in Fargo is providing an entertaining experience through the COVID crisis. The housing development has a picture scavenger hunt going on that people can do from the safety of their vehicles. They take pictures of the real world items on the list found on Facebook and the Rocking Horse Farm website. Everyone is invited…