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Community pulls together to help local family undergoing tough circumstances

Margaret MacVicar and Richard Dagostino will be evicted from their trailer home on Monday

FARGO, N.D. — Some say it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But for one Fargo couple, this holiday season has been far from it. “My take on it was just, ‘Hurry up and be over.’ I didn’t want the holidays to come. Didn’t want to deal with the holidays. It was just too much to deal with. I…

Mail taken from boxes in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Police warn about thefts from mailboxes in Grand Forks. Most of the reports are from an area south of 24th Avenue and east of South 20th Street late at night or early in the morning. Suspect vehicles are a dark SUV and a white four door sedan. Police recommend you not to leave outgoing mail in…

Halfway House Walk Away Back In Custody

Timothy Beaulieu failed to return to Centre Inc. on December 5

FARGO, N.D. — A U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate who failed to return to a halfway house in Fargo on December 5th is back in custody. Timothy Beaulieu Jr., 37, was arrested without incident by Red Lake Tribal Police this afternoon at approximately 4:37pm.  Beaulieu was arrested by tribal police on a charge of public nuisance. Beaulieu was also wanted…

Grand Forks firefighters rescue dog from storm drain

Courtesy: Grand Forks Fire DepartmentGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) – Kenai is one lucky dog. The springer spaniel was rescued from a storm sewer Sunday morning by Grand Forks firefighters. The owner called for help after the dog disappeared into a storm drain grate and couldn’t get out. Firefighters found a manhole cover and were able to climb down to the…

Cooperstown, ND woman’s death caused by hypothermia

Courtesy: Posi Lock Puller Inc.COOPERSTOWN, N.D. (KFGO) – Griggs County Sheriff Wes Straight says the results of an autopsy determined that Tamara Sommerville died of hypothermia. A neighbor reported finding the body of the 54-year old Cooperstown woman along a fence next to church shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. Straight says foul play is not suspected but he says the…

Man Identified In Fatal Crash Near Park River

He is 35-year-old Bradley Lund of Pisek, North Dakota

PARK RIVER, ND — A man killed in a crash near Park River, North Dakota has been identified. He is 35-year-old Bradley Lund of Pisek, North Dakota. The crash happened around 10:15 Saturday morning two and a half miles south of town on 134th Avenue Northeast. Highway Patrol says Lund’s SUV left the road, entered the ditch and then a…

Man dies in crash in Walsh County

NEAR PARK RIVER, N.D. – A man is killed in a crash near Park River. It happened around 10:15 Friday morning 2.5 miles south of town on 134th Avenue Northeast. The Highway Patrol says an SUV left the road, entered the ditch and then a field and vaulted into a railroad embankment. The vehicle overturned and rested on its roof….

How To Be “Fire Smart” This Holiday Season

If not managed properly, holiday decorations can quickly become dangerous

FARGO, N.D. — Some say it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Lights, candles and Christmas trees begin to fill the homes of many, as the holiday quickly approaches. But with the beauty and cheer of holiday decorations comes an often forgotten concern: the added risk of a house fire. “I think that we’re all kind of aware of…

West Fargo Public Library Hosts Annual Mitten Tree Drive

The tree is a way to support children in need this holiday season

WEST FARGO, N.D. — West Fargo Public Library is spreading some warm holiday cheer to kids in need this winter. The library is hosting its annual Mitten Tree drive. Community members can stop by and donate winter gear to support kids whose families can’t afford to buy their own. They’re accepting any new or like-new children’s gloves, mittens, hats and…