FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Charges will not be filed against a man who shot and killed another man outside Prairie Heights Church in West Fargo in August. A memo from assistant Cass County State’s Attorney Ryan Younggren details the events surrounding the shooting that killed 25-year-old Austin Strom the morning of Saturday, Aug. 17. The memo says Strom, who was a member of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police have released more information about Saturday’s fatal shooting outside a West Fargo church. Austin Strom was an attendant here at Prairie Heights Church. His mission was to inspire others and take his path with God. But Saturday morning’s events had halted that mission. “That was his goal in life now, you know. He had gone…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Family and Prairie Heights are naming the man who was shot and killed in the church parking lot yesterday morning as 25-year-old Austin Strom. Strom’s aunt, Rochelle Rech, has created a GoFundMe campaign to help her sister, Robin, with the burden of funeral costs. Rech says in a post, “He was only 25 years old…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Prairie Heights Community Church in West Fargo is making sure all students have a fresh pair of sneakers this school year. The church is hosting a shoe drive for Ed Clapp and Eastwood Elementary schools that’ll run through next Monday. People can purchase the shoes through an Amazon shopping list to be shipped directly to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Director of Athletics at MSUM is leaving for a new role. Doug Peters has been hired as Executive Director for Prairie Heights Community Church in West Fargo. Peters had been the Dragons athletic director since 2007. Chad Markuson will serve as the Interim Athletic Director. “There’s not a new person coming in who has to learn…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — What’s normally a bustling Sunday afternoon at Prairie Heights Community Church in West Fargo is now silent hallways and an empty auditorium. The church has suspended its live service because of safety concerns from the coronavirus that is continuing to spread across the country. So the congregation decided if people couldn’t come to church they were…
