FARGO, ND — The lights and decorations are coming down and being put back into storage, but where do you put your Christmas tree? The City of Fargo will be collecting them on January 8th. It is important that the tree is placed away from the garbage and recycling on the boulevard. The city’s recycling coordinator, Jen Pickett, says the…
VALLEY CITY, ND — 12 student artists from Valley City High School are having their art displayed on the 95th annual National Christmas Tree Lighting display in Washington D.C. The students handcrafted ornaments that are currently being displayed on the North Dakota tree in President’s Park. The students painted pictures inside of the ornaments, giving visitors an inside look into…
REGIONAL — The holiday season will kick into full gear next week in the metro. The annual lighting of the City of Moorhead’s holiday tree will begin Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the Moorhead Center Mall. That will be followed by the Fargo Park District lighting of the Christmas tree at the Depot on Tuesday night at 5:30. The…
Courtesy: CapitolChristmasTree.com GRAND FORKS, ND — The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is making a whistle stop in Grand Forks. The tree will arrive at Town Square at 9 o’clock on Sunday morning and depart one hour later. Some roads in the area will be closed for a few hours. A Winter Market will be open from 9 to 1. There…
FARGO, ND — The Fargo Park District put up their annual Christmas tree at the Depot downtown. Forestry crew workers say the wind proved to be a little bit of a challenge in mounting the tree, but a 25-foot crane helped them set it up in time. The tree was donated by a family in South Fargo. It will stay…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Police arrest a man after responding to a rollover in a south Moorhead neighborhood. Authorities say 32-year-old Corey Berghorst of Moorhead was driving in the 3300 block of Village Green Drive around 11 o’clock Sunday night when he struck a tree and rolled his vehicle. One caller reported the vehicle was on fire. Berghorst was trapped…
FARGO, ND — The Fargo Park District is in need of a few good trees. They are looking for someone to donate evergreen trees to be displayed at the Depot downtown and at Santa’s Village at Rheault Farm. The trees will be put up the week before Thanksgiving and displayed through the holiday season. The trees should be a…
GARDNER, ND — A woman is charged with DUI after crashing her vehicle into a tree. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash around 2:30 this morning on County Road 81 near Gardner. They say 45-year-old Carlene Smith drove off the road, hit an embankment and went airborne into a tree. Smith was not wearing a seat belt…
BECKER COUNTY, Minn. — A Becker County man is dead after getting trapped between his tractor and a tree. Emergency crews were called out just before 3 o’clock to 28998 Tower Road. They found 77-year-old Larry Jones trapped under a still running tractor. The tractor was moved and Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities say a mechanical failure…
FARGO, N.D. — Knock knock, the firewood inspector may be coming to your door soon. Fargo forestry workers are looking for potentially disease carrying logs in firewood stacks. In 2016, about 400 American elm trees in Fargo were destroyed by the Dutch elm disease. “People that store firewood, they harbor those bugs,” said Fargo certified arborist, Scott English. “They colonize and…
