FARGO, N.D. — If you have any old Christmas lights you want to get rid of, now’s your chance to do so while also helping the environment. e-Fargo is collecting any lights that aren’t LED, even if they’re broken. You can exchange for new, solar-powered LED bulbs during Frostival’s Kids Bootcamp on Saturday at Scheels Arena from 10 to 1 p.m….
FARGO, N.D. — A drunk driver caused a power outage Tuesday night for 200 Xcel Energy customers in north Fargo. Police say 30-year-old Mark Reinhart of Fargo was speeding when he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a power pole around 9:30 Tuesday night. The crash near the corner of 10th street and 13th avenue north cut the power…
Courtesy: Xcel EnergyFARGO, N.D. – 3,409 Xcel Energy customers are in the dark because of a power outage. The majority of the outages are in the area of 13th Avenue and 25th Street South. One customer near University Drive also is without power. The Xcel Energy website says power is estimated to be restored by 9:30 PM and “crews are…
FARGO, N.D. — Residents of Heartland Apartments in north Fargo were notified told their complex is being demolished. The people who live in Heartland Apartments were notified Tuesday that their building is set for demolition. The apartment building was built on the site of a former gas plant that was used to fuel downtown Fargo’s street lights back in the…
FARGO, N.D. — If you live at Heartland Apartment Homes in Fargo, you most likely woke up to a heartbroken letter this morning. “I’m kind of disappointed,” tenant Tracy Shaw said. “When I moved here a year ago I thought that this would be a forever home for me.” Tracy’s “forever home” will now only be a place to live…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum’s trip to the Super Bowl as a guest of Xcel Energy included free invitations to private parties, meals and other events. The Associated Press discovered the invitations through an open records request. Burgum said earlier that he reimbursed Xcel $37,000 for tickets the company provided for him and his wife to “eliminate even the…
BISMARCK, ND — Gov. Doug Burgum now says he will reimburse Xcel Energy $37,000 for Super Bowl tickets. The governor and first lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum watched the game at no cost from a suite provided by Xcel Energy at U.S. Bank Stadium. Burgum says in a statement he will pay back Xcel Energy “to eliminate even the perception of…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ An ethics policy is being written for Gov. Doug Burgum and his staff. Spokesman Mike Nowatzki says the policy was being drafted before the Republican governor caught some criticism for watching Sunday’s Super Bowl in Minneapolis in a stadium suite sponsored by Xcel Energy. Nowatzki says the draft has been in preparation for months. He said…
NATIONAL — Xcel Energy is sending more help for the people of Puerto Rico. Around 65 line workers and support staff will help with the ongoing power restoration efforts on the island. Hundreds of thousands of customers remain without power nearly four months after Hurricane Maria made landfall. Xcel Energy trucks left for Puerto Rico earlier this month and…
FARGO, ND — Many people in downtown Fargo say they heard a loud boom around 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon followed by a massive power outage. Xcel Energy tells us that wires had whipped against each other in the gusty winds and power went out for more then 31-hundred customers. The outage extended into Moorhead, Dilworth and other neighboring areas. Crews…
