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No standard haven from tornadoes at area schools

FARGO – After a tornado unleashed its power on Wadena (Minn.) High School on June 17, 2010, the school was so heavily damaged it had to be torn down and rebuilt.

• Tornado drill at Wadena-Deer Creek Middle/High School
• School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
• Local efforts ramp up to help Red Cross and Oklahoma

Buffalo, ND, to dedicate veterans memorial

BUFFALO, N.D. – Memorial Day will be a big day in Buffalo.

• Kal Boyd
• Buffalo, ND

Rains may swell Red River to minor flood stage

FARGO – Rains that began over the weekend are expected to continue in the Red River Valley through at least tonight, leading to a National Weather Service flood warning for creeks and rivers in the region.

• Walking in the rain
• Rainfall totals

Trade Talk: New Smiling Moose charms downtown lunch crowd

A Smiling Moose Deli has opened at 102 Broadway in Fargo. The restaurant is the second Smiling Moose in Fargo owned by Williston native Nathan Everson.

• Dave Olson
• New Smiling Moose

Chamber honors F-M businesses, agencies

FARGO – The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual ChamberChoice Awards on Wednesday, handing out honors to businesses and nonprofits that have distinguished themselves in the community.

• ChamberChoice award-winners announced
• Areavoices: Chamber announces business of the year, other ChamberChoice winners

Evacuated Menahga nursing home residents return home after spending night in Sebeka school

SEBEKA, MINN. – The Sebeka School Board was meeting Tuesday night when the phone in district offices started ringing.

SBA official: Fargo company Branick a bright spot in small manufacturing

FARGO – Small manufacturing is helping lead America’s economic recovery, and Fargo’s Branick Industries is one of the brighter spots in the country, a top U.S. Small Business Administration official said Tuesday.

• Branick Industries tour

Brief but strong windstorms hit region

FARGO – A thunderstorm system carrying strong winds blew through the Fargo-Moorhead area about 7 a.m. Tuesday before moving on to the east.

Fargo-based Evolution1 thriving in health care payment world

FARGO - Fargo-based Evolution1 describes its software platform as the nation’s largest electronic payment solution for companies that offer health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts to pay for health care and the consumers who use them.

• Evolution1 staff
• The Evolution1 offices
• Growth at Evolution1

Trade Talk: Data center sets up shop in NDSU Research and Technology Park

Vaultas, a Minneapolis-based company, is setting up a state-of-the-art data center in a 47,000-square-foot building that is part of North Dakota State University’s Research and Technology Park.

• Dave Olson

Columns

Olson: Longtime Spuds phy ed teacher led by example

MOORHEAD - Ed Fortin died Monday at Eventide Senior Living Community in Moorhead. He was 81. Mr. Fortin taught physical education and coached sports at Moorhead South Junior High, where I attended school in the 1970s.

• Dave Olson