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Weather Talk: Snow season in F-M was one of longest on record

Our just-completed snow season was one of the longest on record. The first measurable snow fell on Oct. 4 in Fargo-Moorhead, and the last measurable snow locally occurred on April 24, for a total of 203 days between accumulating snow events.

North Dakota chamber, companies call for immigration reform

BISMARCK – Don Morton, a senior director with Microsoft Corp. in Fargo, said Thursday that the country’s immigration laws are archaic and need to be reformed to meet the workforce demands of the state’s growing and high-tech industries.

16 ND lawyers vie for 3 judgeships

BISMARCK – Applications from 16 North Dakota lawyers have been filed with a committee tasked to provide Gov. Jack Dalrymple with a list of vetted candidates by the end of June for three newly created district court judgeships.

Fargo South High School Graduation List

Fargo South High School graduation will be held at 6 p.m. June 2 at the Fargodome.

West Fargo leads F-M in school growth

Officials forecast enrollment to increase 27 percent by the start of the 2017-18 school year
WEST FARGO - Schools held their last day of classes here Thursday, kicking off summer break for nearly 8,000 students.

Bail set for suspect in Tuesday’s standoff

FARGO – Bail was set at $20,000 Thursday for a Fargo man arrested in a standoff with a SWAT team at his south Fargo trailer home on Tuesday.

West Fargo broker agrees to plead guilty

FARGO – A former West Fargo securities broker charged with bilking investors out of more than $900,000 in a Ponzi-type scheme has agreed to plead guilty in the case.

Convicted child predator faces new charges

MOORHEAD – A former Dilworth man serving 12 years in prison on a previous child sex abuse conviction is facing new child sex abuse charges filed Wednesday in Clay County District Court.

Sobriety checks set in Fargo, Barnes County

FARGO – Both the Fargo Police Department and the North Dakota Highway Patrol are planning sobriety checkpoints.

Red River boating tours, rentals to delay opening

FARGO – Due to recent high water, the S.S. Ruby, a tour boat operated by River Keepers, will not open on Memorial Day as scheduled.

Wadena to host Sunnybrook Stomp 5K

WADENA, Minn. – The annual Sunnybrook Stomp 5K walk/run will be held June 15 in Sunnybrook Park.

MSUM Planetarium to host ‘Towel Day’

MOORHEAD – The Minnesota State University Moorhead Planetarium will host an event for intergalactic hitchhikers for “Towel Day” at 7 p.m. Saturday.

27th St. railroad crossing to close

FARGO – BNSF crews will close the 27th Street railroad crossing north of Main Avenue from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday in order to perform maintenance.

Higher ed board rejects report clearing Shirvani of fraud

Higher ed board rejects report clearing Shirvani of fraud

Questions raised over auditor’s ties to board members, accuser
FARGO – North Dakota’s state Board of Higher Education voted Thursday to reject an auditor’s report that cleared Chancellor Hamid Shirvani of a fraud allegation after the auditor’s emails with the original accuser and several board members, including the newly elected president, was called into question.

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Accused robber seeks to withdraw plea

Accused robber seeks to withdraw plea

MOORHEAD – Announcing to the court he was mentally ill, a Fargo man asked to withdraw his guilty plea at his sentencing hearing Monday for two felonies connected to a Clay County police chase in a stolen vehicle after he allegedly robbed a Fargo bank in January.

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