CORRECTIONS
Student’s name misspelled
A student’s name was misspelled in the Namedroppers column that appeared on Page E5 of Sunday’s Forum.February 09, 2010
Wrong middle name
The 47-year-old who died outside his north Fargo condo on Wednesday was David John Volk.February 06, 2010
Name misspelled
In a story on Page C1 of Thursday’s Forum titled “Cops proving to be good fit in classroom,”February 05, 2010
Council member misidentified
Moorhead City Council member Luther Stueland was incorrectly identified in a story on Page C4 of Wednesday’s Forum titled “Clay Republicans optimistic about chances.”February 04, 2010
Incorrect diversion cost figures
A graphic on Page A1 of Tuesday’s Forum had incorrect figures for local costs of five of six diversion channels listed due to incorrect information supplied to The Forum.February 04, 2010
Sartwell info, photo wrong 
The wrong photo and biographical information for Elizabeth Sartwell was printed in the Military Notes column that appeared on Page C2 of Monday’s Forum.
February 02, 2010
Only one district
In the news brief “GOP to hold district endorsement meetings” that appeared on Page C5 of Wednesday’s Forum, the number of districts holding candidate endorsement meetings Feb. 9 was incorrect.
January 28, 2010
Wrong location in story
The wrong school was identified in the story “ ‘Mr. P. hit the right note with students” on Page B3 in the Life section of Friday’s Forum.
January 23, 2010
Organizer misidentified
In a Saturday front-page story headlined “Campaign makes no butts about it” detailing an effort to curb cigarette butt littering, organizer Norm Robinson of Fargo firm Advertising Marketing was misidentified.
January 17, 2010
Lean did not apply for job
Due to inaccurate information provided, it was reported that Fargo South boys cross country coach Paul Lean was a candidate for the same position at Davies High School in a story titled, “Davies hires four coaches,” on Page D1 of the Dec. 12 edition of The Forum.
January 16, 2010
Insurance requirements incorrect
A story on Page C1 of Wednesday’s Forum titled “Clay taking flood map appeals” contained incorrect information.
January 14, 2010
National average incorrect
The story titled “School nurses understaffed” on Page A1 of Sunday’s Forum reported the wrong national student-to-nurse average.
January 13, 2010
Spelling Bee date wrong
The date of the Prairie Spelling Bee was incorrect in a news brief on Page A4 of Tuesday’s Forum.
January 13, 2010
Incorrect identification
Jeffrey Harvey’s orthodontic associate, Jason Burckhard, was incorrectly identified in a story on dental amenities on Page B1 of Monday’s Forum.
January 12, 2010
Final season incorrect
Brian Kesselring’s final men’s basketball season was reported incorrectly on Page D5 of Friday’s Forum.
January 09, 2010
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Mistakes happen
Mistakes happen in newspapers. It's a fact of life. But some mistakes are worse than others, and some mistakes get more attention than others. For example, this image of a page from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead from last weekend has been making the rounds in inboxes and blogs all over North Dakota,
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The Daily Globe made a bit of an error in 1959 when it got the date for George's town festival mixed up, and then made this apology on the front p
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