Owner of Fargo’s Tochi Products dies at age 66

FARGO – The community’s “original hippie businessman,” as his brother called him, died last week after sudden medical problems. He was 66 years old.

• Will Hoglund with sons

Parents plead not guilty to charges of child abuse

DICKINSON, N.D. - Parents of an infant who died less than two years ago with illegal drugs in its system pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges Monday at a preliminary hearing in Southwest District Court in Dickinson.

Hearing scheduled today in motion for Alfonso Rodriquez Jr. appeal

FARGO — Federal prosecutors want the notes of mental health professionals who examined a man convicted of killing of a University of North Dakota student more than nine years ago.

Moorhead may stop making sandbags for future floods

MOORHEAD – The city of Moorhead is considering not providing sandbags in future flood events.

• Should the city of Moorhead stop providing sandbags in future flood events?

Dog sniff ruling could impact Cass drug cases

FARGO – A Cass County judge’s ruling has raised questions about other area drug cases after he threw out evidence collected at the home of an alleged drug dealer because police used a drug dog to sniff outside his apartment without a warrant.

West Fargo officials ask Public Works to study, address lagoon odors

WEST FARGO - City commissioners here agreed Monday night that there is an objectionable spring smell related to the city’s 400 acres of sewage lagoons and that the issue needs further scrutiny. Officials directed Public Works Director Barry Johnson to conduct research into alleviating the problem.

Fargo School District presents pay proposals to teachers

FARGO – Negotiators for the Fargo School District presented two pay proposals Monday in an effort to keep teacher contract talks from sliding into impasse.

Historic Minnesota session ends with funding for Capitol, flooding and veterans

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Legislature ended a historic 2013 session seconds before midnight Monday after voting to renovate the state Capitol building, help communities fight floods, give veterans a new facility and provide disaster assistance.

Crystal residents evacuated in face of flooding

CRYSTAL, N.D. – Residents of this Pembina County community evacuated Monday as flooding threatened homes.

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

Woman wanted by Fargo police for check fraud arrested

FARGO – A woman wanted by police here for check forgery was arrested Friday. Kelly Tigerstrom, 39, who has no permanent address, was arrested for one count of felony forgery and felony possession of a controlled substance, Deputy Chief Pat Claus said in a news release.

• Kelly Tigerstrom

CBS pulls 'Mike & Molly' episode because of tornado plot line

NEW YORK — CBS has taken the scheduled season-ending episode of "Mike & Molly" off the air because its plot line revolved around a tornado threatening the couple.

Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

• Members of The Doors

Who will play F-M's Finest outdoor concert? You decide

FM’s Finest will take its finale to the streets this summer. The concert, sponsored by The Forum, music promoter Jade Presents and the Downtown Community Partnership, is set for 5-10 p.m. on June 14 on Second Avenue N. between Broadway and the alleyway.

Parenting Perspectives: Like beauty, coolness is in the eye of the beholder

I have noted before that there is a vast distance between me and my daughter on the coolness scale.

• Kathy Tofflemire

VIDEO: Concordia names locker room facility

MOORHEAD – The new locker room facility being built at Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex now has a name. Concordia broke ground on the “Wayne and Beverly Thorson Athletic Center” on Monday. The $2.9 million project is slated to be completed in the spring of 2014.

• Ceremonial groundbreaking
• Rendering of complex

D-G-F’s Bergee returns to softball team after a second knee surgery

Glyndon, Minn. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton junior Kelly Oberg had seen coaches carry her teammate Kelly Bergee off the basketball court thanks to an ACL tear before. On Dec 13, 2012, in the first minute of a basketball game versus Pelican Rapids, Bergee went down again, but this time it was different. Bergee got up.

• Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton’s Kelly Bergee

Oak Grove prom              D-G-F prom

Concordia graduation   Moorhead High prom  

West Fargo High prom  Shanley prom 

NDSU graduation          MSUM graduation