AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school

MOORE, Okla. — I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late.

• A child calls to his father
• Do you know anyone in the path of the Oklahoma tornado?
• Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
• Photo gallery: Oklahoma tornado

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.

VIDEO: Moorhead couple wins $1.4 million in Minn. lottery game

MOORHEAD - A Moorhead couple said they are looking forward to a good retirement after winning more than a million dollars in the lottery.

• Paul and Joyce Echols with their check

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.

• Alfonso Rodriguez Jr.

Toddler stabbed in Rochester last year has died

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The young boy critically injured in a stabbing attack in Rochester last year has died at a hospital in Nebraska.

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

Get acquainted with South’s signature spirit on Fargo Bourbon Tour

FARGO – The Kentucky Bourbon Trail stretches nearly 200 miles in the north-central part of the Bluegrass State, but you don’t have to go that far to sample some of the area’s signature spirits.

• Absinthe Brulee Manhattan
• The Tatonka
• An old fashioned
• The Rhubarb Sour

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

Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke

Golf's governing bodies approved a rule Tuesday that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, a move opposed by two major golf organizations that contend long putters are not hurting the game.

• Pro golfer Adam Scott of Australia putts

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

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Concordia graduation   Moorhead High prom  

West Fargo High prom  Shanley prom 

NDSU graduation          MSUM graduation