Divers find body matching description of missing 2-year-old Minnesota girl

ELK RIVER, Minn. — Divers found a body matching the description of a 2-year-old girl who disappeared from a nearby campground two days earlier, Elk River police said Sunday.

• Offficers from Elk River Police
• Daisy Jo Holland

Ask a state trooper: Driving with hazard lights on is allowed when needed

Q: Is it ever permissible to drive with your hazard lights on, say in the event of bad weather or poor visibility or for an emergency?

• Ask a Trooper column

Adventurous eaters brave Grand Forks bar’s hot wing challenge

GRAND FORKS - Mike Nelson likes spicy food. “How hard could this be?” he said. Turns out Nelson did not bite off more than he could chew — but just barely.

• Rob Drahovzal, owner of Parrot's Cay Tavern and Grill

Interactive: North Dakota leads US in ratio of bars to residents

State has most per capita; Fargo 19th-highest among metros
FARGO – North Dakotans’ boozy ways are fueled by the most bars per capita in the United States.

• Number of bars per capita in the U.S.
• Bars per capita in regional metros

Plans may keep Fergus Falls' Kirkbride from wrecking ball

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Could it be the Kirkbride is saved? It’s looking that way, said City Administrator Mark Sievert. Developers have come forward with ideas to use the mammoth structure that was once a state hospital for the mentally ill.

• The Kirkbride

Moorhead cop killed 83 years ago remembered

Family, police gather to honor Larson with new headstone
GLYNDON, Minn. – Roger Quam never knew his uncle Roy, but to him the man is a hero.

• Moorhead Police Chief David Ebinger speaks at Roy Larson's memorial

New North Dakota higher ed funding formula to kick in July 1

FARGO – A new formula to fund North Dakota’s public colleges and universities pulled off a “rare” achievement this spring, Sydney Hull said: earning the support of all 11 campuses for a change that he believes will lead to more transparency and efficiency in the system.

Forum editorial: Higher ed still mired in a mess

If “slow learner” were a requirement to serve on the North Dakota Board of Higher Education, several current board members would qualify. If that assessment sounds too harsh, a perusal of the board’s conduct the past six months suggests it might not be harsh enough.

Zaleski: Gay Boy Scouts? So what else is new?

I’ve been a bit befuddled over the overblown controversy to allow gay boys to participate in Boy Scouts. I mean, c’mon, what’s the big deal?

• Jack Zaleski

Halgrimson: Earth-friendly clotheslines becoming thing of the past

Are clotheslines part of history? Judging from the response to my completely unscientific survey, the answer is yes because they are more a part of the past than of the present.

• Andrea Hunter Halgrimson

Lind: Fargo man shares memory of North Dakota poet laureate

Many people have written Neighbors about how much they enjoy the poems composed by North Dakota’s poet laureate, James W. Foley (1871-1939).

• James W. Foley

Coming Home: In face of progress, we can do better

Progress. Lately, this word comes to my lips countless times a day. I suppose it’s not surprising considering I live on an almost 100-year-old ranch in an almost-finished house in the middle of one of the most booming economies in the country.

• Jessie Veeder

Minding our Elders: Choosing assisted living facility challenging

DEAR CAROL: My mom has mild Alzheimer’s disease and really shouldn’t live alone anymore. I’ve been helping her look at assisted living facilities and we’ve narrowed our choices to two.

• Carol Bradley Bursack

Oak Grove prom             D-G-F prom

Concordia graduation   Moorhead High prom  

West Fargo prom           Shanley prom 

NDSU graduation          MSUM graduation

Fargo Marathon            Shanley graduation

West Fargo Alternative Community High

Submit your pics of our area for our community photo blog

We want to see your images of our area. Submit your photos from the Fargo-Moorhead and surrounding area to have them included in our new community photo blog.

• Downtown color

The Forum seeks new members for Readers Board

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West Fargo's Levin takes three events at ND state track

BISMARCK – Prior to Saturday, no West Fargo girls track and field athlete had ever won the 100-, 200- or 400-meter races at the North Dakota Class A state meet.

• West Fargo sprinter Amanda Levin

Lisbon boys defend Class B state title at ND state track

BISMARCK – Lisbon’s boys state championship defense was successful on Saturday.

• Nathan Mangin
• Page's tight victory keys Carrington's state girls track title
• West Fargo's Levin takes three events at ND state track
• Fargo North boys relay team defends title at ND state track

NDSU’s Orgon, Brost secure spots in NCAA nationals

AUSTIN, Texas – Another school-record throw by North Dakota State’s Casey Orgon in the hammer thrown allowed the senior to clinch a spot Saturday in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.