Three new surveillance cameras expected to be operating in downtown Fargo by late next week

FARGO – Three new surveillance cameras are expected to be operating in the downtown area by late next week.

Woman sentenced for threatening ND lawmaker's life

LIDGERWOOD, N.D. — A woman accused of threatening to kill a North Dakota legislator because she was upset about abortion legislation will not serve jail time if she stays out of trouble.

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.

22-year-old Frazee man struck, killed by train

FRAZEE, Minn. – A 22-year-old Frazee man died Thursday night after he was struck by a train in Frazee, Becker County Sheriff Kelly Shannon said in a statement released this morning.

ND Supreme Court disciplines lawyer-lawmaker for 2007-2010 case

BISMARCK — A Grand Forks Democratic state senator who is an attorney has been reprimanded and fined by North Dakota's Supreme Court for failing to adequately represent a client in a divorce-related case from 2007-2010.

• Sen. Connie Triplett

Disabled ND couple refused marriage by church

BISMARCK — A disabled Bismarck-Mandan couple is being refused marriage by the man's church because the pastor there says the couple isn't ready.

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.

• Hamid Shirvani
• North Dakota higher ed board lowers tuition caps

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.

• Fargo Theater sign

Grand Forks Central High School students grieve for classmate killed in accident

GRAND FORKS – Dozens of Grand Forks Central High School students linked arms and shed tears Thursday as they slowly approached a memorial at the scene of an accident that killed their 16-year-old classmate McCain Endres a day earlier.

• Classmates gather

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

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.

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.

Fossil area closed after 2 boys die on field trip in Minn. park

MINNEAPOLIS — St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide.

• 1 child on school field trip dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide
• Workers with shovels run
• Lilydale Regional Park

Process dispute leads to Dayton outdoors vetoes

ST. PAUL - Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed two provisions of a bill funding outdoors and arts projects, saying a House committee ignored a citizen advisory panel.

The Forum seeks new members for Readers Board

5 things to know about protecting your skin

FARGO – Got sunscreen? About a third of Americans don’t use it, according to a survey by Consumer Reports.

• Protect your skin

Money Savin' Mama: Discussing finance instead of hand bags

At a garage sale this month, several of my friends were inspecting a purse, trying to determine if it was “real.”

• Sherri Richards

'I'm in the scalping business,' Kid Rock says

NEW YORK — Kid Rock is a scalper. The 42-year-old Grammy winner, who is launching a summer tour where most tickets are priced at $20, said he's holding about 1,000 tickets from each show and reselling them on ticketsnow.com — owned by Ticketmaster — to make up for the cheaper regular price he's offering.

• Kid Rock poses

Benshoof: In a summer pickle? Just ask: What would Bieber do?

We’re all probably tired of reading about him, but Justin Bieber is in the news again.

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.

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Central Cass secures Class B state baseball berth

ENDERLIN, N.D. – Central Cass head coach Dustin Maasjo says it’s the little things that win ball games. But on Thursday, he found out that big at-bats can do wonders.

• Central Cass’ Ellery Bresnahan

Roster building for RedHawks is heavy on stats

Fargo - The numbers printed on a sheet of paper help paint the picture of a player for Doug Simunic.