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Morning headlines: Hazardous train derailment in Richland County blamed on broken rail

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Here is your InForum Minute for Tuesday, March 28.

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Crews work to clean up a train derailment Monday, March 27, 2023, three miles southeast of Wyndmere, North Dakota.
Michael Vosburg/The Forum

WYNDMERE, N.D. — Thirty-one cars from a Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway train derailed on Sunday, March 26, leaking hazardous materials in a rural area of Richland County, southeast of Wyndmere, North Dakota. Story here.

Additions keep coming as West Fargo Public Schools tacks on 32 new staff for next year

MSUM alumni and friends Abby Neppl and Alexis Hofer are first-year special education teachers at Liberty Middle School in West Fargo. Alexandra Floersch / The Forum
MSUM alumni and friends Abby Neppl and Alexis Hofer are first-year special education teachers at Liberty Middle School in West Fargo. Alexandra Floersch / The Forum

WEST FARGO — In another round of large staffing additions, the West Fargo School Board approved the hiring of 32 new teachers, staff and administrators totaling roughly $2.4 million in salary and benefit amounts for the 2023-24 school year. Full story here.

A permit with conditions for controversial Moorhead nightclub

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The Classic Touch Lounge nightclub at 1500 11th St. N. in Moorhead on Monday, March 13, 2023.
Chris Flynn / The Forum

MOORHEAD — A Moorhead nightclub that has faced numerous early setbacks since opening their doors in mid-February received a needed boost Monday, March 27 from city leaders.

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The Moorhead City Council unanimously voted to approve a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the Classic Touch Lounge to operate their 4,220-square-foot nightclub next to a residential neighborhood during their meeting on Monday. Full story here.

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