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Event held five Tuesday evenings throughout the summer in Moorhead's Memorial and Woodlawn Parks.

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The meeting follows years of resident concern about the landfills wastewater discharges into the Kreutz Creek.

New events include the Stonewall Sports winter kickball tournament, hearth and frost block party at Broadway Square and the Frostival sauna week.

Modern Landfills operators are moving forward with long-delayed upgrades that were the subject of a state consent decree over contaminant runoff into Kreutz Creek.

Applicants should be people with skills or interest in board development, fundraising, social concerns and strategic planning.

Homeless people living along the Red River have attracted public attention for the past two years, said Carissa Raaen, a program coordinator for homeless outreach with Fargo Cass Public Health. Part of her job is to find homes for those who have none.

Wastewater discharged from Modern Landfill into the Kreutz Creek has exceeded various pollutant thresholds since at least 2017.

Local officials said its ultimately up to residents to speak out if they want swifter action on landfill runoff issues.

Cremation is becoming more popular than burial, but “natural organic reduction” is a new option that advocates say enriches our connection with the Earth.