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(Fargo, ND) -- Saving lives and helping others is a top priority for Fargo first responders, so that's why on June 1st and 2nd the Fargo Fire and Police Departments will be using that lifesaving priority to raise awareness about the importance of blood donations and help bolster the blood supply by sponsoring the annual Battle of the Badges blood drive at the American Red Cross Fargo office off 12th Street North from 1 to 7 p.m. “Giving blood is one of the greatest gifts one person can give to another,” said Steven Dirksen, Fire Chief, Fargo Fire Department. “Donated blood is used in ...

2. Smart Restart to be suspended, masks off outside Fargo resident Kelly Turner speaks to the Fargo School Board about discontinuing mask wearing on Tuesday, May 11. C.S. Hagen / The Forum In a board room crowded with concerned parents, the Fargo School Board voted to suspend the district’s Smart Restart Plan starting June 7, and to end mask usage by elementary students while in the playground and for middle and high schoolers while involved in outdoor activities starting Wednesday, May 12. 3. UND denies claims made in Title IX sexual harassment, assault lawsuit The University of North Dako...

Independent bookstores celebrate diversity and community “It’s more than a place for people to buy books, but talk about and celebrate who we are," Josie Danz of Fargo's Zandbroz Variety says in advance of this Saturday's Independent Bookstore Day. Written By: John Lamb | × Josie Danz as seen in Zandbroz Variety in downtown Fargo in 2019. Forum file photo FARGO — After a year like the past 12 months, it’s understandable that most people want to turn the page. Area independent bookstores, however, are savoring a reinvigorated interest in books. For some loc...

In advance of Independent Bookstore Day, Zaleski gives a few book recommendations. Written By: Jack Zaleski | × jack zaleski column mug The pace of life is picking up as a tide of vaccinations begins to drown the COVID pandemic. We’re feeling safer. However, there still is cause for caution, and that could mean staying home with a good book. Recommendations: “A Road We Do Not Know: A Novel of Custer at the Little Bighorn” by Frederick J. Chiaventone (Simon & Schuster 1996) is a unique treatment of the most studied battle of the American Indian wars in Dakota Territory in the 1870s. T...

Fargo Fire Department cleans up debris from crash FARGO (KFGO) – An unusual collision in Fargo Tues. afternoon.  A family was sitting in their house when a car crashed into their living room Tues. afternoon in south Fargo. A neighbor said she heard a loud crash and went outside to see the car backed into the house at 109 23rd St. S.  Homeowner Jessica Moen says she was in the living room when it happened. “We were sitting in our living room talking and all of a sudden a car came through our living room window, it was probably going about 15 mph, I’m still in shock,” said Moen.