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Recently Forbes released a list of all the billionaires in the United States. While some familiar names are at the top of the list, I always like to look for interesting stories that stand out amongst the lucky people on the list to share with readers.

I ran across this story from about a year ago and I don't know how I missed it before. Antiques Roadshow did a show in Bonanzaville which is in West Fargo, North Dakota just across the Minnesota/North Dakota border. It's a place that is made up of old structures and machinery from the late 1800's - early 1900's. A very fitting place for Antiques Roadshow to show up.

It was close, but no cigar for Olmsted County's Ear of Corn Water Tower. While the water tower took home the People's Choice award, when it came to the official 'Tank of the Year' the corny tower came up short to a water tower in another Minnesota city. Moorhead's Water...

I know that North Dakota isn’t exactly following CDC guidelines and we have one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. It is easy to confirm that by just going shopping just about anywhere, certainly here in Fargo. Been to two supermarkets, two big box stores, numerous coffee shops,...

Here are several locations where you can find the vaccine in Fargo: 1. 2425 13th Ave S (701) 232-4872; 2. 1321 19th Ave N (701) 232-2720; 3. 1240 25th St S (701) 241-1360; 4. 3000 32nd Ave S 701-364-7946; 5. 4110 51st Ave S 701-364-7946; 6. 4622 40th Ave S

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FARGO — Dr. Gerald Kiedrowski was a member of the medical team that revived an 11-year-old boy who was submerged for 45 minutes in the icy water of the Red River in 1987. Kiedrowski was an emergency room physician at the former St. Luke’s Hospital and restarted the heart of Alvaro Garza, a Moorhead boy who fell through the ice and was fished out of the frigid waters by emergency responders.

FARGO — A website that ranks mid-sized U.S. cities says Fargo once again made the cut for its annual Top 100 Best Places to Live in America — but the city dropped 66 positions compared to its 2020 ranking. Livability.com ranked Fargo at No. 74 for 2021, a plunge compared...

The law requires the Cass County Joint Water Resource District, North Dakota, to provide relocation assistance to persons displaced by the Fargo-Moorhead Diversion in a uniform equitable manner, attorney Cash Aaland, Fargo, recently wrote. Attempts to treat those citizens in a disparate and unconscionable manner should not be condoned, Aaland...

GLYNDON — Lifelong Glyndon resident Kelly Richards knew "something had to change" when he realized a new home hadn't been built in the community for 12 years. So, the real estate agent and bus company owner bought 40 acres on the southwest side of town and three years ago started a housing development called Southview.

ROCHESTER -- Being named the People’s Choice wasn’t enough for Olmsted County’s iconic ear-of-corn water tower to be named Tank of the Year. The award, announced Friday, went to another Minnesota water tower -- Moorhead’s. The honor pitted nearly 300 U.S. and Canadian water tanks against each other to see...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The case of a rural Minnesota man who waited two days for an ICU bed and later died is among several examples that have frustrated officials in rural hospitals whose facilities are overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients. Bob Cameron spent two days in his hometown hospital in Hallock,...

FARGO — Former Fargo Superintendent of Schools Jeff Schatz will be appointing a nine-member task force to examine the city's form of governance and possible election changes. The City Commission unanimously approved the formation of the citizen panel on Monday night, Oct. 18, that will independently look into whether the...

MOORHEAD — Moorhead's City Council passed by a required unanimous decision on Monday, Oct. 25, to add a council member to the Moorhead Public Service Commission. The issue has simmered for a few years after the council sought to have better communication with MPS, which operates the city's electric and water utilities.

Let’s be real here: sometimes, it can feel pretty alone out here in North Dakota. We’re the least-visited state in the entire country, sure, but that doesn’t mean we don’t know how to hold a great get-together when the mood strikes. Since 2015, there’s been an amazing way to reconnect with friends, family, and the […] The post Shop Till You Drop At Red River Market, The Largest Farmers Market In North Dakota appeared first on Only In Your State.

It was close, but no cigar for Olmsted County's Ear of Corn Water Tower. While the water tower took home the People's Choice award, when it came to the official 'Tank of the Year' the corny tower came up short to a water tower in another Minnesota city. Moorhead's Water...