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Geronimo Power CEO blasts Harmony Township board for considering data center moratorium
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) -- The developer behind a proposed data center north of Mapleton, North Dakota is pushing back against local officials who want to freeze the project. Speaking at a community forum tonight at Grand Farm in Wheatland, Geronimo Power CEO Blake Nixon blasted the Harmony Township board...
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Park Company Realtors Joins Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Network After 70 Years as a Fargo Independent
Park Company Realtors, one of Fargo's most established residential brokerages and a top-five producer in North Dakota, has affiliated with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate to form a combined firm operating as Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Park Company. The announcement, made Wednesday, closes the book on the firm's seven decades as an independent brand and represents something rarer in the industry: a franchise conversion and an ownership transfer executed at the same time.
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Badland Batteries Opens Drone Battery Cell Manufacturing Facility in Fargo
The 80,000-square-foot North Dakota plant will produce lithium-ion pouch cells for drones, defense platforms and autonomous systems using domestic and allied raw materials. Badland Batteries opened its battery cell manufacturing plant in Fargo, North Dakota on October 8, 2026. The 80,000-square-foot facility combines automated and manned equipment to build lithium-ion pouch cells for defense, aerospace and autonomous systems. Federal, state, local, industry and military leaders gathered for the grand opening, which highlighted domestic battery manufacturing and the state’s role in energy resilience.
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October 15: Pilot Clarence Bates
On this date in 1900, Clarence Bates was born in Albany, New York. Bates enlisted in the Navy during World War I and served as a wireless radio operator. In the 1920s, Clarence decided to learn to fly and took pilot training at Hamilton Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After Bates got his pilot’s license, he got a job flying the mail route to Chicago, Fargo, and Winnipeg, with a plane equipped with skis during the winter.
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New housing and retail development coming to Concordia College in Moorhead
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -- More housing options are coming to Concordia College in Moorhead. The Board of Regents has approved a $20 million campus redevelopment project to add 56 student apartments and commercial space along 8th Street South. The four-story building will include three floors of market-rate apartments. The ground-floor...
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Geronimo Power CEO defends zoning discussions, addresses potential expansion
FARGO (KFGO) – Facing scrutiny over local government influence and an aggressive public relations push, Geronimo Power President and CEO Blake Nixon acknowledged Wednesday that company representatives engaged in regular discussions with Harmony Township officials while local commercial zoning rules were being developed. Appearing on KFGO’s News and Views...
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Geronimo Power CEO defends zoning discussions, addresses potential expansion
FARGO (KFGO) – Facing scrutiny over local government influence and an aggressive public relations push, Geronimo Power President and CEO Blake Nixon acknowledged Wednesday that company representatives engaged in regular discussions with Harmony Township officials while local commercial zoning rules were being developed. Appearing on KFGO’s News and Views...
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Brewhalla Fall Craft Market organizes small businesses to showcase creativity
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) - Brewhalla Fall Craft Market allows for regional and local vendors to showcase their works of art. The market has been inviting community members to the market for at least 10 years, enjoying things like paintings, jewelry, decorative glasses, and even T-shirt designs. At least 1,000 people...
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Red River Zoo names Gene Peacock as new president, CEO
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The Red River Zoo has a new leader. The Zoo’s Board of Directors announced Friday that Gene Peacock will become the organization’s next president and CEO. He starts in the role at the end of October, following a national search. Peacock brings...
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Job Service ND to Host FM Fall Job Fair October 15
FARGO, N.D. NewsDakota.com) – Job Service North Dakota, in partnership with Midwest Communications and JobsHQ, will be hosting the FM Fall Job Fair on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at the Delta Hotel in Fargo from 1 p.m to 4 p.m. This event will connect job seekers with more than 50 employers from a variety of industries in Region 5 which includes Cass, Steele, Traill, Ransom, Richland, and Sargent Counties.
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Badland Batteries hosts grand opening in North Fargo for its lithium ion battery factory
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Badland Batteries specializes in making drone and lithium-ion batteries. The drone batteries are able to have longer lifetimes, and fly at a high altitude and speed. CEO of Badland Batteries Terri Zimmermann says the batteries that the company makes are for those who are in...
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Red River Zoo names Gene Peacock as new president and CEO
FARGO, N.D. – The Red River Zoo has announced the appointment of Gene Peacock as its next president and chief executive officer, following a national search. Peacock will begin his new position at the end of October, succeeding Sally Mulvena, who served the zoo for 14 years, including nearly a decade as president and CEO.
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Moorhead Public Housing Agency weighs selling aging River View Heights complex
MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Residents at River View Heights may soon be packing up their units. The Moorhead Public Housing Agency, or MPHA, says there are a number of issues with the property and is looking at possibly selling it. Building issues prompt review. River View Heights sits...