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FARGO – Scott Hennen, a conservative talk-show host and radio station manager, has signed an agreement to buy back 1100 AM The Flag, the Fargo radio station he founded in 2008 before his investors fired him in 2010. Hennen’s announcement Wednesday was one of many recent shake-ups in Fargo-Moorhead radio formats that include the conversion of a sports station and a religious station into music formats. Hennen told The Forum he will announce the move, which requires approval from the Federal Communications Commission, today on-air during Chris Berg’s “We the People” show at 8 a.m. on 1100 AM. Hennen said...

Owner Jim Ingstad of Radio Fargo-Moorhead will flip "Rock 102" KRWK, Fargo to conservative talk on Monday, says the Fargo Forum, under new calls of KFGO-FM. The lineup will include program director Tom Becka, Fox-syndicated Brian Kilmeade, Premiere's Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, TRN-syndicated Michael Savage, Genesis-syndicated Jason Lewis, and a Fargo-only show from J.D. Hayworth, former House member and Senatorial candidate. The Forum says "all Rock 102 personnel have been reassigned to other duties, so no one lost their job in the format switch", which occurs on Sunday night at midnight. Jim Ingstad sold his Fargo stations to Clear...

When I was 9 or 10, I watched Raising Arizona on VHS and thought it was one of the weirdest and funniest things I had ever seen. A frequently jailed stickup artist with surprisingly florid diction (Nicolas Cage) and his barren police officer wife (Holly Hunter) kidnap a loudmouth furniture magnate's quintuplet and run into trouble with two escaped convicts and the Lone Biker of the Apocalypse. I didn't get it, really, but I didn't care: It was hilarious and strange, with amusingly quotable dialogue ("I'll be taking these Huggies and, uh, whatever cash ya got") and hummable music (the...

Aerial view of the Missouri River from a North Dakota National Guard Black Hawk helicopter in the vicinity of Bismarck and Mandan, N.D., on May 29, 2011. When these photos were taken, the river was at about 15.74 feet with a garrison release flow of 80,000 cubic feet per second.

Fargo city officials say volunteers came from 22 states and more than 325 cities to help fill sandbags for the upcoming Red River flood fight. The city opened so-called Sandbag Central on Valentine's Day and filled about 2.5 million bags in 22 days. The sandbags are scheduled to be delivered to neighborhoods later this week. About 12,800 people joined the effort.

Catholics and Catholic organizations should not endorse organizations with “morally objectionable” missions, North Dakota’s bishops said, citing Amnesty International, the March of Dimes and Susan G. Komen for the Cure because of their links to abortion or unethical research. Bishops Paul A. Zipfel of Bismarck and Samuel J. Aquila of Fargo in a March 10 statement called upon pastors, clergy and the lay faithful to be prudent and just in making their charitable decisions, particularly on issues related to human life and marriage.  “All human life is sacred and must be protected,” the bishops said. “This is why we should...

Banks, in an attempt to wring more revenue out of customer accounts, are conjuring up new ways to raise fees on basic products like debit cards, cash machines and checking accounts. As regulation curtailing the financial institutions from levying certain charges on consumers has mounted over the past year, banks have had to dream up new fees to replace those now trimmed by laws. Banks are considering additional fees on credit cards and checking accounts. But they also are looking at new ways to make money on cash machines and especially debit cards as regulators pinch the cards' conventional revenue...

"In a decision handed down late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup accused Wells Fargo of "profiteering" by changing its policies to process checks, debit card transactions and bill payments from the highest dollar amount to the lowest, rather than in the order the transactions took place. That helped drain customer bank accounts faster and drive up overdraft fees, a policy Alsup referred to as "gouging and profiteering.""

A long time employee of Santa Cruz County died in a freak accident this morning when he was pulled into a tree chipper. The 61 one year old was working on a road maintenance team clearing brush along Whiting Road in Watsonville at the time. He had worked for the county since 1969. The Department of Public Works issued the a statement following his death. "We are deeply saddened by this incident, and our hearts and condolences go out to (the victim's) family and friends." The Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident along with the county Department of Public Works...

classic scene from Fargo.

Fargo will be ground zero for the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ annual gathering, and some of those attending may use it as a way to find a new church that reflects their values. Fargo will be ground zero for the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ annual gathering, and some of those attending may use it as a way to find a new church that reflects their values.Of the 600 people registered for the event, which starts Sunday at Atonement Lutheran Church in Fargo, 37 percent are non-members.Atonement Senior Pastor Dale Wolf said nearly all of those visitors...

Sep 2, 6:26 AM EDT N. Indiana man dies in wood chipper accident ATWOOD, Ind. (AP) -- The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department says a 37-year-old man has been killed after apparently being pulled into a wood chipper. James Vician of Plymouth was feeding cut tree limbs into a wood chipper just before 9 a.m. Tuesday in Atwood, located about 20 miles southeast of South Bend. A coworker who was across the street returned to the wood chipper and could not find Vician. He called police, believing Vician may have been pulled into the machine. When police arrived, they discovered evidence...

There is no suspect in the burglary attempt that occurred August 18, in Eagle Run at 1139 38 ½ Ave. W., where the homeowner, Jason Fonder, fired a single shot at an intruder discovered in his residence. Also home at the time were his wife, and two-year old daughter. There were no injuries and nothing was taken. West Fargo Police responded to a call of a burglary in progress at about 1:30 a.m. By the time they arrived, the suspect had fled and has yet to be found. The suspect is believed to have entered through an unlocked door. He...

FARGO — Police here arrested a mother and son Saturday night after the son refused to leave the Kenny Chesney concert after vomiting on other concertgoers and his mother began pushing police officers. Justin Krohmer, 26, was asked to leave the Fargodome about 11 p.m. after vomiting on people, but refused to do so. His family then intervened and his mother, Susan Krohmer “was physically pushing the police officers while they were dealing with Justin,” Sgt. Mark Lykken said.

The Westboro Baptist Church, whose members tour the country protesting at military funerals because they claim America is tolerant of homosexuality, is thanking God for record flooding in North Dakota. “God sent the flood waters to cover the evil people of Bismarck and Fargo, ND, where you flipped off God and raised your hands against His anointed by criminalizing WBC’s gospel preaching against” gays and their supporters, declared a statement released Wednesday by the church, which is in Topeka, Kan. The statement referred to House Bill 1040, a North Dakota state law passed in January 2007 that bars protestors from...

FARGO, N.D. – Weary residents welcomed the Red River's further retreat Monday but faced an approaching snowstorm expected to kick up wind-whipped waves that could threaten the sandbag levees they built to protect their city from a major flood. Engineers weren't worried about the storm's snow because it's unlikely to melt soon. They were concerned, however, that crashing waves could weaken the dikes. The higher the wind speed, the higher the threat, said Jeff DeZellar, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "The forecast that we saw was 25 mph or more, and certainly that's enough wind to...

FARGO, N.D. – Weary residents of this sandbagged city came together in churches Sunday, counting their blessings that the Red River finally stopped rising and praying the levees would hold back its wrath. A brief levee break that swamped a school provided a warning of the kind of threat that still hangs over them in the days ahead. Church services that are a staple of life on Sunday mornings in Fargo took on greater significance as people gathered after a week of round-the clock sandbagging. They sang hymns and held hands, asking together for divine help in avoiding disaster. "At...

As Senator, Barack Obama was all over Pres. Bush about his response to Hurricane Katrina. Now, with another natural catastophe going on under his watch, President Obama is nowhere to be found. Could it be that there aren't enough people of color in North Dakota for the savior to care about? Latest news linked.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Father Gary Benz received a phone call late in the afternoon March 22 that he will likely never forget. An elderly parishioner called the priest, pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Linton, N.D., pleading with him to save her home from the rising floodwaters of nearby Beaver Creek. Father Benz, along with several members of the community, spent the next several hours in the pouring rain frantically sandbagging around her house and pumping out water that was coming in. Late that night police officials told the woman she would have to abandon the flooded house as it...

Good News for Fargo, but Agonizing Wait Video Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwD9OvUJmCY

Moorehead,MN Strangers come to help couple fill sand bags to save their home.

A CNN journalist and seven other people have been arrested for standing on top of sandbag levees in the Fargo area. Fargo Police Sgt. Ross Renner didn't have many details of the journalist's arrest, but said the man appeared to be taking pictures at the time. He says officers made the arrests Wednesday and Thursday after seeing people climb on the dikes. -excerpt- _____________________________________Photos from gallery at the link:A worker builds a earthen dike down the middle of River Drive as a backup in case the sandbag dike behind the houses shown gives way to rising floodwaters. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Volunteers...

The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is urging President Obama to stay away from flood areas in North Dakota and Minnesota ... for now. While the President might want so survey the region first hand, Napolitano told reporters on a conference call Friday that she would advise the president to wait, given the "extraordinary circumstances" facing the area. "The focus needs to be on taking care of the residents of Fargo, [N.D.,] Moorhead [Minn.,] all those surrounding communities through the most serious part of this flood," she said. "And then we can begin to work on the issues...

The White House said it's actively monitoring flooding in North Dakota and Minnesota, and President Barack Obama has dispatched the acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the region. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Nancy Ward is in Fargo and Obama has personally spoken with the governors of both states and with Fargo's mayor.

<p>FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A CNN journalist and seven other people have been arrested for standing on top of sandbag levees in the Fargo area.</p>

Fargo police ordered mandatory evacuations early Friday after a breach in flood protection created a "significant leak" as the Red River topped 40 feet, breaking a record crest set in 1897. Fargo police Capt. Tod Dahle says the evacuation was ordered shortly after 2 a.m. Friday for all homes in an area south of downtown Fargo. Officers knocked on doors and the city used a phone system to alert residents of the threat. Authorities say there is an immediate threat of rising flood water. Residents are being told to head west. Emergency shelter is available at a high school. The...

Where is Obama? North Dakota and Minnesota are exeriencing a tragedy of grand proportions regarding the floods. There are literally houses submerged up to the roofs by the cresting Red River. So I ask. Where is Obama? Where is our President? If you google "Obama flood" "Obama Fargo", there is not even a hint of an article regarding Obama and this tragedy. Perhaps, this is because Fargo and North Dakota is all "white", unlike New Orleans. It appears that the middle class "white" neighborhoods barely even make it on the MSM news coverage. Face it people, America elected a Black...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS ND 432 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ..RECORD FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN FARGO THIS WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THE RED RIVER AT FARGO AFFECTING CLAY AND CASS COUNTIES. .CONDITIONS ON THE RED RIVER AT FARGO HAVE GROWN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. THE RIVER IS CURRENTLY APPROACHING RECORD LEVELS AND SHOWING NO SIGN OF SLOWING AT THIS POINT. AS THE RIVER EXCEEDS THE PREVIOUS RECORD LEVEL... THE RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY IN FORECAST MODELS HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. RECORD FLOWS UPSTREAM OF FARGO HAVE PRODUCED UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS ON THE RED RIVER. GIVEN...

From the "Stay On Your Side Of The Bed" file ...Let me be clear ...It makes no difference to me what anyone chooses to cuddle up with in bed - whether it is a teddy bear, a wool blankey, a dog, a pork roast, whatever. As long as its legal and it makes him or her happy, go nuts.And that goes for those of you who like to snuggle with shotguns.Knock yourself out.Just make sure you don't knock anyone else out.In Fargo, North Dakota, a woman, who was fast asleep with her shotgun caused it to discharge when she rolled...

Vice-president elect Joe Biden Fargo, North Dakota, Nov 22, 2008 / 02:14 pm (CNA).- Following the Fall meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops in Baltimore, where they pledged not to yield ground to the incoming Obama administration on the issue of abortion, Bishop Samuel Aquila has revealed that vice president-elect Joe Biden is struggling with his conscience over his support for abortion.Bishop Michael Hoeppner of Crookston, Minnesota and Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, North Dakota are just two of the bishops who have increased their efforts to speak more forcefully and clearly on the issue of abortion over the...

Since Sarah Palin was selected as the Republican candidate for vice president, many people have made comments about her unusual speech, comparing it to accents heard in the movie Fargo, in the states of Wisconsin and Idaho, and in Canada. Some have even attributed her manner of speaking to her supposed stupidity. But Palin actually has an Alaskan accent, one from the Matnuska and Susitna Valley region, where Palin's hometown, Wasilla, is located.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota State University is investigating complaints about a campus skit in which a white student in blackface portrayed Barack Obama receiving a lap dance. The same skit, part of a charity fundraiser held at a campus theater, also featured a depiction of cowboys having sex with each other, witnesses told The Forum newspaper, which first reported the backlash Friday. "We're trying to find out the right approaches for accountability, but at the same time try to heal wounds that have occurred and allow the campus to move ahead," Janna Stoskopf, NDSU's dean of students, told...

ZE08012508 - 2008-01-25Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-21609?l=englishBishop Aquila's Address on Absolutes in Life Issues "We Live in Times in Which There Is a Great Cultural War" BALTIMORE, Maryland, JAN. 25, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Here is the address Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo gave Nov. 15 to Loyola College in Baltimore, titled "The Sanctity of Human Life from Conception to Natural Death." The presentation was part of the Loyola Alive Seamless Garment Series. * * * Thank you for the invitation to address you this evening on "The Sanctity of Human Life from Conception to Natural Death" in the Loyola Alive Seamless Garment series on...

Deep Chill Sets in Across U.S. From Fargo to FloridaSiberian Express Brings the Coldest Weather of the Year This Weekend, but Football Goes On Jan. 19, 2008 James Russell walks through the falling snow in Montgomery, Ala., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. Residents of central Alabama awoke to a light snow which was expected to continue through most of the day. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) Arctic air is freezing the upper Midwest, blasting brutally cold temperatures and extreme wind chills through North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin, into Illinois and Indiana, and down to Missouri and parts of Iowa. For weeks, cold air...

FARGO, N.D. - Ozzy Osbourne wants an apology from the Cass County sheriff for staging a sting operation in the rocker's name without his permission. Osbourne claims his reputation was tarnished when Sheriff Paul Laney invited 500 people with outstanding warrants to a phony party at a Fargo nightclub before the rocker's concert with Rob Zombie at a nearby arena. More than 30 showed up and were arrested. "Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back, Sheriff Laney should be apologizing to me for using my name in connection with these arrests," Osbourne said in a...

As he stood facing the busy street in front of the Red River Women's Clinic, the dozen or so men and women who joined him drew close to hear his words above the sounds of the traffic and occasional nearby trains. The campaign, which began Sept. 26, includes prayer and fasting, community outreach and a 40-day, 24-hours-a-day prayer vigil in front of the clinic. According to a diocesan release, "40 Days for Life" is a nationwide, ecumenical effort to increase awareness about abortion, "save the lives of unborn children and bring healing to those who have had abortions, those who...

Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. was found guilty today of kidnapping 22-year-old Dru Sjodin from a Grand Forks, ND mall and causing her death in November 2003...

FARGO, N.D. - Mayor Bruce Furness declared an emergency Thursday to help the city prepare for spring flooding. Officials said they closed some streets near the Red River but they believe the city is in good shape. "We've decided again to provide free sandbags to people along the river. And at this point, we think it's just a very few people," Furness said. "I want to emphasize that it's not a real critical situation at this point, but it is one that we have concern about," the mayor said. "We've ordered sand, we've ordered pumps to do the pumping that...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - An anti-abortion activist is posting Internet pictures of women entering an abortion clinic here. Martin Wishnatsky, who is banned from going within 150 feet of the Red River Women's Clinic, said he usually stands on a street corner to take the photos. "I have a little zoom lens," he said. "I felt it would really give the average person who doesn't visit there a firsthand view of what it looks like to someone who is there. "I hope this might contribute to turning people's hearts back to life." Along with the photographs, Wishnatsky has posted the...

Fargo might soon lose its only local presence in the national media. Ed Schultz, who has been on television, radio or both in Fargo since the early 1980s, evolving from sportscaster to political commentator, is thinking about moving the home base for his nationally syndicated liberal talk show. He says he’s been talking about the potential move with station managers in some of the top markets where he’s doing well, like WINZ in Miami and KPTK in Seattle. Two main reasons Schultz may split: First, he wants to have better access to a satellite uplink so he can raise his...

For once not involving Air America, liberal talk radio took a big hit this week, as Ed Schultz lost affiliates in three cities. In an especially significant blow, the syndicated talker was cancelled in his hometown of Fargo, North Dakota, from where his show remains based. According to Perry Simon of entertainment industry trade publication All Access, Schultz was cancelled in Fargo to make room for local programming, the same reason the Aberdeen American News has given for his South Dakota removal. And his Norfolk, Virginia outlet is switching to sports. While Aberdeen's KSDN is also dropping Rush Limbaugh for...

<p>A man trimming trees was killed after he apparently was pulled into a wood chipper, police said.</p> <p>The tree-service employee died Wednesday while he and a co-worker were cutting branches at a Loveland residence, Police Sgt. Rae Bontz said.</p> <p>"It appears he was pulled into the chipper," Bontz said. He described the death as an industrial accident but released no other details, saying police were investigating.</p>

Per Fox News...

http://fifthnail.blogspot.com/2004_03_21_fifthnail_archive.html The above url is the blog site of that sick bas**rd, Joe Duncan who was caught at Denny's with one of his victims. He went by fifth nail. There are several entries there. The last blog was in May but I saw that around 500 people have left messages since he was caught.

A leader in America's financial services industry stopped by Bakersfield Wednesday. KW Associates, Realtors Richard Kovacevich, chairman and chief executive officer of Wells Fargo & Co. in San Francisco, addressed graduate students in the School of Business and Public Administration at Cal State Bakersfield, professors and local business leaders. His appearance was part of the school's Executive Briefing series, in which prominent professionals speak at the school. In case you're wondering, Kovacevich is not related to the local farming family with the same last name. Before Kovacevich stepped to the podium in the CSUB lecture hall, he sat down with...

WHEN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, businessman Howard Dahl boards a plane for the East Coast or flies to Europe and beyond, he is often struck by the views of the people he encounters, especially their preconceptions about his part of the country. "There's a lot of condescension. You'd think no one here ever read a book," Dahl says, "or ever had a thought about anything. They think we're religious fanatics."To Dahl, a successful international exporter of agricultural technology, this contempt is sometimes hard to understand. A devout Christian who spent three years at a Lutheran seminary, he comes from an increasingly...

"Only in - and from - America."

FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, USA, Dec. 17, 2004 (CNA) - In a pastoral letter to be released on Saturday, Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila, Bishop of Fargo, addresses the roots of dissent among Catholics, highlighted during the recent elections in the U.S., and picks out five main areas of concern. In his letter, entitled “"You Will Know the Truth and the Truth Will Set You Free" A Pastoral Letter on Deepening our Understanding of the Truths of the Catholic Faith,” Bishop Aquila notes that many Catholics “are more influenced by the secular culture in which we live than by the teachings...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A woman who objected to being frisked may be charged with assault for slapping an airport security guard's face with her boarding pass, police said. The 48-year-old woman swatted the agent after being told she had to be patted down for repeatedly setting off metal detectors before her flight Wednesday, Lt. Tod Dahle said. "She said if anybody was going to touch her, she was going to touch them," Dahle said. She was "just an average middle-aged person who got upset." The woman was allowed to leave on another flight, but police plan to pursue a...