Cooler but still well above normal this week

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Monday’s Red Flag Warning lasts through 8 p.m. due to critical fire conditions. Winds with gusts up to 40 miles per hour, plus low humidity, create for situations in which outdoor burning is not recommended.

A mostly sunny Monday afternoon is in store with a high near 67. There is a 20 percent chance of showers Tuesday morning. It should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a high near 56.

A state senator from Woodbury has been arrested in connection to a home burglary in Detroit Lakes on Monday morning.

 involving the Fargo Police Department, including its policies around 

officer-involved shootings, the Fargo Forum reports.

It was a good weekend for high school speech students in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The Spuds at Moorhead placed first for the eighth year in a row (

last week’s story details what led up to this success.

, West Fargo Horace students championed, with Fargo Davies a close second.

A proposed bill would update Minnesota’s 17-year-old electronics waste law to include all e-waste

 and make recycling electronics free for all Minnesotans.

Gov. Tim Walz on Monday announced the appointment of 

two new Supreme Court justices — Theodora Gaïtas and Sarah Hennesy — 

who are set to replace retiring justices Margaret H. Chutich and G. Barry Anderson.

lower-level speakeasy, the Fargo Forum reports.

On Monday night the Moorhead City Council will meet. 

Agenda items include the following topics: a public hearing on construction at Meadows Golf Course, a new roof for the wastewater treatment plant, the Moorhead Center Mall redevelopment, larval mosquito control in Cass County and a City Hall/City Plaza project. 

Find the full agenda and watch the livestream

Happy Earth Day! Some related area events include a 

It’s Poetry Month — celebrate it with 

Global Poetry Open Mic with Fargo-Moorhead International Potluck

social (complete with pizza and trivia) for folks in downtown Fargo is Thursday

47th Annual Red River Valley International Wood Arts Festival

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A mostly sunny Monday afternoon is in store with a high near 67. There is a 20 percent chance of showers Tuesday morning. It should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a high near 56.


Today in Fargo-Moorhead: Red Flag Warning, speech team wins, Fargo police review

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