🌱 Patch AM: Fargo’s Sanford hospital just landed on a national ‘great hospitals’ list

Morning Fargo! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Fargo's Sanford hospital just landed on a national 'great hospitals' list
• Why a Fargo church's unfinished pipe organ is before ND's high court

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Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 85 and low of 49 degrees.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 47.
• Sunday: Cooler with a few showers, with a high of 62 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sanford Bismarck, Fargo Named Becker's Great Hospitals (midwestmedicaledition.com) — Sanford Medical Center Fargo has been named one of Becker's 2026 Great Hospitals in America, highlighting its clinical quality and patient outcomes. The hospital, home to North Dakota's only Level I Adult Trauma Center and several other advanced programs, is recognized for investing in technology, innovation, and nursing excellence to keep high‑level care close to home for Fargo and regional patients.
   

• ND Supreme Court hears arguments in Fargo pipe organ case (valleynewslive.com) — North Dakota's Supreme Court is weighing whether to reopen a $324,640 default judgment tied to an unfinished pipe organ project at a Fargo Catholic parish, St. Paul's Newman Center. Justices are focused on whether a Cass County judge misapplied legal standards when refusing to vacate the judgment, amid disputed claims about the organ company owner's mental capacity and the parish's ongoing lack of the promised instrument.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Friday September 11
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  Dempsey's Public House, 226 Broadway N, Fargo
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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• PMP Training Course | 4 Day PMP Certification Bootcamp in Fargo, ND →
  Regus - Fargo - Brandt Office Park, 3523 45th Street South, Fargo
• Submission Challenge →
  Courts Plus Community Fitness, 3491 University Dr. S., Fargo
  7:00 am
• Pancake Fly-In →
  Fargo Air Museum, 1609 19th Avenue North, Fargo
  8:00 am
• Youth Aviation Camp: Robotics →
  Fargo Air Museum, 1609 19th Avenue North, Fargo
  9:00 am
• Red River Market →
  Broadway Square, 201 Broadway N, Fargo
  10:00 am
• Drunken Noodles →
  The 1889 Fargo, 602 Main Ave, Fargo
  10:30 am
• Fargo Dem-NPL Office Phone Bank →
  Fargo Democratic-NPL Office, 1325 23rd Street South, Suite B, Fargo
  11:00 am
• MSUM vs. Jamestown Tennis →
  Courts Plus Community Fitness, 3491 University Dr. S., Fargo
  12:30 pm
• Kids' Night Out →
  Courts Plus Community Fitness, 3491 University Dr. S., Fargo
  4:30 pm
• Foo Fighters →
  FARGODOME, 1800 North University Drive, Fargo
  7:30 pm
• House Dance with Dr.Dru and SaXa →
  The Aquarium, 226 Broadway N Fl 2, Fargo
  9:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Any references for pet sitters to board my two dogs for two weeks?
  Dec 25 to Jan 9 Please DM me with your rate/night. Should be able to board them at your place. (Nextdoor Rocking Horse Farm)
• Looking for recommendation on home inspectors.
  With how dry things have been, parts of my house have settled and I'm looking for things to watch out for. (Nextdoor Edgewood)

• Unifi Aviation, LLC posted a job opening for Airport Ramp Agent (DL) - FAR FT in Fargo. Apply here.
• U.S. Bancorp posted a job opening for Machine Operator- Credit Cards Third shift in Fargo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fargo here.

🗞 Nearby News

West Fargo

• IrvinGQ Awarded $14.7M Navy Contract for MK-59 Floating Decoy System Production (envzone.com)
• West Fargo Eats to host pop-up food pantry Sept. 17 (inforum.com)
• West Fargo man charged after allegedly punching Dilworth officer during traffic stop (valleynewslive.com)

Horace

• Prep Volleyball Insider: Top-ranked Oak Grove thriving under all-in mentality (inforum.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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