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Cheers Fargo! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Need help with your Fargo ballot? This local voter guide can help
  • What's at stake in Monday's Fargo City Commission meeting?
  • What police say happened inside that Fargo apartment standoff.

Also on today's calendar: Fargo, ND In-Person and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Breezy, with a high of 88 and low of 52 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 57, low: 45.
  • Monday: Cooler; rain in the afternoon, with a high of 49 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Fargo-Moorhead metro area has an online voter guide (prairiepublic.org) — Fargo-area voters now have an updated online guide at VOTEFMWF.org to help them prepare for local races, from city commission and council to school board and legislative seats. The Chamber's nonpartisan site offers candidate videos, debates, and voting logistics, and has already drawn tens of thousands of views. It's designed to make understanding your Fargo ballot and planning your vote much easier.
   

2. Fargo City Commission to consider $245,000 traffic calming plan for 64th Avenue South (valleynewslive.com) — Fargo residents should know commissioners will weigh a $245,000 traffic calming plan for 64th Avenue South on Monday, including trees, speed signs, and safer crosswalks funded by infrastructure sales tax. The meeting also covers a large construction contract, emergency sewer repairs, zoning changes in Village West and Urban Plains, special assessments, and updates to parking and scooter ordinances. Public comments are welcome during the televised session.
   

3. New details emerge after Fargo man charged in apartment complex standoff (valleynewslive.com) — Fargo residents are learning more about an hours-long police standoff at a 6th Avenue North apartment complex, where a tenant is accused of making violent threats and resisting arrest. Newly filed charges detail multiple terrorizing counts and drug paraphernalia allegations, with the suspect now held in Cass County Jail as the investigation continues.
   

4. Court filing details investigation in Fargo shots-fired incident (valleynewslive.com) — Fargo residents are learning more about a Sept. 29 shots-fired incident in north Fargo, where bullets struck the Happy Harry's on 19th Avenue North and potentially endangered nearby apartments. Newly filed court documents outline how tips, surveillance video, and ballistic testing led investigators to charge 30-year-old Connor James Averson with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, and firing a gun within city limits.
   

5. Today in History, 1972: Fargo police chief asks for citizen's help in controlling rabies (inforum.com) — Fargo residents get a look back at a 1972 rabies scare, when the city's first confirmed case of the year pushed the police chief to urge widespread pet vaccinations and tighter control of strays. The archived story details how Fargo officials handled the incident, what precautions were recommended, and how community cooperation was seen as key to reducing rabies risks.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fargo

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★ Featured events ★

    Saturday October 10
  • Shrek Rave →
    The Aquarium, 226 Broadway, Fargo
    9:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I live in Buena Vista here in Fargo, and yesterday when we came home, hubby opened the door to let our dogs out of the car.
    Our girl, Sox, took off before he could get a hold on her leash, across the street, through yards. Where do you even begin to look? We were driving… (Nextdoor Village West)
  • Quick question for people who do night shifts.
    How do you socialize and meet people. Do you do that in morning hours, afternoon etc? (Nextdoor Southpointe)
  • TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Welder-Fabricator in Fargo. Apply here.
  • Hut American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Team Member in Fargo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fargo here.

Ok Fargo! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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