Best, Weible participate in national VFW Ladies Auxiliary convention

North Dakota President Janice Best, a member of Arthur W. Jones #7564, West Fargo, led the state delegation of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of the U.S. at the 97th National Convention held August 21-26 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. Joyce Weible of West Fargo, a member of Arthur W. Jones Auxiliary #7564, also participated in the convention.

• Janice Best
• Joyce Weible

Back to school in full gear

Bikes line the front lawn of South Elementary in West Fargo as students head back to school on Tuesday, August 31. Jamie Grant / West Fargo Pioneer

Drinking, driving never mix

Ensure a safe Labor Day weekend

West Fargo police investigate alcohol source after 13-year-old hospitalized

WEST FARGO – Police here are investigating how a group of six teenagers obtained alcohol after a 13-year-old girl was hospitalized for extreme intoxication, Assistant Police Chief Mike Reitan said.

West Fargo man hurt in head-on crash in I-29 construction zone

FARGO – A West Fargo man driving an SUV the wrong way in a construction zone on Interstate 29 was hurt when he collided head-on with a van just before midnight Monday, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said.

School supplies donated to WF schools

From left to right, Tracy Aaker, teacher at West Fargo High School, Principal Gary Clark and Tiffany Johnson of Healing Touch Chiropractic display the school supplies donated by Healing Touch Chiropractic through their “Tools for School” drive program conducted in August. The goal of the program was to ensure that students began the school year with the supplies and positive outlook necessary to reach their full academic, physical and mental potential. Among the school supplies given to the schools were calculators, exercise chair balls, expandable pocket files, glue, pencil boxes, crayons, colored pencils, and markers. Supplies were donated to both the high school and to South Elementary School. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
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WF third-grader suffers apparent neck injury in fall from swing

WEST FARGO – A third-grader at West Fargo’s Aurora Elementary School was treated and released at a local hospital after she fell or jumped off a swing this morning on the first day of school, officials said.

Flight Lines: Night stalker among the natural beauties

It began with a fellow named Joe who wondered, along with some of his neighbors in Petersburg, N. D., whether the owls they were seeing every night in town were something special.

• Barn Owl

Ty's Take: WF boys soccer gets early 'wake-up call' vs. Riders

The West Fargo boys soccer team faced a fresh face last Tuesday, and grabbed a win to boot. But when battling a common foe two days later, the Packers fell apart.