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MSUM's study abroad program drew students across Psychology, Social Work, Special Education, and School Psychology programs, reflecting regional higher-education engagement with international experiential learning.
The apparent closure follows Twenty Below Coffee Co. shutting both its Fargo and Moorhead locations on July 5 and Third Drop Coffee closing its downtown Moorhead location in April, marking multiple coffee-sector exits in the FM market.
Agronomy work at the Grand Farm Innovation Campus (ND) continues during a heat wave, with Corn V12 tissue sampling ongoing — activity relevant to FM-area agtech and farm operations.
Lauren McCombs is joining the Dragon Community as a housing coordinator, working within Housing and Resident Life to help students who live or plan to live on campus.
With both former FM-area rage rooms — Havoc House and Rage Room/Splatter Room LLC — closed since 2023, Creative Minds fills a vacant niche in the local market, operating inside The Art Bar at 18 1st St. in West Fargo.
Grand Farm, active in the FM region's agriculture ecosystem, is reported to provide tech fixes for farmers' most pressing needs, per InForum.
The events—PRIDE in the Park at Fargo's Civic Plaza on August 8th and the PRIDE Parade on August 9th—draw volunteer and community participation from across the FM area.
Grand Farm is hiring for a role at its 600-acre Innovation Campus near Casselton, North Dakota, signaling continued staffing and operational activity at a regional agricultural innovation site.
Grand Farm is hiring an Agronomist to serve as agronomic lead for its 600-acre Innovation Campus near Casselton, North Dakota, guiding agronomic planning and field trials.
Grand Farm is hiring an intern to support campus logistics, tours, partner visits, field trials, and events during a high-activity season at its Innovation Campus, signaling continued operational activity in the FM agri-innovation sector.
The internship at Grand Farm Innovation Campus covers event operations, campus logistics, agricultural innovation, and partner engagement — sectors central to the FM region's emerging innovation ecosystem.
The Farm Progress report on 8 ag startups offering solutions to farm challenges is relevant to FM's ag-focused business community, as surfaced by Grand Farm.
Tharaldson, based in North Dakota and listed by Forbes at $1.2 billion in wealth, built a hotel, real estate, and ethanol empire with regional ties including a Casselton ethanol plant relevant to FM-area business.
Essentia's pursuit of a tax break for a planned downtown Moorhead clinic directly concerns FM-area commercial development and public finance.
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