City office, library & garbage
schedules for Labor Day
FARGO, N.D. (Aug. 26, 2014) – Non-essential City offices will be closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. All Fargo Public Library locations will be closed on Sunday, Aug. 31 and Monday, Sept. 1. Solid Waste will collect Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday garbage one day late. Thursday and Friday will be collected on the normal schedule. The Sanitary Landfill will be closed on Monday, Sept. 1.
Felony Assault
At approximately 11:15 p.m. Monday evening August, 25th a Moorhead Police Officer patrolling on Main Avenue observed an altercation occurring in the Walgreen’s parking lot. MICHAEL COLEMAN BROWN (44 year old from Moorhead) was observed holding a machete and hammer. After complying with commands to drop the weapons, Brown continued to be agitated and tore his shirt off. He was taken into custody without further incident.
Charles Richard Schoen (35 year old from Hendrum) was also present at the scene and reported to have been assaulted by Michael Brown after they arrived at this location in the same vehicle. Schoen indicated that he had been struck in the left side of his neck by the machete and a bat used by Brown. Schoen had a cut several inches long on the left side of his neck that was bleeding lightly. Schoen was transported by FM Ambulance to the Sanford hospital where he received medical treatment and later released.
Brown was transported to the Clay County Jail where he is being held pending a Long Form Complaint through the Clay County Attorney’s Office for appropriate Felony level charges once all reports are completed and reviewed.
PICTURE
Library hosts monthly
checkers club starting Sept. 2
Do you like to play checkers? Whether you are an expert or are new to the game, checker players of all abilities are invited to join the Fargo Public Library’s new checkers club. An informal club open to teens and adults interested in the game, the first session is set for Tuesday, Sept. 2, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Fercho Conference Room at the downtown Main Library. Local checkers expert and former state checker champion Neil Wenberg will facilitate the sessions, and the club will continue to meet on the first Tuesday evening of each month from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the downtown Main Library. The library’s checkers club is free and open to all ages; pre-registration is required. Register online at www.fargolibrary.org or contact Cindy M. at (701) 241-1495 for details.
Four-way stop temporarily
installed at 36th St. & 52nd Ave. S.
Fargo, N.D.– A four-way stop is being temporarily installed today, Friday, Aug. 22, at the intersection of 36th Street and 52nd Avenue South. This traffic control is being put in place to help manage traffic detoured around the closure at 40th Avenue South near 28th Street South. Turning lanes on 52nd Avenue S. will be closed to contain traffic to two lanes. The four-way stop will remain in place until 40th Avenue South is reopened in late November.
Find a complete list of road closures online at www.FargoStreets.com. Follow @FargoStreets on Twitter.
Fargo Police Arrest Car Prowlers
FARGO, N.D. (Aug. 22, 2014) – The Fargo Police were called to the 2900 block of 8th St. N. shortly after 4 am, Friday, Aug. 22, by a resident who noticed four individuals walking down the street with flashlights and trying to enter vehicles. Fargo Police were able to locate all of the suspects including three juveniles and one adult. Three juvenile referrals were made and the adult was arrested for Unauthorized Entry into a Motor Vehicle and Theft from a Motor Vehicle.
The suspects advised officers they tried entering up to 14 vehicles but were only able to gain access to seven or eight because they were unlocked.
The stolen property was turned over to police and entered into evidence. At this time police know of one victim and anticipate up to seven more. If you think you may be a victim, call the Police Department at 235-4493.
City of Dilworth garbage schedule for Labor Day
Labor Day week garbage pick-up for Dilworth residents south of Highway 10 will be on Tuesday, September 2 and north of Highway 10 on Wednesday, September 3.
Please contact Dilworth City Hall if there are any questions. (218) 287-2313.
Beware of Rabies in Bats
North Dakota State University animal health experts are warning people to be on the lookout for rabid bats.
“Recently, a number of bats have been submitted to the NDSU diagnostic lab for rabies testing,” says Neil Dyer, director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. “One of six bats came up positive for the rabies virus.”
Being exposed to and infected with the rabies virus is very serious, and all mammals are susceptible, according to Gerald Stokka, NDSU Extension Service livestock stewardship specialist and veterinarian.
“The virus has affinity for the nervous tissue of the body and results in a progressive encephalitis (brain) condition in infected animals,” he says.
The skunk is the primary carrier of this virus in the northern Great Plains, although bats also can be carriers in this area.
“We are not certain how long the skunk can host this virus before becoming sick, but it is believed that all skunks with the virus eventually become affected by it and die,” Stokka says. “In other parts of the U.S., other species such as the raccoon, the fox and bats can carry the virus and infect other species.”
Dyer and Stokka say abnormal behavior is one indication an animal may have rabies. An example of abnormal behavior is an adult skunk or a bat out in the daylight hours or acting aggressively. Other indications a bat may have rabies are that it is unable to fly, sitting on the ground or acting aggressively toward other animals or even fighting with other bats.
If you encounter bats demonstrating this abnormal behavior, you can bring them to the NDSU diagnostic laboratory for testing, Dyer says. Results should be available in 24 hours. The bats must be dead before bringing them to the lab.
Visit NDSU’s “Rabies” publication at http://tinyurl.com/rabiesV1220 for more information.