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FARGO, N.D., Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WNC & Associates (WNC), a family-owned business known as both a pioneer and leader in the affordable housing industry, and BlueLine Development, a Montana-based promotor of dignity, equity, and quality of life through housing, and their partner, the Fargo Housing Redevelopment Authority, have closed a deal to begin construction on Lashkowitz Riverfront Apartments, a new affordable housing community in Fargo, North Dakota.

Lashkowitz Riverfront Apartments will replace an older affordable housing community on the same lot. Once the tallest building in Fargo, the previous 22-story affordable housing community lost its efficiency, was vacated and demolished by implosion in September 2023. The new development will consist of 110 units, with four upper levels of affordable housing and a ground floor providing commercial space. Amenities at the new development will include community rooms, lounges, a rooftop patio, exercise room and free laundry.

A 100% Section-8 community, Lashkowitz Riverfront Apartments will serve families making between 30 and 50% of the area median income (AMI). The unit breakdown includes 52 one-bedroom units, 36 two-bedroom units, and 22 three-bedroom units.

“Affordable housing is much needed everywhere, and Fargo is not an exception. Recent growth in the area has increased demand for affordable housing, which WNC, in partnership with two great affordable housing partners, is proud to help address,” said Dan Garrett, Vice President of Originations at WNC.

Located at 101 2nd Street South, Lashkowitz Riverfront Apartments overlooks the Red River in the middle of downtown Fargo, bordering the Minnesota state line. When completed, residents will enjoy proximity to a nearby park, dining and local businesses.

The deal was structured with 4% and 9% LIHTC credits, with financing from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) Housing Trust Fund and Fargo Housing Capital Fund. Partners include BlueLine Development and Fargo Housing Authority.

Construction is expected to be completed in December 2025.

About WNC & AssociatesFounded in 1971, WNC & Associates (WNC) is a family-owned business known as both a pioneer and leader in the affordable housing industry. WNC and its affiliated companies specialize in tax credit syndication, affordable housing development, and preservation equity fund investments. Combined, the WNC companies have acquired approximately $18.2 billion in assets across 48 states, including more than 1,800 affordable rental properties that house more than 1 million residents. With offices in 16 states, WNC has partnered with more than 400 developers and 125 institutional investors. To learn more, visit: https://www.wncinc.com/.

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FARGO — Rich Olson has coached the Langdon Area-Munich volleyball team for 29 years.

Entering Saturday, the Cardinals had won four North Dakota Class B state championships under his guidance.

Olson said it’s difficult to rank them all, but the fifth — won on Saturday — might win the award for the most improved team he’s ever had.

“It’s hard to rank them because I’ve just been so blessed to have so many great kids,” Olson said. “But this team came a long way. This is probably the team that improved the most from start to finish.”

When all was said and done at the Fargodome, it was Langdon defeating South Prairie-Max 15-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-16 for the Cardinals’ first state title since 2019.

LA-M senior setter Payton Hall had been wanting an ace at the tournament, coming up empty on her goal in the first two matches.

She finally notched one in Saturday’s final, and it was the one that secured match point and state championship glory for the Cardinals.

“I was just happy it went over honestly,” Hall said. “Coach told me all I needed to do was get them out-of-system. But my goal this whole tournament was to get an ace, which I didn’t get the first two games. So I really put my heart into that one and I’m glad it worked out.”

Following a dominant Set 1 win by the Royals, which ended via kill from Skotti Beck, it was all Cardinals the rest of the way.

Kills from senior Meredith Romfo and eighth-grader Hilary Haaven ended Sets 2 and 3 before Hall finished with the clinching ace in the fourth.

Haaven’s 20 kills paced the LA-M attack while Romfo finished with 15.

Romfo and Hall are the only seniors on the Cardinals.

“That last ace by Payton, oh my gosh, I literally sprinted to her and hugged her,” Romfo said. “I think I tackled her on the ground honestly. It was just great.”

Romfo also made note of how far the Cardinals have come since summer.

“It’s literally surreal,” Romfo said. “It hasn’t fully sunk in yet. I’m so proud of this group of girls. We’ve come so far. If you saw us this summer, I honestly didn’t know how our season was going to look. But we came and we got better every single day.

“To win state and to be a state champion as a team, it feels awesome. It’s the best feeling right now.”

Romfo, Hall and Haaven were named to the all-tournament team for top-seeded LA-M, which finished its year 39-5.

“It’s crazy,” Haaven said. “There’s no better feeling. I’m going to hold onto this for the rest of my life. I love (all of my teammates). It’s been such a fun year. I can’t imagine not being with all of them this year.”

Haaven led the Cardinals with three aces and shared the team lead of 16 digs with teammate Aubrey Badding. Hall finished with 31 set assists.

SP-M, the tournament No. 2 seed, finished as state runners-up at 34-7.

The Royals' Azjiah Trader finished with 15 kills, four blocks and one ace. Reagan Trudell recorded 27 assists while Delaney Hankel had 30 digs.

Beck, Hankel and Trader also received all-tournament team honors for SP-M while Trader was selected as Class B Volleyball Senior Athlete of the Year by the North Dakota High School Coaches Association.

Royals head coach Keturah Schwarzrock was selected as NDHSCA Coach of the Year.

Olson said this state title is special in particular because of the number of new faces that were a part of it.

“Just because it’s a new group,” Olson said. “A lot of young kids that are trying to learn this game for the first time. A lot of these girls played new positions this year. We’re really excited for the future, but just a great group to work with. I think what makes it the most fun is we have such great leadership.”

Hall said she never envisioned the winning point coming off of her hand.

“No, honestly no,” Hall said. “But I’m glad it did.”

CLASS B ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Reagan Kjelstrup, Central McLeanAnnabel Scheeler, Dickinson TrinityAlayna Foster-DeVold, Fargo Oak GroveTaya Aufforth, Kenmare-BowbellsHilary Haaven, Langdon Area-MunichPayton Hall, Langdon Area-MunichMeredith Romfo, Langdon Area-MunichViolet Bohl, Medina-Pingree/BuchananBrynn Sorenson, Medina-Pingree/BuchananSkotti Beck, South Prairie-MaxDelaney Hankel, South Prairie-MaxAzjiah Trader, South Prairie-MaxKya Hurst, ThompsonJordyn Tozer, Thompson

NDHSCA Senior Athlete of the Year

Azjiah Trader, South Prairie-Max

NDHSCA Coach of the Year

Keturah Schwarzrock, South Prairie-Max

MAYVILLE, N.D. — A once-in-a-lifetime discovery in rural North Dakota. The fossil remnants of an ancient sea monster.

There are many remnants of the ancient past inside Mayville State University: ammonites, baculites, even the tooth of a Tyrannosaurus.

However, the recent discovery by Jay Anderson of Steele County stands out among the collection.

While working in the gravel pit on his property, he brought in heavy equipment to break up a massive boulder.

"Looked at the rock, and I seen it was something wrong, and I got out, and here it was, this, you know, fossil. And I knew that was something pretty big," Anderson said.

So he brought the pieces to Michael Kjelland, an associate professor of biology at Mayville State University.

"I looked at them like, 'Wow, this is neat.' This is, you know, warrants a trip out to the site," Kjelland said.

He knew it was old, but even he was surprised by how old.

"I was thinking Cretaceous period, because here we have the pure shale, which is Cretaceous, but it actually goes back to the Ordovician period. So it's roughly 444 million years or more, 486," Kjelland said.

An artistic rendering can guess what the ancient sea monster looked like. It's a long-extinct apex predator, a cephalopod, and an Endoceras specimen. Nothing like it exists today, but it might have resembled a giant squid with a shell.

"The shelled Kraken!" Kjelland exclaimed.

How did this ancient sea monster make its way to the Peace Garden State, not exactly known for oceanic life — 400-plus million years is a long time.

Kjelland's best guess?

"It could be that a glacier brought it in, deposited there, was covered up as the glacier melted back and swept off all the debris," he said.

Questions still remain about the discovery, and there could be more discoveries to come.

Some of these fragments of the fossil at the museum are actually from the original boulder, where they found the fossil remnants. In spring, Mayville students are going to come out and look for some more at the site.

Count on Anderson's daughter, Madison, a Mayville State student, to be there.

"It's crazy that my dad just found it and it ended up being something that, I mean, was totally cool and millions and millions of years old," she said.

Where there's one fossil, there could be more.

"Look at rocks. Flip them over. See what's on the other side. Because you never know this might be in your backyard," Anderson says.

Believe it or not, it's not actually the first time an ancient cephalopod has been discovered in North Dakota.

Other "sea monsters" have been found and identified in the Pembina Gorge.

UND makes trip south to take on North Dakota State in season finale

North Dakota vs. North Dakota State || 11/19 (7 p.m.) 97th Meeting; NDSU leads series 82-14 Fargo, N.D. (Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse)

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - North Dakota volleyball looks to close out the 2024 season on a high note as the Fighting Hawks make the short trip south down I-29 to take on North Dakota State on Tuesday in the season finale. It will be the 97th meeting all-time between the two programs. First serve from inside Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse is scheduled for 7 p.m. Live coverage links are available at www.FightingHawks.com.

LAST WEEK LOOK BACK »The Hawks dropped a pair of matches last weekend to Kansas City (3-0) and (RV) South Dakota State (3-0). »Against the Roos, UND trailed 17-15 in the opening set before KC closed on an 8-5 run behind a 4-1 start to distance themselves from the host down the stretch. The second set saw five tied scores and three lead changes with UND holding its last lead at 10-10. The Hawks battled to a 23-21 deficit. In the third set, UND got as close as three at 17-14 down the stretch, before the Roos closed on an 8-3 run to end the match. »On Senior Day, the action witnessed 28 tied scores and 15 lead changes. The Hawks erased a 9-4 deficit and grabbed set point on back-to-back kills from junior Paige Barber, but an error, solo block and a termination all went in favor of the Jackrabbits who won the opening frame 27-25. Both sets two and three were tied at 12, and the Hawks battled to a 20-17 deficit in each, before the Jackrabbits, who clinched the Summit League regular season title with the victory, closed each frame on a 5-2 run.

IN THE FIRST MEETING »NDSU defeated UND in four sets on October 22. Sophomore Lauren Perugini registered her fifth double double of the season with 13 kills and 11 digs, classmate Teagan Timperley followed suit with her second double double in a 20-assist and 14-dig effort and junior Izzie McCormick led all Hawks with 23 digs. However, a big second-set victory coupled with a nearly-completed rally in set three was not enough for the Hawks at home. »Set two proved to be all Hawks as a 4-1 run to start grew to a 10-4 advantage courtesy of back-to-back aces from Jarolin de los Santos Lugo moments before a wild sequence saw the senior score with her back to the net on an out-of-system ball that was kept in play on effort touches by McCormick and Imoh. That play pushed UND out front 15-12 and the Hawks doubled up the Bison down the stretch to even the match. UND had its best attack effort of the match in that second set hitting .267. »Defense was on display in the third set. UND recorded 27 of its 76 digs in that frame in addition to five of its six total blocks. The two sides played to a 13-13 tie, before a 7-0 NDSU run broke open the frame as the visitors led 20-13 prompting a UND timeout. » NDSU used the set three momentum to build a 10-6 lead in set four which grew to 21-13. The two sides traded the final eight points of the match as the league's top serving team produced an ace on match point to close out the night.

A MEMORABLE BYE-BYE TO THE BETTY » Seniors Elizabeth Norris, Maddy Hornyak, Jarolin de los Santos Lugo and Alexandria Harper competed for the final time inside the BESC. Norris finished with 19 assists as she became the tenth player in program history to cross over 2,000 career assists. Santos Lugo finished with three aces and three blocks to become the first player in the program's DI era to record 30 aces and 100 blocks in a single campaign. Her three aces give her 32 for the season which is currently the sixth most in any DI season for UND.

UND BY THE NUMBERS 10- The number of players in program history that have eclipsed 2,000 assists in a career with graduate setter Elizabeth Norris becoming the latest on Senior Day. 9- The number of career double doubles from sophomore Lauren Perugini. She added two more over the weekend to run her season total to seven. 7- The number of Hawks with 100 or more kills. It marks the first time since 2016 that UND has seen seven players cross over the century mark in terminations. 1- The number of players in UND's DI era (2008 to present) that have recorded 100.0 total blocks and 30 aces in a single season. Senior Jarolin de los Santos Lugo became the first on Senior Day with 3 blocks and 3 aces.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - North Dakota’s Measure 5, which would legalize recreational marijuana for everyone over the age of 21, has failed. The measure was voted down with 52.55% against the measure and 47.45% looking to legalize the drug.

Similar initiatives were rejected back in 2018 and 2022. Prior to election day, Attorney Mark Friese shared with Valley News Live why he thinks it should pass. One reason, is most people convicted on a marijuana charge end up getting pardoned anyway.

“There are all sorts of implications. Even renting an apartment in Fargo is difficult for people who have a conviction for possessing marijuana. I’ve heard from clients and I’ve represented clients who have had really significant life-long consequences for conduct that ultimately ended up being pardoned,” said Friese.

On Tuesday, Rep. Jim Jonas (R - District 13) sat down with Valley News Live’s Sydney Zatz on Valley News Now to share his thoughts on the measure.

“I am in the kid business on the school board. I was a ‘no vote on this.’ The measure does refer to the ‘no smoking of marijuana in public spaces’ but when you go to Minneapolis, Denver, or you go out of state, you’re walking down the streets and you can smell the odor so I was a ‘no’ vote on that.”

Steve Bakken of New Economic Frontier says Measure 5 brought the highest turnout of any measure on the ballot, showing that North Dakotans are increasingly engaged in the future of cannabis policy. He believes the vote count shows a shift in public opinion and growing support for recreational marijuana.

“This close outcome highlights that many people in North Dakota want local control over cannabis policy. Without our own approach, North Dakota risks having to follow national regulations that might not fully reflect our state’s values. Without local control, North Dakota could find itself forced into a one-size-fits-all approach, and we know that is rarely successful,” said Steve Bakken of New Economic Frontier.

New Economic Frontier thanked the Measure 5 sponsoring committee and supporters who worked to bring the initiative forward.

“Although Measure 5 didn’t pass, the strong turnout and smaller margin compared to past attempts show that many North Dakotans are ready for change,” they said in a statement. “We urge lawmakers to pay attention to the growing support for cannabis reform and consider policies that better reflect the needs and values of North Dakota.”

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