Marisa Jackels

Vine Rangers shows Fargo a new way to farm

By the end of this year, local farmers of specialty crops like sugar beets could be farming in an entirely new fashion. A new fleet of of drones from Vine…

12-year old boy's mobile app could be a game-changer. Literally.

Taking the stage at 1 Million Cups this week shouldn’t be too daunting for 12-year-old Joshua Boen – after all, he’s already presented his inventive mobile app to Microsoft and…

Emerging Prairie's January in Review

If the rest of 2015 is like this first month, we are in for an extraordinary year. January was a month of breaking records, getting connected, and celebration- often with…

NDSU students are re-inventing the clothes hanger

Personally, I’ve always fostered a strange hatred for clothes hangers. Big comfy sweaters slide off and end up on the ground. Too many in a bunch, and they become a…

30 companies looking for Fargo interns

Attention all students, recent grads, and anyone looking to get some professional experience! In addition to celebrating the 1st birthday of 1 Million Cups Fargo this morning, we also held…

Startup Spotlight: Kirk Anton

Not many grown men can say they have willingly recieved a pedicure in which their toenails were painted purple. But Kirk Anton can. Kirk is a Fargo-Moorhead native and founder…

Fargo startup's new video game On My Own played around the world

Something about being a philosophical backpacker stranded in a forest, completely dependent on survival skills, must have a global appeal. This is the basic premise for video game On My…

Help University: making broke college students…not so broke.

Ask your average college student about their current financial situation, and it’s likely not a pretty picture. Not many students would turn down the opportunity to dog-sit or shovel snow…

Beach Interactive welcomes new web design intern

Fargo-based game design startup Beach Interactive has a new member on the team! Meet Sam Szczesny, a Minnesota State University Moorhead student who joined co-founders Sarah English and Kyle Weik…

Vote for your favorite idea at NDSU Innovation Challenge semi-finals

The NDSU Innovation Challenge is entering its final stages, as students with innovative ideas continue to compete for a total of $20,000 in cash prizes. On January 27, this Tuesday,…