Author: Alex Bertsch

LIVE: Slumberland gives beds to kids in need

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – There’s nothing quite like going to sleep in your own bed, and Slumberland is helping make sure that kids in the metro get to have that experience. It’s the 30th year of their Homes for the Holidays event, where they work with The Salvation Army, The Knights of Columbus and other partners to provide beds and…

LIVE: Tubas take the spotlight, spreading cheer at TubaChristmas

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s a family of instruments usually relegated to the bass line and the background, but at TubaChristmas, the tubas, euphoniums, baritones and sousaphones get their chance to shine and spread some Christmas cheer. The event has been going on across the country for over 50 years, and in the Fargo-Moorhead area for almost as long. It…

LIVE: Latino Networking FM and The Indigenous Association talk about Latino Holiday Potluck

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Latino Networking FM and The Indigenous Association are coming together to give their communities a great chance to come together. They’ll be hosting a Latino Holiday Potluck Party at The Indigenous Association in Fargo, where attendees can build bonds while breaking bread. They say that the events they host have helped connect people across the Latino…

LIVE: NDSU students talk massive success of NMDP Drive

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An update to a story we brought you earlier this week, students at NDSU saw huge success registering people for the National Marrow Donor Program. The NMDP keeps a registry of potential bone marrow donors who could be a match for someone fighting some types of blood cancer. Thirty percent of blood cancer patients have a…

LIVE: Building community and understanding through International Potluck

MOORHEAD, MINN. (KVRR) – The Fargo-Moorhead International Potluck is returning to Concordia College. The monthly event sees people of all cultural backgrounds to come together and learn about their neighbors. This edition will feature many international student groups from Concordia having a cultural exchange with their fellow students. Fowzia Adde and Jesse Kiboko say that the opportunity to break bread…

Students work to register marrow donors for NMDP

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Students from around the community are working to get people registered to donate bone marrow. NMDP, formerly the National Marrow Donor Program and Be The Match, is looking to collect 300 samples for their registry to donate. One NDSU student helping with the program has already given a life saving donation, and now she’s working to…

Pangea celebration highlights a diversity of cultures

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – At the Hjemkomst Center the people of Fargo-Moorhead got together to experience and learn about the cultures that make up this city of immigrants. “Everybody is just really mingling together. This is what Pangea is all about.” Pangea: Cultivate our Cultures has been bringing together the Fargo-Moorhead community to share their traditions for 30 years. “To…

Paranormal author highlights Minnesota haunts

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Halloween may have passed, but people still gathered at the Moorhead Public Library Saturday to hear some spooky stories. Author Chad Lewis gave a talk about haunted locations, monsters and the paranormal sites of Minnesota, a topic he’s covered in several books. Lewis says his interest in the paranormal began from an early age growing up…