Author: Alison Voorhees

Locations announced for Youth Summer Meals program

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Great Plains Food Bank announces 15 sites across the state to help keep kids fed this summer. The program allows kids up to the age of 17 to get a boxed meal during each hand-out event. Last year, over 5,000 meals were given out to nearly 300 kids. 2023 Youth Summer Meals sites and locations Cannon Ball…

Gov. Burgum reappoints student member to state Board of Higher Education

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Governor Burgum reappoints University of North Dakota student Sadie Hanson to a second one-year term on the state Board of Higher Education. She is the student representative on the board that has eight voting members. Hanson graduated from UND earlier this month with bachelor’s degrees in marketing and public affairs. She is also Grand Forks Red River…

Uncle Eddie’s is home to 100 ft. gum ball machine

Could it be the world's longest gum ball machine?

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Uncle Eddie’s in Fergus Falls is more than an ice cream parlor. It’s also home to a new 100 foot gum ball machine. Kurt Frustol of Uncle Eddie’s on Lincoln Avenue says they built the machine and believes it could be the world’s longest. The owner adds that they haven’t been able to find one…

Fosston teen seriously injured in crash involving tractor

CLEARWATER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fosston teen suffered life threatening injuries after the vehicle he was in crashed with a tractor. According to the Minnesota crash report, the crash happened just before 11 a.m. on Highway 2 in Clearwater County. The driver of a Ford Expedition, 59-year-old Christina Gubrud, collided with a farm tractor. Both were traveling eastbound. The Fosston…

Fargo Police identify woman killed by train

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo police identify the woman who was killed when she was hit by a train early Sunday. She is 59-year old Kimberly Jo Reger of Fargo. Police say it happened on the tracks between Roberts Street and Broadway after 3:30 a.m. The train’s conductor says they tried applying the emergency brakes when they saw the woman…