Author: Emily Welker

LIVE: It’s Giving Golden

FARGO — Area nonprofits are starting to put together their big plans for Giving Hearts Day coming up next month. It’s one of the biggest days in the region for charitable donations, and this is the second year the grassroots homelessness advocacy group Golden Drive for Homeless Kids is participating. Founder Sue Baron started the nonprofit 13 years ago, while…

LIVE Pet Connection: Meet Zipper

He's zipping right into our affections.

FARGO — We’re making a literal connection today on Pet Connection…. specifically, with a guy named after a connecting piece. Zipper comes to us from 4 Luv of Dog shelter, and he’s an approximately 2 year old Rottweiler mix. His handler Cindy Holtan says he’s one of those dogs that just makes them ask, “Why?” as in, why on earth…

LIVE: F-M Symphony

FARGO — Ever heard of the Legend of Zelda? Even if you haven’t, you might recognize its music. And even then, if you still don’t — you’ve probably heard of the Disney movie, Fantasia. That familiarity with myths, legends, games and fairy tales is part of what the performers and maestro of the F-M Symphony are predicting will make this…

LIVE: Get On The Sustainability Bus

FARGO — They’re some of the most sustainable ways you can get around town, but they sometimes sort of blend into the environment. Now, Fargo city planners want students to get on the bus… both literally and figuratively. They’re asking for your middle and high school students’ art submissions, to be featured on the side of a city bus. The…

LIVE: BIO Girls Begins

Teaching girls to believe in themselves, for all the right reasons.

FARGO — Girls in North Dakota are up against a lot these days. And starting Tuesday, January 16th, you can sign up the little girl in your life for a program that can help her feel better about herself, in a world that’s not always on her side. The nonprofit BIO Girls is opening 2024 program registration for girls from…

Video shows Barakat encounter with deputy, weeks before deadly ambush in Fargo

FARGO (KVRR) – We’re getting a look at a law enforcement encounter with the man who gunned down three Fargo police officers, one fatally, and an innocent bystander, recorded about two months before the deadly ambush. The bodycam video from May 4, 2023 was obtained from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy responded to a private shooting range in…

LIVE: Winter Track Meet With HOPE Inc.

Warm up the heart -- both literally and figuratively -- with one of the region's best-loved nonprofits.

FARGO — Does the thought of going out in the cold this weekend get your heart racing — and not in a fun way? Here’s a way you can get out of the house and still stay warm, with one of the region’s most heart-warming nonprofits. HOPE Inc. is getting ready for their winter indoor track meet this weekend. It’s got…

Unsealed Warrants Detail Previous Tips, Contents of Home, Car From July 14 ‘Mass Shooting’

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Previously sealed federal search warrant applications for the residence and garage of the man who ambushed Fargo Police officers last summer, fatally shooting one and seriously injuring two others, provide new detail about the investigation. The documents, unsealed Friday, include the report of an interaction of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office with Mohamad Barakat just weeks prior…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Alien and Jaws

Talk about camera-ready.

FARGO — If you’re looking to fill your life with lights! Camera! Action! then you should definitely consider giving Alien and Jaws a starring role. These cinema-themed cuties are showstoppers in their own right. The six-month old pit bull terrier mixes came in as part of a litter surrendered to 4 Luv of Dog rescue. Their siblings have all been…

New Native-Language Signage Coming to Region

Call it a sign of the times -- and an effort to bring awareness of native populations to Minnesota and other parts of the country.

This photo taken on Dec. 14, 2023 provided by Sarah Burks shows a paper mockup of the street signs that will go up next year in some parts of Cambridge, Mass. and include the language of the Massachusett Tribe. (Sarah Burks via AP) By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A few years back, Sage Brook Carbone was…