Author: Emily Welker

LIVE: NDSU Chamber Music Festival

FARGO — It’s starting to sound a lot like a chance to experience something new and beautiful at the Plains Art Museum and at NDSU. NDSU’S Chamber Music Festival is going on there Monday and Tuesday. It features NDSU student musicians and alums, as well as guest artists like Grace Park. Park, along with NDSU professor Tyler Wottrich, stopped by…

LIVE: Helping Make History with Shane Balkowitsch

BISMARCK — A world-famous photographer from North Dakota is inviting you to help him make photography history next month. Bismarck-based Shane Balkowitsch is doing a demonstration of his historic wet-plate photography technique at the Ellendale Opera House next month. It’s a labor-intensive technique that dates back to the Civil War. It involves developing the image on a plate of glass…

Overnight Stabbing Sends 1 To Hospital

Grand Forks police

GRAND FORKS — Police say one man had to be taken to the hospital after he was stabbed there overnight. Grand Forks police department was dispatched to the 500 block of 8th Street North at around 11:30 Thursday night. That’s where they found the 31-year-old stabbing victim. They don’t know what the attacker used to stab him with, but he…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Uncle

See, he's already part of your family. It's right there in his name!

FARGO — They say good things come in small packages, and dogs don’t come a whole lot smaller than Uncle the Chihuahua. He’s still at puppy at only seven months old, but he’s already picked up some great manners. He’s got a very laid back disposition for a breed that’s widely understood to be prone to anxiety, and in spite…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Gizmo

A handsome bird who's ready for his close-up.

Gizmo’s volunteer handler from CAARE Avian Rescue claimed he had woken up on the wrong side of the cage the morning of Pet Connection. If this is Gizmo grumpy, we can’t imagine how friendly he is when he’s well-rested. Because the first thing the 35-year-old cockatoo did was hop on board Emily just as she was about to read the…

LIVE: A Shot At Staying Healthy

Shots aren't much fun. But they're more fun than being sick.

FARGO — Students at West Fargo and Moorhead public schools are set to start school on Thursday. And that means there are only a few days left to get your kids up to date on their shots. New kindergarteners need chicken pox, tetanus, and Hepatitis B vaccinations, as well as the measles/mumps/rubella shot, and the polio vaccine. Doctors recommend kids…

Al Quie, Minnesota’s 35th governor, dies at 99

Al Quie (AP photo)WAYZATA, Minn. (KVRR) – Former Minnesota Governor Al Quie has died. Quie was 99 when he died at an assisted living facility in Wayzata. Quie was a Republican member of Congress for more than 20 years and the 35th governor of Minnesota. Before getting into politics, he worked as a farmer and also served as a pilot with…

LIVE: What’s Popping at Concordia College

Call it corny, if you must.

MOORHEAD — We’re exploding with excitement over the start of the new fall semester soon. And so are the people at Concordia College as they prep for the annual Cobber Corn Feed. It’s set for  Wednesday, August 16 at Concordia College in Moorhead. This year marks a half-century of corn feeds for the college. Every year, the corn feed is…

LIVE: Building Rainbow Bouquets For Pride Week

Let your pride flower.

FARGO — Pride Week is in full bloom in the F-M metro area, and the Jasper Hotel in downtown Fargo is taking that quite literally. The big Pride Parade is on Sunday afternoon in Moorhead, instead of Fargo, for the first time ever. When all the glitter-throwing, music and revelry at the parade wraps up, you’re invited to come on…

LIVE: Food Truck Festival Opens

Time to fuel up at one of the last chances of the season for fair and festival food.

FARGO — From corndogs to mini doughnuts, the Fargo Food Truck Festival has it all. For the second year in a row the festival is at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds, which gives the festival extra space for all of that tasty food. Throughout the weekend you can enjoy around twenty vendors. Some of the food trucks are returning and…