Author: Gabriel Ostler

Dilworth Police Department Hosts Health & Safety Fair

Organizers said they wanted to make sure all members of the community, especially adults, had access to the health and safety resources they needed.

DILWORTH, MN (KVRR) – Over in Dilworth – local authorities gathered as many health and safety organizations as they could into the DGF Elementary School Gym for a special informational day. They called it the Dilworth Health & Safety Fair, and it featured everything from AARP informing adults how they could save money in retirement to informational lectures about how…

29th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Brings Runners, Floats, and Fun to City Streets

Organizers had been coordinating with the National Weather Service to make sure the parade dodged any precipitation.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Amidst threatening storms and slightly cloudy skies, the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Fargo-Moorhead seemed to find the perfect pocket of weather to entertain the community. The festivities technically started at 10:30 A.M., when over 300 runners set out for 5k and 10k races that started on the parade route. Then the parade itself began…

It’s Pi(e) Day!

The most notable celebration came at Inspire Innovation Lab in Moorhead.

MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – St. Patrick’s Day and similar celebrations may have commanded a lot of attention on Saturday, but that’s not all that was happening. It was March 14 – 3.14 – and that means it was also Pi Day. The annual celebration of the irrational number that is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter was…

Ohio Woman Killed in T-bone Crash Near Mandan

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the woman lost control of her vehicle due to icy road conditions and crossed over onto the opposite side of I-94, where she was struck and killed.

MORTON COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – Authorities say a 21-year-old woman from Ohio is dead after losing control of her vehicle on icy roads, leading to a T-bone crash with a pickup truck. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the incident occurred just after 6:30 A.M. on March 14. The woman was traveling eastbound on I-94 near mile post 139 when…

GoFundMe Created for Angela Lipps raises nearly $20,000

The 50-year-old grandmother from Tennessee says she's trying to put her life back together after being jailed for 6 months for a crime she did not commit.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A GoFundMe account set up on behalf of Angela Lipps, the grandmother from Tennessee who was charged in a bank fraud case and held in custody for months, has reached nearly $20,000. Lipps was arrested on July 14, 2025, in Tennessee, and was eventually transferred to the Cass County Jail. She was released on Christmas Eve…

Preparations Underway for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The 29th annual parade is being kicked off by runners participating in either a 5k or 10k.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is coming to Downtown on Saturday – and organizers are already beginning their preparations. The 29th annual parade kicks off at 11 A.M. in Moorhead, heading down Center and Northern Pacific avenues before turning onto Broadway. This year, organizers have added 5k and 10k runs that actually start off the…

Religious Leaders Discuss Role of A.I. in Faith

The general consensus seems to be that while it could be possible to utilize the technology to spark ideas or help research, the concept of using A.I. to write entire sermons or homilies is antithetical to the notion of faith itself.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – You likely don’t think of what the leader of your chosen faith is doing during services as a book report, but, in many ways, that’s not an inaccurate description. And if kids are using artificial intelligence to write papers for school, what’s stopping priests from going to ChatGPT for a homily? “A homily, for instance, in…

Minnesota State Senator Proposes Assault Weapon Ban, Restrictions on Current Owners

The legislation would essentially "grandfather in" those who currently own such firearms - but that ownership comes with a lot of supervision.

ST. PAUL, MN (KVRR) – State Senator Matt Klein has been representing the 53rd District since 2017 – and he’s been speaking out about gun violence pretty much from the start. “30,000 people in America every year die of gun violence. It’s clearly a health problem that we are not addressing with the seriousness that we should,” he said in…

Native American Health Symposium at Concordia

Event organizers say their panel discussion is intended to strengthen relationships with healthcare providers and educate the community about health struggles endemic to native populations.

MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – Concordia College is using their platform as an institution to help shine a light on health issues within the Native American community. The college hosted a Native American Health Symposium from 6 to 8 P.M. on March 11 in the Knutson Campus Center. The event featured a panel comprised of prominent Indigenous people in the community,…

Daylight Saving Time Has Negative Mental, Physical Health Effects, Say Medical Professionals

The ongoing disruption to our bodies' rhythms leads to higher rates of heart attack and stroke.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – For many people, seeing that extra hour vanish into thin air is dispiriting – but it’s a bummer that is mostly forgotten as we try and adapt to the new normal. But Erin Jirak, a sleep medicine specialist with Essentia Health based in Wahpeton, says that our bodies aren’t so quick to move on. Shifting the…