FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Festivities kick off at the Sons of Norway, bringing in many traditional Norwegian dishes, crafts, lefse, and more. “So the Taste of Norway is kind of one of our heritage festivals. We’ve got a spread of different Norwegian cuisines, ranging from lingonberry meatballs we’ve got klub. The dessert side we’ve got kransekake, krumkake, kind of all…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Buy, Charge, and Recycle. These are the three key words from this year’s Fire Prevention Week. With this year’s campaign titled, Charge into Fire Safety. “What the campaign is talking about this year is if you’re buying batteries, to make sure you’re buying listed batteries. So UL listed, or sometimes they’ll say ETL listed. And that’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Nearly a week into the government shutdown, several services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs are being affected. An email sent out in the last week said that there would not be any maintenance and placement of headstones at national cemeteries. As of Monday, Fargo National Cemetery has not seen any effect to its maintenance…
Electric transmission lines cross a field in central North Dakota. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor/KVRR) — Xcel Energy customers in North Dakota are facing an unusually large increase in their electric bill, which a North Dakota official attributes in large part to the company’s move away from coal. Northern States Power Co., part of Minnesota-based…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s smoking hot! Scheels Home and Hardware has once again brought over forty teams from across the country and Canada to give a taste of sweet and savory barbecue. 12 “We are currently at the fourteenth annual North Dakota barbecue championship. And so there’s two different portions happening right now. We have teams from all over…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Roberts Alley officially welcomed a new business on Friday with sweet treats and drinks alike. Fergie’s & Frenchie’s Creperie opened its doors, bringing a taste of fresh crepes and flavorful dirty sodas. Crepes include the classic French crepe, strawberry, banana, Nutella, and savory crepes like a salmon-style crepe. The new creperie is owned by the owner…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota State Moorhead is celebrating the school’s largest gift in history from the Nibbe (nib-ee) Family Foundation. The $5.5 million gift establishes the Nibbe School of Teaching and Learning, scholarships, study abroad opportunities, and more. The family has had three generations of family members who went to Moorhead and several became educators. They hope that their…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — On October 2, 1993, Fargo native Kevin Mahoney was last seen in a friend’s house in north Fargo. Thirty-two years later, his niece is still looking for him. “My mom was the one who kind of held it down every year, and you know, contacted everybody. She always told me, “You don’t give up on family,”…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Chili, chili, and more chili. These chilis aren’t your typical chili from a can, but a recipe from home. “It’s the taste of nature. It’s all vegetables, it’s all plant-based, then it’s just – I think tasty,” said Lee Vigilant, Interim Dean of the College of Education and Human Services “It’s really sweet with the sweet…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — In their battle to fight food insecurity, Cass Clay Creamery once again teamed up with Hornbacher’s to donate milk to Great Plains Food Bank. Cass Clay Creamery donated over 24,000 “Giving Cow” cartons of milk. In North Dakota, 77,000 people face hunger, and over 25,000 of whom are children. As one of the most requested items…
