Author: KVRR Staff

How 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacy

DALLAS (AP) – Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security screening, but it wasn’t anywhere near as intrusive. There were no long checkpoint lines. Passengers and their families could walk right to the gate together, postponing goodbye hugs until the…

20 years after 9/11: ‘We will live with the scars’ forever

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP)  – Twenty years later, Jack Grandcolas still remembers waking up at 7:03 that morning. He looked at the clock, then out the window where an image in the sky caught his eye — a fleeting vision that looked like an angel ascending. He didn’t know it yet, but that was the moment his life changed. Across…

Update: Fire at Washington Square Mall in Detroit Lakes contained

UPDATE: A fire that broke out at Washington Square Mall in Detroit Lakes this afternoon has been contained. The Detroit Lakes Fire Department says the fire started at around 3:00 Friday afternoon in an apartment above Mattson’s Barber Shop. Detroit Lakes, Perham, Frazee, Audubon, Vergas and Callaway firefighters were able to contain the fire to the apartment around 5:30 p.m….

NDSU students develop GoBarsApp to find the best deals

if you are a college student or visiting the city, there may soon be a web app that can get you the best specials and deals at local bars and restaurants right on your phone.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) North Dakota State University junior Christian Koski and Sophomore Vincent Casey want to help college students bar hop on a budget so they created GoBarsApp. “Initially it was just to see if we could do it and I was like hey this could actually be really helpful for other people like us other college kids looking to…

Happy Hooligans partners with Wreaths Across America

For the 20th year since 9/11, the 119th Happy Hooligans Cadet Squadron of Civil Air Patrol will be working with Wreaths Across America to honor our fallen heroes.

HARWOOD, N.D. (KVRR) – For the 20th year, the 119th Happy Hooligans Cadet Squadron of Civil Air Patrol will be working with Wreaths Across America to honor our fallen heroes. To honor those who served and to teach children the value of freedom are values the Happy Hooligans want people to learn about this weekend. On December 18th the 119th…

Alert Issued Out of Stearns County For Children Who May Be In Danger

STEARNS CO., Minn. — Stearns County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert on Saturday searching for a family including four children who may be in danger. They say 2-year-old Delilah, 3-year-old Briella, and 8-year-olds Landon and Carter, are traveling with their parents, identified as Robert and Erika Herrington. Deputies say there is a domestic assault no-contact order in place for Robert…