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Astronomy Update

Warmer temperatures will make stargazing easy this week.  Skies will stay clear into early next week. Categories: Weather Blog, Weather Notes Tags: astronomy, earth, jupiter, mars, mercury, moon, Planets, saturn, SPACE, stars, sun, venus

Dakotas, MN Among Least Stressed States In The U.S.

WalletHub Survey Names South Dakota Least Stressed, MN 3rd & ND 5th

According to a new report, we’re pretty relaxed around these parts. A Wallethub report names South Dakota the least-stressed state in the country. North Dakota and Minnesota both came in the top five least stressed. The study examined factors like average hours worked per week to the personal bankruptcy rate to the share of adults getting adequate sleep. The last…

LIVE: Battle Lake’s Rusty Nail Celebrate Being Named Best Burger In MN

The Restaurant Won The Great Minnesota Burger Bracket

The birthplace of the Juicy Lucy. Restaurants visited by Guy Fieri. None of them can compare their beef to the beef in Battle Lake. The best burger in all of Minnesota is in Lakes Country. The Rusty Nail in Battle Lake has won Minnesota Public Radio’s Great Minnesota Burger Bracket. They defeated The Nook in St. Paul to take the…

East Grand Forks Boys Hockey Advances to Semifinals of State Tournament

Beat Litchfield- Dassel- Cokota 8-1

ST, PAUL, Minn. — East Grand Forks boys hockey advances to the semifinals of the Class A boys hockey tournament. The Green Wave knocked off Litchfield-Dassel-Cokota, 8-1, behind first and second periods where they scored three goals each. Next up for EGF is the two seed, Gentry Academy, on Friday. Puck drop is set for 1 P.M. Categories: High School,…

Moorhead Boys Hockey’s Growth Leads Them into State Tournament

Winners in six straight; head to state as unseeded teams

MOORHEAD, Minn — Moorhead boys’ hockey makes its 18th state tournament appearance on Wednesday as Class AA action gets underway at Xcel Energy Center, however it wasn’t the easy road to get there. Coming into a new year, the Spuds lost award finalists at goalie and defenseman. It was a young team with one skater having significant ice time. On…

NDSU Football Players Finding Silver Lining Through Canceled/Postponed Games

This Saturday's game against South Dakota State is PPD until April 17th

FARGO, N.D. — The Dakota Marker game is put on pause as COVID-19 continues to impact North Dakota State football as its game scheduled for Saturday against South Dakota State has been postponed due to multiple positive tests and contact tracing within the program. The match-up with the Jackrabbits is moved to April 17th, the open week made by the…

MN Cup helped Minnesota mom get on Shark Tank

Beth Fynbo owns "Busy Baby"

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Minnesota small business owner has made it to the big leagues, bringing her company to Shark Tank earlier this month. Beth Fynbo of Oronoco had a small idea a few years ago that she hoped would lead her here. An army veteran and now mother of two, Fynbo thought of the Busy Baby Mat at…

Sanford Health officials encouraged by high demand for vaccinations

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — As COVID-19 vaccinations open up to more North Dakotans and Minnesotans, those at Sanford Health say they’re encouraged by the demand. Dr. Doug Griffin says Sanford plans on vaccinating around 3,000 people this week. He says vaccinating young adults is crucial since they are attributing to many of the new cases in Cass and Clay counties….

LIVE: Country Stars Team Up For Concert To Help Zoos, Including Red River Zoo

All Together for Animals benefit concert streams Wednesday night

  Some of country music’s biggest artists are helping raise money for zoos across the world hit hard during the pandemic, including the Red River Zoo here in Fargo. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums is streaming the All Together for Animals benefit concert Wednesday night starting at 7:00 featuring artists like Brad Paisley, Wynonna Judd and more. If you…

Social Distancing: A Reason To Revisit

A Park In Park Rapids Introduces New Set Of Locally-Made Statues Every Year

  Here’s one of the fun things about exploring close to home in our region during the pandemic. You can keep finding new fun stuff in the same place if you go back for more. I learned that this weekend. At the end of the Heartland Trail in Park Rapids is a park called Red Bridge Park. There were a series…