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LIVE: Ice Road Brings Revenue, But Uncertainty Remains For Resorts On Northwest Angle

Resorts Are Cut Off From U.S. By Land Due To COVID-Induced Border Closing

  Resort owners in Minnesota’s Northwest Angle are facing new uncertainty after a lifeline on the ice helped them bring customers over winter. The Angle is only accessible by land through Canada. With the Canadian border closed, American anglers can’t reach the dozen resorts on the angle. An 30 mile road with 22 miles over the ice on Lake of…

Social Distancing: Barstool’s Best College Bar

Grand Forks' Joe Blacks Is Hoping To Reach Final 4 In College Bar Competition

  Remember when you’d go out without giving it a second thought? Maybe your bar-hopping days are behind you, either because you’re not 21 anymore, or because of COVID, but you can still help celebrate that youthful spirit and put a bar in our region on the pantheon of best bars in the country. Barstool is holding its annual vote…

Jamestown Baseball Spoils Concordia’s Home Opener

Jimmies beat the Cobbers 7-3

MOORHEAD, Minn. — After the first four games away from home, Concordia baseball had its first home game on Tuesday. The Cobbers hosted Jamestown. The Jimmies spoiled the opener with a 7-3 victory scoring four runs over the second and third innings. The Cobbers are back in action Friday at home against Minnesota-Morris. Categories: College, Top Sports Headlines Tags: Concordia…

Minnesota Officially Introduces Ben Johnson as Men’s Basketball Coach

Former Gopher player from 2003-2005

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn — It’s official.  Minnesota has made Xavier assistant, Ben Johnson its new men’s basketball head coach. After a 14-15 season, two NCAA appearances and one year over .500 in the big ten in eight years it was time for a change. Johnson brings a lot to the table for the Gophers. A former player of the program for…

NDSU Football’s Dom Jones Becoming Staple in Defensive Secondary

Has 7 tackles, 2 interceptions in the last two games

FARGO, N.D. — Since losing their first game of the spring against Southern Illinois, North Dakota State football has rattled off three wins a row moving into a tie for first in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Much of the credit goes to the defense and safety Dom Jones. The red-shirt freshman has balled out with interceptions in the last…

Sanford Health prepares to open up vaccine appointments to the general public

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Sanford Health Vice President Dr. Doug Griffin says the healthcare system has completed its list of vaccine invitations for those in priority groups. Sanford is preparing to open appointments to everyone beginning next Monday following Gov. Doug Burgum’s announcement to open up vaccinations to the general public. Dr. Griffin says Sanford has seen its vaccine shipments…

Social Distancing: First Glimpse Of MN’s Newly-Names Snow Plows

We Tell You Which Plows Are Coming To Our Region

  We’ve been following the campaign to name some of Minnesota’s snow plows. After all, silly online contests are a great social distancing activity. You don’t need to be within six feet of someone to argue with them on the internet. They announced the winners a few weeks ago. There are eight newly-christened plows, one for each DOT region in…

Frazee’s Courneya Wins High School Play of the Week

Courneya took home home 52 percent of the votes

FARGO, N.D. — This week’s winner of the Chris Heise High School Play of the Week goes to Frazee boys basketball and Jack Courneya. Courneya scored 16 points in the section playoff against Breckenridge ending the night as the program’s leading scorer. Congrats to Courneya and the Hornets for taking home the win. Categories: High School, Play of the Week,…