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UND Hockey’s Pinto Named Hobey Baker Finalist

Led NCHC in Points and Goals

GRAND FORKS, N.D.—(UND ATHLETICS) After leading his team to back-to-back National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season titles and last night’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff Tournament championship, UND sophomore forward has been named a Hobey Baker Award finalist. Pinto was the unanimous selection as the league’s Player of the Year and was also picked the forward and defensive forward of the year…

UND Women’s Basketball Officially Names Bernhard Head Coach

Interim tag from this season was removed

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota women’s basketball officially named Mallory Bernhard as the program’s seventh head coach after a year coaching under the interim tag. LSU assistant coach and former Bemidji State player, Aaron Kalhoff was the other finalist. After a 2-19 season and being the only team to miss out on the Summit League Tournament, Bernhard wants to…

Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski delivers his first State of the City address

"We have a lot to be excited for and the future belongs to Grand Forks," Bochenski said

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski began his State of the City address with a tribute to Cody Holte on what would’ve been the police officer’s 30th birthday. Holte was killed in the line of duty last May. Despite a year full of challenges, Bochenski says Grand Forks is “coming out of this pandemic stronger than…

North Dakota researchers share three-year project at International Stroke Conference

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Wednesday was the first day of this year’s virtual International Stroke Conference, and North Dakota researchers are presenting some of their findings from a three-year initiative. The North Dakota Mission: Lifeline Stroke project focuses on improving guideline-based care of stroke patients. That includes teaching the public the signs and symptoms of a stroke, as well as…

Astronomy Update

Clear skies will make it easy to spot planets this week.  Spring starts Saturday so daytime will start to last longer than the night. Categories: Weather Blog, Weather Notes Tags: astronomy, earth, jupiter, mars, mercury, moon, Planets, saturn, SPACE, stars, sun, venus

Social Distancing: One Year Later

A Look At How We've Adapted And Persevered Over The Last Year

  FARGO (KVRR) – On March 17th, 2020, I started this social distancing segment. That was one year ago. It was a bewildering time full of fear and uncertainty. So some things haven’t changed much. But the way we lived our lives did change. I wanted to help share some of the ways we’ve coped. New ways to celebrate, ways…

Barnes County man severely injured in accident on family farm

BARNES COUNTY, N.D. – The Barnes Co. Sheriff’s Office says a man was hurt in an accident on the family farm northwest of Valley City on Sunday afternoon. Twenty-three-year-old Garrett McFadgen was airlifted to Sanford Medical Center in Fargo with serious injuries. According to McFadgen’s father, his son attempted to unload portable livestock corral panels from a flatbed trailer when…

UND Hockey Wins First NCHC Frozen Faceoff

First team to win Regular Season & postseason title in NCHC

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota Hockey wins its first NCHC Frozen Face-off Title in school history holding off St. Cloud State, 4-3. The Fighting Hawks are the first NCHC program to win both the regular season and postseason tournament. Riese Gaber was named the Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player with three goals including the game-clinching goal against the Huskies in…

Native North Dakotan Players Looking Forward to This Weekend’s NDSU-UND Game

39 players combined from each roster from the state

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota and North Dakota State football fans get use to it because it’s about to happen a lot more often. The Bison and Fighting Hawks meet on Saturday for the first time as conference opponents since 2003 when both were in the North Central Conference. UND won that one and leads the all time series, however, …

Transitioning “back to normal” as vaccinations continue to increase in our region

FARGO, N.D. — This week, Sanford Health is getting its biggest shipment of COVID-19 vaccines thus far. Sanford Health Vice President Dr. Doug Griffin says the healthcare system is receiving around 5,000 doses between North Dakota and Minnesota. As of Tuesday, 14% of North Dakotans and 13% percent of Minnesotans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “Looking forward to another busy…