WASHINGTON – Callers in Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson’s telephone town hall are worried farmers aren’t getting enough Coronavirus relief. The Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program offers loans to keep companies afloat. However, it’s only available to businesses with employees. Congressman Peterson says the House is looking to pass a bill Friday with a provision from the SBA to make…
COVID-19 is upending nearly everyone’s lives right now. Even if you’re lucky and no one you know has it, or lost a job over it, the impacts can still feel overwhelming. I’ve been pretty lucky so far, but there is one thing that really bites about this pandemic this morning. This is my grandma. April 8th is her 90th…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – Moorhead officials say the city’s businesses are challenged while competing with others in North Dakota amid different coronavirus rules. In a phone call with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, President of Moorhead Downtown Incorporated Derrick LaPoint says it’s a challenge for Moorhead restaurants to compete with those in Fargo since they can offer alcohol for curbside orders incentivizing…
FARGO, N.D. — In December, after five seasons as Davies head football coach, Jason Thielges decided to retire. Four months later, the eagles found their next head coach and didn’t have to go too far to find him. Wayne Werremeyer, whose been an assistant at Davies under Thielges is taking over. Werremeyer has plenty of coaching experience at the high…
MINNESOTA – Gov. Tim Walz says he expects to extend and change his stay at home order on Wednesday to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19. He says the order will continue past Friday when the first one is set to expire. The new refined order is expected to allow some workers to return to their jobs. The governor…
MINNESOTA – A Lake Park-Audubon teacher is among the ten Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year finalists. Katie Watland teaches seventh and eighth grade science. She’s one of two finalists from Greater Minnesota. An independent selection panel of 24 leaders in the areas of education, business, government and nonprofits selected the finalists from a group of 36 semifinalists. There were 135…
FARGO, N.D. — The North Dakota Legionnares Committee made the decision late Thursday to cancel the upcoming summer baseball season. That decision was met with backlash from clubs all over the state causing the association to go back on their original plan and wait until April 20th to make an official one. One of the biggest advocates for reconsideration of…
FARGO, N.D. — On Friday night during Sports Extra, the KVRR Sports team announced the next two nominees for the Play of the Academic Year bracket. This week, we move on to the hockey region of the bracket. Fargo South-Shanley’s Alex Senf and his Hat Trick against Sheyenne moves on with 67 percent of the votes. Congrats to Senf and the…
FARGO, N.D. — For as long as she can remember, music has been a part of Kelsey Joy Buell’s life. “As I was playing the last song there, I was thinking about that, and how weird it is to think back through all of the events that have happened in my life that have led me to here,” she says….
MOORHEAD, Minn. – People living in some parts of Moorhead are asked to disconnect their sump pumps from sanitary sewer and limit water usage. The request is being made for people living from Main Avenue south to the city limits and 8th Street to the Red River. The city says it’s possible backup into basements could happen without limiting water…
