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Volunteers share meaningful experiences with hospice friends

It's National Volunteer Month and Sanford's hospice volunteers shed light on how they impact patients and their families.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Volunteers across the world come in many shapes and sizes with varying skill sets. During National Volunteer Month, Sanford is showing how important hospice volunteers are to families. “We have companionship volunteers that go in and just provide comfort and visits to patients whether that’s playing cards with them or writing letters or just talking. We…

“Fed up and Fired Up Rally” at Fargo City Hall raises gun violence awareness

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Moms Demand Action of Fargo-Moorhead host a Fed Up and Fired Up Rally in downtown Fargo. Activists gathered outside Fargo City Hall on the traumatic impact gun violence has on children and what city officials and state legislators could do to keep kids safe. The rally’s theme spreads awareness on how children exposed to gunfire affects…

Pet Connection: Meet Elsie

Elsie the irresistible pup joins us for this week's Pet Connection from 4 Luv of Dog Rescue

  “The only thing she will get into is your heart.” That’s what 4 Luv of Dog Rescue Foster Coordinator Amy Gore says about this week’s irresistible Pet Connection pup, Elsie. Their best guess is that she’s a rottweiler mix. Elsie is just two months old, and the runt of the litter, but she’s already got an outsized personality. She’s…

Sheyenne Baseball Eyes 3-Peat in Bodell’s Final Year

Ryan Bodell Hopes to Lead the Mustangs to One More Championship in his Final Season

WEST FARGO, N.D.–  The Sheyenne Mustangs are looking to cement their baseball dynasty by winning a third consecutive state championship. The Mustangs we 21-6-1 in 2021 and 12-7 over their last two seasons. Each of which finished with the team hoisting a state championship trophy. The Mustangs have yet to begin their season due to weather but hope to come…

Local Nonprofits Upset Over North Dakota’s New Trans Athlete Law

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Some nonprofits are disappointed in Governor Doug Burgum for signing two transgender athlete bans into law. Two house bills in the North Dakota legislature prohibit transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college. The Biden administration recently proposed a rule to forbid outright bans on transgender athletes. “It’s interesting that this…

Minnesota Hospital Association against staffing levels bill

Minnesota Hospital Association is against a house bill in the state legislature that implements nurse staffing ratios.

MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Keep Nurses at the Bedside Act would create committees made up of health care workers and management to set staffing levels on a unit-by-unit basis depending on a hospital. It puts a maximum on the number of patients for a nurse. The C-E-O of the M-H-A says there are already at least five thousand openings for nurses…

Fire Kills 2 Pets, Displaces Person In Grand Forks

A residential fire kills two pets and leaves a person without a home in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A residential fire kills two pets and leaves a person without a home in Grand Forks. Firefighters responded to 523 3rd Street North around 7:10 Tuesday night. They went into the resident and found heavy smoke and fire. Firefighters quickly got the fire out. The residence has significant damage. One person is displaced along with…

Sandbagging Operations Begin Today

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — High school students and other volunteers begin the task of filling 200,000 sandbags to hold back floodwaters across the city and county. This is double the number of sandbags that city and county leaders predicted the area would need just one week ago. Since the last flood outlook, we have had more snow which could result…

LIVE: Brewhalla Booming For Business

A restaurant in the new Brewhalla building say business has been booming

  FARGO (KVRR) – A restaurant in the new Brewhalla building say business has been booming. Casey Absey, owner of Blackbird Woodfire, opened a second location called The Bird in Brewhalla. He says they’ve just been trying to keep up with demand. On Saturdays, he says they sell around 600 pizzas just at the new location. With multiple restaurants and…