WEST FARGO, N.D., (KVRR)- The Frostival continues with a movie on ice this afternoon at the Lights at West Fargo. West Fargo Parks District partnered with West Fargo Events to host a movie at the lights outdoor ice rink. They showed the movie Happy Feet, a very fitting movie for watching on ice. The event was complete with skating and…
FARGO, N.D., (KVRR)- NDSU hosted a robotics competition for students across the region. The First Tech Challenge Eastern Dakota Qualifier was hosted at the university. This challenge saw students from across the region grade 7 through 12 compete in building and programming robots to do tasks like pull ups, launching a paper airplane, and stacking blocks. This challenge not only…
WEST FARGO, N.D., (KVRR)- January is cervical cancer awareness month and an HPV vaccine can help prevent it. HPV is a virus transmitted through human contact that can cause multiple types of cancer including cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine is a two dose treatment that was first rolled out in 2006. This vaccine is approved for anyone between 9 years old…
GRAFTON, N.D., (KVRR)- A Grafton High School teacher has won the Milken Educator Award and a 25 thousand dollar prize for her teaching. Katelyn Gorder, a Family and Consumer Science teacher at Grafton High, won the award. It is given to educators who show excellence with teaching and leading students in and out of the classroom. This award came as…
FARGO, N.D., (KVRR)- An easier way to control your energy costs? Xcel Energy launching its new smart meters in Fargo. These smart meters give their customers real time data about their electricity efficiency and usage. Installation work started this week for the multiyear project. The meters take as little as 15 minutes to install, and at no cost to the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Amy Porter is a mom, a wife, a teacher at Roosevelt Elementary in Detroit Lakes and a beloved member of her community. But she is also facing the toughest battle of her life, as she has Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. “Try to stay as normal as possible but at times you just think about everything…
FARGO — Girls in North Dakota are up against a lot these days. And starting Tuesday, January 16th, you can sign up the little girl in your life for a program that can help her feel better about herself, in a world that’s not always on her side. The nonprofit BIO Girls is opening 2024 program registration for girls from…
FARGO, N.D., (KVRR) — With wind chills getting down to -34 and blizzard conditions on Saturday, winter is here. North Dakota and Minnesota are seeing arctic air plunge down from Canada and it is not expected to warm up until next week. But conditions like this are normal for this time of year. Tyler Thomas, a meteorologist at the Grand…
MOORHEAD, Minn., (KVRR) — A woodturning extravaganza comes to Moorhead. The Minn-Dak Woodturners Association hosted this event at In The Chips in Moorhead. The extravaganza was free to attend and complete with cookies, coffee, and woodworkers using machines to make items. The Minn-Dak Woodturners Association hosted the event to show people that woodturning can be fun and a good hobby….
WEST FARGO, N.D., (KVRR)- The annual Frostival has started and with it multiple big snow sculptures have been built. In the West Fargo POW/MIA Plaza, four large snow sculptures are up for display. Each snow sculpture is 8-12 feet tall of a Sasquatch doing various activities. One is waving, one is hiding in some trees, one is fishing, and the…
