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Swing Barrel Brewing Company Celebrates Five Years in Business

Owner Sean Syverson says the brewery began during the pandemic with nothing but a dream and credits the community for helping them make it as far as they have.

MOORHEAD, MN – A favorite local brewery packed its parking lot on Saturday to celebrate a special anniversary. It’s now been 5 years in business for Swing Barrel Brewing Co. on Center Avenue in Moorhead. To celebrate, they pulled out all the stops. There was a stage set up for live music, Blackbird woodfire brought out their oven to make…

Third-Party Investigator Releases Report Regarding Fargo Communications Department

The investigator acknowledged the validity of differing perspectives from various levels of authority, but ultimately sided with those who said the department failed to meet basic standards of workplace culture.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Forty-one pages in total. That’s how long it took to summarize the findings of Christina Sambor, an independent third-party investigator from Sambor Law & Consulting, who was retained by the city of Fargo to investigate its communications department. Thirty pages were devoted to the main investigation which began after now-former CommsGA employee Zoe Bolonyi submitted a…

Pet Connection: Meet Storm

CASSELTON, N.D. — Storm might look at first glance like a mostly-husky, somewhat-Shepherd, a-little-Aussie mutt, but dig under the surface to his genetics, and you’ll find there’s a lot of different elements in his DNA that make up one very sweet little bundle of energy and affection. He’s about four years old and came to the Sheyenne Valley Friends of…

Battle Between City of Horace, Homeowners Continues

Flames were seemingly reignited by a Facebook post in a local community group earlier this week.

HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) – Disputes between homeowners and the city of Horace continue to erupt over special assessments that the homeowners say unfairly raise their mortgage prices. Back in April, a group of 15 banded together to sue the city over the issue. That case is still being litigated as of writing. Some involved with that particular case have worked…

Children, Families Congregate in Urban Plains Park to Help with Butterfly Tagging

Local scientists get valuable data, and the catchers get to personally release the butterflies back in the wild to make their migratory journey.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Kids and families interested in science got the opportunity to help local researchers track butterflies all the way across the southern border. Fargo Park District helped host the second annual Monarch Butterfly Tagging event at Urban Plains Park. Audubon Great Plains, NDSU, and United Prairie Foundation co-sponsored the event. Participants were given nets, taught how to…