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LIVE: How to Hack Your World If You’re an Introvert (and it’s Stacked Against You)

FARGO — If you think you’re an introvert and the world is sort of stacked against you… it might not be your imagination. But counselors say you can take on the world and hack your personality traits to help you flourish in a world geared toward extroverts. That’s the focus of a new, in-person workshop coming up at Concordia College….

Parents, Families Mourn Collectively at Infant Memorial Service

Essentia Health holds the service every year in Detroit Lakes to provide a space for grief.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR)  – The many burial plots at Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes saw their numbers grow by one on this day. It’s a representation of lost youth, the annual Infant Memorial service hosted by Essentia Health. “We see a lot of miscarriages, a lot of ectopic pregnancies, pregnancy loss, infant loss,” explained Paige Perrine of Essentia….

Hope Walk for Huntington’s Disease

Amy Watkin recently became board president of the Northern Plains chapter of the HDSA, and she promptly organized the first Team Hope Walk in the region.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Many people took advantage of the lovely weather this weekend to get their steps in for a good cause. Rheault Farms saw the first ever Team Hope Walk in the Fargo region. The event was put on by the Northern Plains Chapter of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. Huntington’s is a rare genetic disorder that…

Benefit Held for Lucas Lamb

The gifted musician and high school senior is battling stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Some of the bake sale treats available at the benefit.FARGO, N.D. – A local high school senior with stage four cancer is feeling the support after the community came together for his benefit. Lucas Lamb is a senior at Fargo South High School who has recently been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. So Realty Xperts teamed with Lend a Hand Up…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S.

Healthcare providers say North Dakota faces a unique set of obstacles when it comes to providing adequate mental health resources.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Most people are aware that gloomy weather can put a damper on one’s mood. But, in North Dakota, the compounding effects stretch further than that. Some people have to drive hours upon hours for specialized treatment, which can become impossible depending on road conditions in the wintry months. “We do have patients that travel all over…

Fargo Center For Dermatology Provides Free Skin Consultation For Skin Cancer Awareness Month

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and all hands are on deck at Fargo Center for Dermatology. For the past 16 years, the dermatology clinic has offered a free skin consultation service on May 1st. Students from NDSU and dermatologists from the clinic worked to provide consults for the dozens of people who signed up. The…

Nationwide May Day Protest Brings Over A Hundred People Together in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Over a hundred people came together in solidarity at the Veterans Memorial Bridge to protest on this May Day. Striking with the thousands of others nationwide to demand for a change. “This May Day, we’re standing together to send a message loud and clear across the country and the globe. We’re united in our resolve to…

Fargo Man Arrested After Head-On Crash In South Fargo Injures Two

FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – A 20-year-old Fargo man was arrested after a head-on crash in Fargo Thursday morning. Lt. Shane Aberle says officers responded to a two-vehicle crash at 15 1/2 Avenue S. and University Drive around 3:45 a.m. Witnesses told officers a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed crossed the center line and crashed into an oncoming vehicle….

Silver Linings Apartments Soon To Open For Tenants Formerly Homeless

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Churches United’s new Silver Lining Apartments are a month away from allowing tenants who once didn’t have a place to live to move into their new homes. The 55 and up apartments are located northwest of the intersection at 34th Street North and 3rd Avenue Northwest. Right across from the Bright Sky Apartments, it will be…