MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – The recent snowfall has left quite the blanket of white laying around the Fargo-Moorhead area. One local group decided to use that blanket as their artistic canvas. Play in Open Spaces, an educational organization dedicated to outdoor activities, held a Paint the Snow Party at Viking Ship Park on Saturday. Families had free access to paints…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota State University has added a new academic center to its campus in order to expand opportunities for students in the world of banking. Faculty and industry leaders gathered at the College of Business today to launch the Center for Banking and Finance. The Center aims to give students hands-on experience with emerging financial technologies…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The University of North Dakota has launched a new program aimed at addressing the rural nursing shortage in the state. The program known as Gero-STARR was launched with the aid of a $3.6 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. During the program, they will be involved in classroom learning, simulation training, and supervised…
Cinderella at Concordia TheatreMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Cinderella takes over the stage at Concordia College and area students get an early showing. Concordia Theatre will bring Cinderella, the opera-version, to Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre February 12 through the 15th. All of Horace’s 5th graders got a special matinee performance. Before the opera, students asked questions about the production. They were…
FARGO — After two decades out of the high school stage spotlight, Fargo North High is welcoming back a tradition this weekend that puts boys on the pageant stage. It’s a fundraiser and “reverse pageant” called the “Mr. Sparta” competition. Candidates compete in runway, talent, and question-and-answer categories. The contests are leaders from a variety of extracurricular activities at North,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Public School Board announced early this week its plans to save the district more funding for the next school year. Which includes a reduction in staffing positions. “That is not necessarily all people. Some of those are combinations, some of those positions that we’ve had this year that we didn’t fill that we’ll now…
Kouhyar Tavakolian, professor of Biomedical Engineering and director of UND’s Bioinnovation Zone, and graduate student Lina Bouakkaz demonstrate an AI device designed to predict and prevent serious diabetes-related complications. Photo by Joe Banish/UND Today.GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — UND has landed a major award to use AI to predict and prevent serious diabetes-related complications before they require emergency care. The…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota State University has a new partner when it comes to tackling issues in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities – RAND. Heidi Grunwald, interim vice president for research at NDSU, says that she was already familiar with RAND’s efficacy in research and problem-solving. “They have expertise in areas that affect rural America,” she said. RAND,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — NDSU President David Cook introduces the newly named Interim President Rick Berg on campus. Berg is a graduate of NDSU and a former one-term Republican U.S. House Representative for North Dakota. His background is in real estate. Berg says his goals as interim president will be to work with legislative leaders and prepare for the next…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Following the North Dakota Senate’s rejection of a bill in January that would have provided free school meals to students in the state, a coalition supporting the cause is redoubling their efforts. Together for Free School Meals held two pop-up signature gathering and petition training events this Saturday, one in Jamestown and one in Fargo. The…
