Education

Tardy federal school funding has North Dakota schools working on alternatives

A school bus rolls down a street in West Fargo. School leaders across the state are preparing for the new school year with uncertain federal funding. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — About $6.5 million in federal education dollars have been released for North Dakota after-school programs, but nearly $19 million remains frozen as educators plan for…

Moorhead Area Public Schools announces referendum vote this fall

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Area Public Schools is asking the community to vote on a two-question referendum this fall due to lagging state funding. The district says the money will go to stabilize the budget, protect high-quality education and invest in critical operational and capital needs. Question One proposes an operating levy to generate $4.37 million each year for…

Essentia Health will offer walk-in sports physical, immunization blitzes

Essentia HealthFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — If your teen needs a sports physical or up-to-date vaccines, Essentia Health is offering walk-in options the last week of July. Blitzes will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 28, through Friday, August 1, at the Essentia Health-South University Clinic and the Essentia Health-The Lights West Fargo Clinic. Vaccinations will also…

UND-Sponsored Drone Flight to Showcase Ability to Help Rural Areas

The one-hour unmanned flight will show off the progress of Project Rural Reach.

WILLISTON to WATFORD CITY, N.D. (KVRR) – Exciting news in the field of aviation coming from the University of North Dakota. They will be conducting a long-range drone flight that aims to demonstrate how the technology could connect rural areas of the state. The flight is scheduled for 9 A.M. on Thursday, July 24. An iSight drone operated on the…

Concordia College creates new event “Cobber Fest” to replace annual corn feed

Annual Corn Feed, August 2023MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Concordia College is switching it up when the school year begins. The traditional corn feed is going away and will be transformed into a new event called “Cobber Fest.” One of the reasons behind the change is that many students aren’t back in time for the corn feed. “Cobber Fest” will take…

KVRR Connections Tourism: Inside the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library one year before it opens

MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR) — One of the premier events for the nation’s 250th birthday next July 4, will be the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. Work began in the summer of 2023 and now they are down to the wire with just under a year to go on the $400 million project. KVRR’S TJ…

ND after-school providers, school districts in ‘limbo’ due to frozen federal grants

Boys learn to dance to hip-hop during summer programming conducted by the Boys and Girls Club of the Red River Valley at Ed Clapp Elementary School on July 8, 2025. (Contributed/Boys and Girls Club of the Red River Valley)North Dakota (North Dakota Monitor/KVRR) –Frozen federal grants are putting North Dakota after-school programs in limbo, pausing teacher training and leaving schools…

From the FM metro to the oceans: Junior Aquarist Program

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR)  — “It’s so cool!!! It feels so cool,” sounds the voices of a group of a dozen or so elementary-schoolers crowded around a single net borne aloft by a camp instructor who’s just snagged a flappy, floppy, but still-reasonably-cooperative Atlantic stingray in the basement of the biosciences department. They’re petting the small animal gently — adhering to…

Agricultural Education from the Red River Valley Fair

The room combines facts and learning experiences regarding agriculture with live, adorable animals.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Red River Valley Fair is on day 6 and there’s still plenty to see and do at the fairgrounds. One enticing exhibit in the midst of this heat is the Agricultural Education building. This space features various interactive exhibits that teach interesting facts about farming and crops. There’s also a petting zoo with many…