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LIVE: A Continent Full of Culture Comes to Downtown Fargo

FARGO — It’s the birthplace of mankind and a modern-day hotbed of culture and ecotourism. But a lot of people here in the United States, and here in the region, just don’t grasp the sheer variety of Africa’s fifty-some different United Nations-recognized nations. That could change after this weekend, with the All-African Festival taking place Saturday in downtown Fargo’s Broadway…

LIVE: Score Some Entertainment

FARGO — if you’re looking to score some entertainment this fall, NDSU’s Challey School of Music is launching a new composing competition that’s your chance to hear from the composers of tomorrow. It’s their new competition “Score Wars,” where high school composers come together in a “Top Chef”-style contest of wits, talent and creativity. Students will get “secret ingredients” they…

LIVE: Sock It to Homelessness

FARGO — The organizers of Golden Drive for Homeless Kids is asking you to help them sock it to homelessness in the region. They’re launching their sock drive at the start of September. When we think of helping homeless children, food and school supplies usually come to mind. But the weather in the region is changing soon, and children need…

LIVE: Navigating School Tragedy at the Start of the Semester

MOORHEAD — Local mental health experts are offering some guidance to families struggling with the news that a 14-year-old girl was stabbed to death at what police say were the hands of her teenage ex-boyfriend. The Moorhead public school community is reeling with the news incoming freshman Jaelyn Walker was stabbed and left to die near the Red River earlier…

LIVE: A Can-Do Attitude for Canning and Preserving Season

FARGO — If you’re turning your can-do attitude toward canning the stuff you grew in your garden, or even just bought from the farmer’s market, there’s a good chance you might have run across some misinformation online. NDSU extension agents say people are risking serious illness when they don’t know how to can and preserve their produce properly. Practices in…

LIVE: A Museum Comes to Life at Pioneer Days

WEST FARGO –Museums might make you think of just a collection of lifeless objects. But this weekend, you can see those objects come to life in the metro. Pioneer Days is coming back to Bonanzaville. It’s been 54 years since the celebration first started. This year, you can see historic re-enactors dressed in pioneer-era garb demonstrations how people from back …

Vikings’ Rookie Quarterback McCarthy Set for Knee Surgery

  Head Coach Kevin O’Connell announces that J.J. McCarthy will undergo a procedure for a torn meniscus in his right knee. pic.twitter.com/O0JgNBgB5t — Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) August 13, 2024 EAGAN, Minn. (KVRR) – Minnesota Vikings’ first-round draft pick J.J. McCarthy is set to undergo knee surgery. There’s no word yet on how long he’ll be out. McCarthy complained about knee…

LIVE: Putting the Fun in Fundraiser

It's double the fun and double the vets to DC this time around.

MOORHEAD — The Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota is putting the fun in fundraiser this weekend. That’s because it’s their annual Summerblast — one of the organizations’ biggest fundraising efforts to raise money to send the region’s veterans to Washington D.C. for free. Interest from local vets is so high that for the first time this fall, they’re chartering two…

LIVE: Men’s Health Awareness Month

FARGO — It’s Men’s Health Awareness Month and it’s time to tackle one of the toughest topics out there: mental health. It’s a critical component of anyone’s health, but men can face special challenges in pursuing improved mental health. Stereotypical, old-fashioned ideas about masculinity might make men inclined to suffer in silence. In fact, mental health professionals say, it takes…