Morning – In The Community

LIVE: Red River Paddling Excursions

River Keepers, Moorhead Parks & Rec, Starting Summer River Series

  KVRR’s Adam Ladwig hang out on a kayak on the Red River with Christine Holland, executive director of River Keepers. The group aims to raise awareness and appreciation for the river. It’s teaming up with the Moorhead Parks and Recreation department for the River Paddling Excursion events series. The first event is Red River Trivia, from 6-8 p.m. on…

LIVE: Fargo Junk Market

Junk Fever Hits Red River Valley Fairgrounds This Weekend

  If you’re a junk junkie who loves giving old things a new purpose, this is your weekend. The Fargo Junk Market is where you can find re-purposed items to give your home that perfect vintage look. KVRR’s Adam Ladwig talks to Bismarck artist Adrian Reichenberg, who re-purposes things like jewelry, records and hub caps with his partner. They are…

LIVE: Artist Series — Cole LaRocque

The art of war.

It may be one of the most demanding disciplines any painter can choose — watercolors. The paper reveals every error, every misstep. Whites aren’t painted on; they’re the very paper itself coming through, and once you make a mistake, there’s really no removing it. But watercolorist Cole LaRocque chose his discipline already more than familiar with what happens when you…

LIVE: Art Is Springing Up All Over

We're behind the scenes as the put the finishing touches on the biggest art bash of the year.

If you want a sneak peek at the biggest celebration of the year for art here in the Red River Valley, look no further. The Morning Show’s Emily Welker just couldn’t wait, so we went live from the Plains Art Museum as organizers scrambled to put together the multi-level, multi-art Spring Gala: Black and White at the Plains Art Museum….

Bodies found in Grand Forks home include mother and three children

Grand Forks Public Schools was informed that a parent and three students were found deceased in the residence.

GRAND FORKS, ND – A sad and tragic tale is being uncovered in Grand Forks where the bodies of a mother and three children were found Thursday morning in a south side house. Police say all three died of gunshot wounds. They have been identified as 35–year–old Astra Volk, six–year–old Arianna Talmage, 10–year–old Aidan Talmage and 14–year–old Tyler Talmage. Authorities…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Jack

You don't know Jack, but you should!

We didn’t know Jack, either, until Diamond In The Ruff’s Ryan Keel brought him in to meet us in the KVRR Morning Show studio live on the air this Pet Connection Thursday. And boy, were we ever impressed. Jack’s a calm, well-mannered, affectionate lab cross with perhaps some bulldog or pit bull thrown in. He gets along well with everyone…

LIVE: New Artist Series

Mike Marth: Man At Work.

We’re starting something new here on the Morning Show, with a series of stories that profile the artists who live and create right here in the Red River Valley. From visual artists, to dancers, to musicians, standup comics and more, each one of them is a separate voice and a unique vision. Not only do they contribute an enormous amount…

LIVE: Au-Some Evening 2018

An awesome event with activists for autism awareness.

It’s a growing medical diagnosis in American kids, and it might be one of the most poorly understood. Autism spectrum conditions affect many families in North Dakota, and until less than a decade ago, there were no organizations here dedicated to supporting them. That’s why Darcy Kasprowicz and her family started the North Dakota Autism Center, right around the time…

LIVE: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

We're talking dirty, live in studio, with the director of the latest FMCT musical.

It’s not often we get to talk dirty on TV, and thanks to the hard work of the folks at Fargo Moorhead Community Theater, we’re making it happen live on the Morning Show. “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” director Adam Pankow sat down with Emily Welker for a live in-studio interview about the 11-time Tony Award-nominated musical, based on the 1988 movie…

LIVE: Roberts Commons Opens In Downtown

The new mixed-use space that's uniting the downtown community under one roof.

It’s finally here. Roberts Commons, the new, mixed-use property in the heart of downtown Fargo that marries a 400-space public parking garage with apartments, retail, restaurants and more is open for business after 3-plus years in the planning. Of course, that’s not to say that the scaffolding is down yet. Workers are putting the finishing touches on many of the…