You can use your Giving Hearts Day donations to help send veterans on a trip of a lifetime. The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota is hoping to raise 52 thousand dollars this year. That’s enough to send 47 veterans to see war memorials in Washington, D.C. for free. 100 percent of your donation will go towards veterans. The…
It’s a program launched under the previous presidential administration that the region’s biggest police force says is really starting to see results in the metro. It’s the “Badges of Unity” police youth outreach program at the Fargo Police Department, and it’s designed to put our city’s kids in contact with police officers in a way that’s positive, familiar and supportive….
Nearly a century of livestock tradition goes on display this weekend at NDSU. The 94th annual Little International Livestock Show is Saturday at Shepperd Arena on campus. About 100 students with the Saddle & Sirloin Club will show a variety of livestock. For some of them, it’s their first chance to show animals in a competition setting. If you…
With two days to go until Giving Hearts Day, adaptive athletics and recreation nonprofit Hope Inc. is wheels-up and ready to fly into the future. Bill and Adair Grommesh started the group with just a handful of kids with mobility issues and a drive to get the most they could out of athletics, and out of life. Today, they’re more…
We hear a lot about bees disappearing from the landscape, and this morning, there’s a couple in our region who’s trying to help you bring some back. Lisa and Rich Burns are the pair behind FM Red River Valley Beekeepers, and they’re here to teach you how to get started keeping your own bees. The Burnses got their hands on…
A new non-profit is aiming to help people who have suffered through near unimaginable loss or live with chronic conditions. They’re a part of Giving Hearts Day this week. Peoples Rising Academy Executive Director Jodi Plecity tells us more about their group, and the incredible hardship she overcame that helped inspire her cause. They promise individual, comprehensive care to…
Take a deep breath. It’s the final segment of our weeklong Oscars preview stories, and we saved the biggest category for last. The Best Picture category has run the gamut through the years from the controversial to the acclaimed to the just plain inexplicable. And this year, we’re trying to clear up the confusion. The North Dakota Film Society’s Scottie…
It’s a long time until growing season starts up again, but the Red River Market is here to give us a way to grow the warm fuzzy feelings in our hearts just in time for Giving Hearts Day. This weekend, they’re holding a Winter Farmer’s Market at the Moorhead Center Mall with goods from local makers, including cookie-decorating kits for…
It’s Go Red for Women Day, and we’re wearing our hearts on our sleeves to promote heart health in women. And whether the senior in your life is a mom, grandma, sister, or just a sister of the heart, you can share some heart-healthy habits that will keep hers ticking along the way you want. Barry Maring, of Right at…
She’s only been on this earth for ten weeks, but she’s already got a lot to say about the world. Tilly was discovered by a family who took the orphan kitten in and realized they wouldn’t be able to care for her permanently, so surrendered her to Homeward Animal Shelter. She’s not altered yet, but Homeward offers financial incentives if…
