The fall Honor Flight that will bring many of the region’s veterans to see the Washington, D.C. and the monuments that honor them is only a few weeks away. For many of these veterans, the nation’s capital is a sight they’ve never seen before. And for a few, it may be their final chance to do so. One of this…
A welcome event for area college students is bigger than ever this year. They’d need to close an entire bridge for it, if it weren’t already closed. The annual Bridge Bash is usually just part of Greater Moorhead Days, but Fargo is joining in the fun this year. Organizers tell us that means this year’s bash will be twice as…
American hockey players versus Russian players almost always equals a scintillating time on the ice. And this time around, HOPE Inc. is amping up the excitement. That’s because for the first time ever, their standout adaptive athletes are invited to face off against Russia as well as the top American youth teams in the first-ever International Youth Sled Hockey Tournament….
The silent music of the celestial spheres is something we’ve wondered about for as long as humans have been watching the skies above. Holst tried to capture its sound in his “The Planets,” but for something that’s based on real science, head on over to the Plains Art Museum instead. Musician/scientists are capturing the vibrations of the planets, and they’re…
This time of year, if you’re lucky, you might look up to the sky to spot a huge, majestic, dark-winged bird circling above the metro near the riverfront. And chances are, you’ll assume it’s an eagle. Chances are, it’s actually a turkey vulture, one of the most maligned and misunderstood animals in the region. Vultures are scavengers, meat-eaters which feed…
This long labor day weekend is already a deadly one for North Dakota drivers. Three people have died so far this holiday weekend in crashes across the state, and the rush to get home before work starts Tuesday morning is not yet over. Troopers say it’s too early to attribute a common cause to the string of fatalities. However, there…
Join the fight to end type one diabetes with JDRF. Their One Walk to end type one is Saturday, September 14th at Scheels Arena. Hundreds will walk from the arena to raise awareness money for type one diabetes research. JDRF ambassadors Priscilla Boman and Sam Erdmann joined the KVRR morning show. They told us how important JDRF is to…
Our farmers have been dealing with a hard year: trade war troubles, bad weather. Now a new business is in the region ready to make life a little easier for producers. Big Iron Auctions, not to be confused with the Big Iron Farm Show, is a Nebraska-based company that recently expanded to North Dakota and Western Minnesota. They do…
Alyssa White is only 16 years old, but she’s already been touched more than once by the shadow of suicide. The West Fargo student lost a friend who was just 12 years old to suicide completion, the first of several of her peers she’s since lost. Since then, White has started to speak openly about the challenges facing young people…
You can change the life of a kid in our area in just one hour a week. And they need you now more than ever. Big Brothers/Big Sisters is looking for School–based Bigs, like Erika and Cora, who are pictured. School–based Bigs visit with kids for an hour each week during their lunch hour. Big Brothers/Big Sisters needs about…
