KVRR Connections

Planting the Seeds of Learning

FARGO — It’s an annual tradition designed to get you garden-literate, and it’s brought to you by the folks of the Fargo Public Library. And there are still a few spots available to sign up for this year’s “Planting Day” event at the Library Learning Garden in South Fargo at the Dr. James Carlson branch. Each year, volunteers from Growing…

Pet Connection: Meet Rolie and Polie

FARGO — They’re the dogs that have a lot of people asking themselves, “What the fluff?” Chow chows are a breed not many people know a whole lot about, and that’s a shame, because with their thick coats built to withstand harsh winters in China, they’re a great fit for our extreme cold climate here in the upper Midwest. These…

Looking at the potential for healing during Hyperbaric Medicine Awareness Month

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – May is Hyperbaric Medicine Awareness Month, and Essentia Health wants to make sure you know about the potential life-changing treatments. As part of the treatment, patients are placed in a chamber where they breathe pure oxygen at higher than normal air pressure. The treatment can help to promote healing for a wide variety of injuries and…

Fargo man to appear on Fox game show ‘The Floor’

FARGO — You could say one Fargo man is pretty floored at a recent opportunity. That’s because he was chosen from folks all around the country to compete in Wednesday’s episode of “The Floor,” on KVRR-TV. Dean Aamodt says he sent in his audition reel last year after having watched the show with his wife and becoming a fan. He…

May is Stroke Awareness Month

FARGO — May is the month medical experts remind us you shouldn’t trust your neurological health to a stroke of luck. Learn stroke prevention and treatment tips instead. Experts say you have to act fast if you spot stroke signs. And it helps to remember the “BE FAST” acronym. It stands for sudden balance problems, eye and vision issues, facial…

Pet Connection: Meet Luke Skywhisker

FARGO — He may not have quite as famous a life story as his namesake, but Luke Skywhisker of Cat’s Cradle shelter in the metro has a similar mystery about who his original pet parent is. He fetched up by way of the West Fargo pound about a month ago, but little else besides his approximate age of about 8…

Connections Tourism: State prepares for T.R. Presidential Library opening and ND250 events

Gov. Kelly Armstrong speaks during a press conference Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in front of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, flanked by library Executive Director Robbie Lauf and North Dakota Tourism and Marketing Director Sara Otte Coleman.MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota leaders are getting ready for one of the state’s most significant tourism seasons: the opening of…

Connections Tourism: Projects in Wheatland, Mountain and Lakota win North Dakota tourism grants

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A total of $4 million has been awarded to 8 projects in the latest round of grants to boost tourism in North Dakota. The 2026 cycle of Destination Development Grants saw 103 applications from 61 communities. Those in our region include $300,000 to help create the new Icelandic Roosthus heritage center in Mountain in Pembina County….