FARGO — It’s kind of like Air Bnb, but for dogs: a way to give your family some more room to roam, or maybe just a chance to make a little cash on the side. And now there are spots — or Sniffspots — open right here in our region for you and your canine family members. Sniffspot is a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Around 40 members of 10 different unions rallied outside Edgewood Healthcare headquarters in downtown Grand Forks in solidarity with union workers in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They included members of United Steelworkers, allied unions, labor councils and community members. North Dakota AFL-CIO supplied video of the rally and say workers represented by the United Steelworkers at Edgewood…
FARGO — What makes a state great? Time to find out in Fargo. It’s 701 Day in the metro, both in honor of the July 1st date and in honor of the 701 area code of North Dakota. Fargo Park District folks are bringing the live music, crafts with a local focus, foods, flower arranging, and celebration of everything that…
FARGO — It’s wet outside. It’s muddy. What can you do, besides complain about it? Try celebrating it instead. That’s the plan for Saturday at the First Avenue Market in downtown Fargo, as they celebrate International Mud Day. Mud Day’s grown at lot since it was first started in 2009 as a way for children to connect with the earth…
FARGO — It’s feel-good food, and if you stop by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Wednesday, you can fill up on a good cause. It’s United Way of Cass-Clay’s “Eat United,” for the seventh year in a row, hosted by BCBSND. There are a variety of local food trucks heading out, complete with local musicians playing live. A…
FARGO — Lia is a super-chatty and charming kitty who came to Homeward Animal Shelter by way of the pound about a week ago. They think she’s about seven years old, and as Heather Klefstad of Homeward says, it’s unclear why a cat who’s so beautiful and well-behaved, not to mention affectionate, wouldn’t be a cat someone was looking for….
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A cease-and-desist order has been issued against three companies for distributing deceptive materials to North Dakota consumers. Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread issued the orders against Georgia-based RGI Data Assets, Direct Mail Processing and Delaware-based Mail Pro Leads. They are accused of sending replicated IRS tax forms to 1,300 North Dakotans requesting personal information. The information collected…
Moorhead — A metro-based writers group is building connections in the community this morning through the power of storytelling. Chris Stenson is a novelist and one of the members of the Moorhead Friends Writing Group. He says the group’s grown over the last several years and it’s now on its third anthology, this one called Tales From the Water’s Edge….
FARGO — Do you want to get someone’s goat this weekend? Now’s your chance. Of course, you’ll have to give it back afterward. But you could get some serenity for yourself, while you’re at it. They’re doing goat yoga in Dilworth at the Rail District, courtesy of That’s the Dream Farm and Yuj Yoga. And they gave the Morning Show…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Metro fireworks fans have one fewer option for 4th of July celebrations. Moorhead’s longtime 4th of July fireworks show is cancelled. According to a Facebook post, Moorhead Business Association said “that it is no longer a smart financial decision for our membership and our organization.” This decision is becoming public 3 weeks before the event would…
