Business

LIVE: Wassail Festival at Cottonwood Cider House

We're wassailing -- er, wrestling -- with a wassail question.

We’re wrestling with a question about wassailing on the Morning Show this Monday. Why, when most of us have only heard about wassailing from Christmas carols, are some people having a wassail festival this weekend? The answer is that it’s a lot better to wassail outside in North Dakota in August than in December. The wassail, a celebration of the…

$25,000 grant will help Cares for Cancer impact 50 people

Farmers Union Oil and Cenex selects Cares for Cancer for their 25 tho Hometown Pride Grant.

HANKINSON, N.D (KVRR) – Farmers Union Oil and Cenex selects Cares for Cancer for their $25,000 Hometown Pride Grant. It will give out 10 grants a month of $500 to people in Hankinson and surrounding rural areas to help with medical expenses. CHS and their energy branch Cenex has given this $25,000 grant to local non profits four times a…

LIVE: World-Renowned Photographer Shane Balkowitsch in Fargo

Balkowitsch's striking wet-plate images are resonating out from Bismarck all over the world -- and now here to a show in Fargo.

FARGO — An internationally-renowned photographer famous for his wet-plate portraits is coming to Fargo this weekend to launch his new show in downtown. You probably already know Shane Balkowitsch’s work — his famous 2019 portrait of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was installed on a downtown mural in 2020. Fargo activists brought it here after people in Bismarck threatened to…

Pet Connection: Meet Willie

A big beauty with some heartbreak in his background.

This week, we’re making a big announcement on the Morning Show. We’re welcoming a brand-new pet rescue to Pet Connection, and they have a big mission to fill. Pride & Joy rescue was established back in 2020 in Cass County, N.D., just around the time the pandemic was making itself felt through the world. And co-founder Connie Faulkner got it…

Yearly cost of operating a new vehicle rises to more than $10k per year

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It seems like everything is becoming more expensive this year with inflation causing a spike in gas, food and now car shopping. AAA says the average yearly cost to own and operate a new vehicle is $10,700. That’s just less than $900 per month. It’s an 11 percent increase from 2021 and fuel prices are playing…

Roers announces development plans for downtown Moorhead

The Fargo-based development group shared a mock-up of the project

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead’s downtown area is set to get a new look. Roers is partnering with JLG Architects and Stantec on the Downtown Moorhead Development project. They say the project could be upwards of nine city blocks, taking over the location where the Moorhead Center Mall sits. The project is set to have multiple phases with the first…

Bell Bank Chairman of the Board To Be Honored By The Chamber

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The chairman of the board of Bell Bank is The Chamber’s 2022 Legacy Leader recipient. Richard Solberg will be honored at The Chamber’s Annual Celebration in October. The event serves as a reflection and celebration of Chamber and community accomplishments of the past year and a look ahead. Solberg was selected based on his leadership in…

LIVE: Launch Your Own Business with Heartland Forward

Small businesses are the heart of our community. Here's how you can add to its pulse.

Between inflation, the supply chain snarl and oh yeah, those hikes in interest rates we’ve been seeing, you’ve probably been thinking now is not exactly the right time to launch your idea for a small business in North Dakota. Heartland Forward says think again. If you apply to their program, already launched in 20 other states and now coming to…

WeFest well underway in Detroit Lakes

One of the biggest country music stages in the country gets bigger.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — It’s the second year back after taking a break in 2020. WE Fest has kicked off at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes. “I am a people fan. I love seeing the smiles on their faces and the joy when they’re here and the whoop whoopin’ when the artists are up on stage. It’s just,…