MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — “The 21 gun salute, retiring of the colors and taps, it still affects me emotionally whenever I hear it. It just tugs on me and everything and those men and women that were doing that in the cold weather for five minutes, they do that every single day at the national cemetery and that’s why they…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Freezing for a Reason kicks off this weekend and it’s going to be three days of fun and fundraising for a new shelter at the veterans museum. Other proceeds will go to Giving Hearts day charities. As part of Frostival, Moorhead American Legion Post 21 welcomes the community to come out and freeze with them. The…
These two years of the pandemic have been hard on the heart in more ways than one. Between the stress and worry over the risk of covid to you and your loved ones, the isolation and the politics, it’s taken a hard toll. Now, the American Heart Association wants to help you take heart again. This year’s Wear Red Day…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Feed My Starving Children is back this week, trying to raise $480,000 for hungry kids. More than 8,000 volunteers, most of them middle or high schoolers from West Fargo to Moorhead, come together to feed around 2 million children over four days. The goal is to pack 2.5 million meals. Each volunteer packs around $50 worth…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Nonprofit Tech4Kids donates 10 laptops courtesy of Stoneridge software and RDO equipment to help level the playing field for kids in low income homes suffering during remote learning. “This is so important having this technology computers you know towards our program here, for Kondial Kel international it’s not only empowering our youth, it’s also actually empowering…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- Salvation Army in Fargo announces it raised $976,263.05 in 2021’s Red Kettle campaign. The organization had a goal of $900,000 and raised $80,000 more than in 2020. The money goes to programs dedicated to helping people in need like feeding, utility and rent assistance and even character development. It was a community effort. Realtors brought in over…
It’s the awareness-raising event that gives new meaning to the word “intense.” And it’s literally in tents — for 44 hours, overnight, in the frigid February outdoors of the Fargo metro area. Volunteers and local notables are gathering once again for “Freezing for a Good Reason” this weekend, armed with all their toughest outdoor gear for a marathon session of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)-“I wanted to write it because when I was a kid I didn’t see a lot of girls that looked like me in stories about agriculture or nature. There are a lot of stories about girls with horses and things like that, but what I was really connected to was the natural landscape and the caretaking of animals…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — People gathered at Moorhead American Legion Post 21 to try some hotdishes and, supporters of the North Dakota and Minnesota Honor Flight are raising money to send veterans to Washington D.C. Judges have ten hotdishes to try and they range from sloppy joe tator tot, to crockpot lasagna. “Today is our second annual hot dish contest…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- A battle of the sixth and seventh seeds in the USHL Western Conference, it was a physical contest and Scheels Arena was rocking. The Force jumped ahead 2-0 in the first period and never looked back. They took the win in a dominating fashion 4- 1. Tomorrow the puck is set to drop at 6:05 for game…
