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Great Plains Food Bank Working To Use Farm Overstock To Help Families

The food bank is making daily stops in areas like Minot, Dickenson and Bismarck.

August 6, 2020

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. — At the Fargodome, hundreds of boxes are being loaded up into cars. The Great Plains Food Bank is teaming up with the U.S Agriculture Department’s Family Food Box Program. The program partners with local farmers to buy their overstock produce not sold because of COVID-19 and then package and redistribute it. “Without our volunteers this wouldn’t be…

Grand Forks Police Selling Replica Of Officer Holte’s Squad Car

The minicars come in 8, 5 and 3 inch sizes in a keepsake box.

August 6, 2020

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Grand Forks Police Department is selling replicas of the same squad car driven by Officer Cody Holte. The mini cars come in 8, 5 and 3 inch sizes in a keepsake box. The money raised goes towards sending officers to Washington D.C. during the 2021 National Police Week, to support Officer Holte’s family, and to honor…

LIVE: Zoo Homeschooling

Give your little critters a chance to learn from some real ones -- and get school credit -- at the Red River Zoo.

August 6, 2020

Emily Welker,

It’s possible that some parents might be forgiven, in these days of keeping kids at home, for feeling a bit like they’re keeping little wild animals of their own. After all, children haven’t been in school since March thanks to the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus. However, even after all these months of remote learning, some parents are still…

West Fargo runaway has been located

August 6, 2020

Site Staff,

UPDATE: The West Fargo Police Department says Sumia Mukhtar Muqadim has been found. Police thanked the community for helping her get home safe. WEST FARGO, ND — The West Fargo Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 16-year-old female Somalian, Sumia Mukhtar Muqadim. Sumia left home July 20, 2020, and has stopped all communication…

Kids get their thumbs green at gardening camp in Moorhead

August 5, 2020

Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. – Kids in the F-M area get to learn about the joys of gardening during a camp at First Presbyterian Church. It’s part of three day event put on by Clay County 4H and the University of Minnesota Extension’s Master Gardener Program. Kids were going through tomatoes looking for bugs, learning what pollinators are and the differences between…

Moorhead Breaks Ground On New Vanné Building Complex

The project is expected to be done next summer.

August 5, 2020

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MOORHEAD MINN. — The ground is being broken at a new building complex in Moorhead. Vanné located on 1st Avenue North is a five story building that includes main level commercial space, underground parking, and housing units on the upper floors. The new complex is expected to be a place for retail, office space, and restaurants. The building will also…

UPDATE: Runaway teenager Found And Is Safe

August 5, 2020

Site Staff,

UPDATE 6:17 p.m. : Zareah has been recovered and is safe. Thank you for your help. FARGO, ND — The Fargo Police Department is seeking the publics assistance in locating Zareah Weatherspoon who was reported as a runaway on Aug. 1. Zareah is 15 years old, 5’9″, 150 lbs, has brown hair and brown eyes. If you have information as to…

Construction knocks out power to over 300 in Fargo

August 5, 2020

Site Staff,

FARGO, ND – Contractors doing construction work behind the Fargo-Cass County Public Health building at 1240 25th St. S struck and damaged an underground power line just before 10 a.m. Wed., knocking out power to about 350 Xcel Energy customers. The outage caused a loud noise that could be heard throughout the neighborhood. Xcel North Dakota Principal Manager Mark Nisbet…

WATCH: MN Department of Health update on COVID-19

August 5, 2020

Site Staff,

State of Minnesota COVID-19 situation update The Minnesota Department of Health and other state agency leaders provide an update on coronavirus cases in the state and Minnesota's response. https://bit.ly/2XvFJXO Posted by Fox 9 on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Department of Health reported 629 new cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases the…

Authorities locate stolen vehicle

August 5, 2020

Site Staff,

UPDATE: The Cass County Sheriff’s Department reports the vehicle has been located. CLAY COUNTY, ND — The Clay County Sheriff’s office is looking to talk to the driver of a stolen vehicle. In a release they say they’re investigating a report of a stolen vehicle from the Kragnes area. The vehicle is described as a 2013 Blue Ford F-150…