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International Potluck Celebrates Global Flavor

The event was part of Concordia College's programming for International Education Week.

MOORHEAD, Minn.  (KVRR) — The tables lining the Centrum inside the Knutson Campus Center at Concordia College almost sagged with the weight of global fare as students and faculty alike streamed in to get a taste of the world. The International Potluck Food Festival took place from 6 to 8 p.m. on November 21st. Alongside the food and camaraderie was…

Matt Cullen, Drekker Brewing Company Partnering for Special Beers

The two brews go on sale December 1st, and some proceeds will help benefit Cullen's charity, the Cullen Children's Foundation.

FARGO, N.D. – Moorhead native and soon-to-be United States Hockey Hall of Famer Matt Cullen is lending his image and sway in the community to two special beverages produced by Drekker Brewing Company. One is an IPA, and the other – Matt’s personal favorite – is the “Hall of Fame Helles.” Both have special can art that prominently features Cullen’s…

Fargo Cass Public Health Provides Resources For Great American SmokeOut

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Cass Public Health is encouraging smokers and users of vaping devices to set Thursday as their quit date. The quit date is part of a nationwide campaign called “Great American SmokeOut” which started in the 1970’s in Massachusetts. Several years ago Fargo Cass Public Health worked to bring the SmokeOut to the area and is…

Middle Schoolers Compete In Cyber Tournament Finals

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Cyber Madness Middle School Tournament Finals started this morning with six teams and five middle schools competing for who can be the winning champions. “They’re learning how to do encryption and decryption. They’re learning about network activity other sorts of things that really adult professionals do. But really we got them involved in challenges to…

LIVE: How Dr. Seuss’s “The Grinch” Might Just Steal Your Heart

MINNEAPOLIS — The most famous Christmas villain is not be entirely over his thieving ways. But this year, instead of stealing Christmas, it’s possible he might just steal your heart, instead. That’s as a Fargo native is mid-run as the star of the new production of “Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by one of the top children’s theaters…

Fargo Public Works Prepares For Transition Into Winter Weather

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With snow in the forecast, the Fargo Public Works Departments has been getting the streets, and their equipment, ready before the first flakes fly. Fargo Public Works Service Manager Corey Houim says they are transitioning from fall street sweeping to moving and removing snow from Fargo streets. Crews have been working to get snow emergency equipment…

Witnesses Begin Testifying Second Day of Trial for Human Smuggling Case

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Prosecutors say Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand put financial profit over human life when they attempted to smuggle migrants from India across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota over five weeks. Daryl Ritchison, a climatologist and director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, testified that temperatures were abnormally cold that January morning with wind chills…

LIVE: Christkindlmarkt Comes Back

FARGO — we’re hurtling headlong toward holiday shopping season, but we have a way to help you slow things down a bit. The metro’s traditional, open-air, European style Christmas market, “Christkindlmarkt,” is back in downtown Fargo this weekend. It’s back complete with lighted trees, an expanded S’mores selection by the fire, photo sessions with Santa, and live choral performances. The…