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Pet Connection: Meet Odin

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — One-eyed wonder dog Odin may be looking at the world a little differently than your usual rescue dog, but he’s still got the full share of love and fun to give to a furever family. He’s at the Humane Society of the Lakes in Detroit Lakes, where his rescue worker Jaycee Voight shows in spite of…

LIVE: A Place to Find Fellow FM Halloweenies

FARGO — A local Facebook group for fans of the Halloween holiday to find decorated homes, good locations for trick or treating, and share tips on how to build their own home haunts is blowing up. The group “FM Area Halloween Trickers and Treaters” was originally started as the personal page of local Halloween enthusiast Abby Haake. She opened it…

LIVE: The Things That Go Bump in the Night

FARGO — They say it’s one of the biggest trick or treating opportunities in the region. But the real treat at “Boo at the Zoo” at Fargo’s Red River Zoo is probably meeting some of the most misunderstood wild creatures of the region. Creatures like Soupy the opossum, who shared the anchor desk on the Morning Show Wednesday. Opossums might…

Fargodome Open House Promotes Vote on Sales Tax

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargodome is hosting open house meetings to discuss why people should vote to approve a quarter-cent sales tax. The tax would be in place for 20 years and would pay for future renovations and upgrades planned to enhance the 30-year-old building. If passed the renovations would include additional restrooms, new seating with cup holders, new entrances,…

State Representative Gretchen Dobervich Receives Gladys Ray Award

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Gladys Ray Award is presented to State Representative Gretchen Dobervich at the Indigenous People’s Day Breakfast. Dobervitch was nominated for her leadership in both public health and fighting for racial equity. She is the Public Health Policy Project Manager at American Indian Public Health Resource Center at NDSU. The award commemorates Gladys Ray, a woman…

LIVE: Don’t Be Scared to Get Creative

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — If you’re not a skilled artist, it can be a little scary to think about creating a Halloween painting of your own. But there’s a new workshop underway that helps even a novice painter bring their creativity into full fall color. Emma Tomb (yes, that’s her real name) is teaching a “Spooky Painting workshop at the…

LIVE: Showing You CAARE

WEST FARGO — A West Fargo-based bird rescue is asking for help from the public after being forced to close its facility in May because of a deadly and contagious parrot disease. CAARE Avian Rescue volunteers shut down its building six months ago when a parrot came in and began to lose its feathers, testing positive for avian circovirus, or…