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Potato Day Festival in Barnesville Celebrates 33 Years

BARNESVILLE, MN (KVRR) — Potato Day Festival is a celebration for not just your average potato but for people to come together and have fun. With various activities for the kids like bouncy houses, the street fair, and potato themed dishes it draws a huge audience from across the nation. “I think the rodeo is probably my newest favorite thing….

LIVE: Adult Potions Class

CASSELTON, N.D. — They’re stirring up a little spirituality in the region these days, based on some homegrown herbalism. Plants and potion-making are on the syllabus at Casselton-based Massage Alchemy. The “Adult Potions” class is now open for students to register. It follows what owner Shannon Bueche says have been popular children’s potions lessons they’ve offered for a few years…

Fargo VA Hosts First Ever Summer VetFest

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Since 1929, the Fargo VA has offered services to veterans in the surrounding community. With this first-ever VetFest, the main focus was finding assistance for veterans through what’s called the PACT Act. “So what this allows us to do is start that conversation about any potential exposure concerns they may have experienced during their military service….

LIVE: Navigating School Tragedy at the Start of the Semester

MOORHEAD — Local mental health experts are offering some guidance to families struggling with the news that a 14-year-old girl was stabbed to death at what police say were the hands of her teenage ex-boyfriend. The Moorhead public school community is reeling with the news incoming freshman Jaelyn Walker was stabbed and left to die near the Red River earlier…

Jeremiah Project Partners with Prairie Public Learning Express

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Prairie Public Education Services have recently launched the Learning Express, a free resource trailer that will travel to schools, childcare centers and libraries. Their first stop is at The Fargo Jeremiah Program. “Because of our relationship that we’ve had with Prairie Public that we have had a conversation about the new learning resource that they were…

LIVE: A Can-Do Attitude for Canning and Preserving Season

FARGO — If you’re turning your can-do attitude toward canning the stuff you grew in your garden, or even just bought from the farmer’s market, there’s a good chance you might have run across some misinformation online. NDSU extension agents say people are risking serious illness when they don’t know how to can and preserve their produce properly. Practices in…

LIVE: A Museum Comes to Life at Pioneer Days

WEST FARGO –Museums might make you think of just a collection of lifeless objects. But this weekend, you can see those objects come to life in the metro. Pioneer Days is coming back to Bonanzaville. It’s been 54 years since the celebration first started. This year, you can see historic re-enactors dressed in pioneer-era garb demonstrations how people from back …

LIVE: Spooky Submissions for the 7th Annual Art Ghoullery

MOORHEAD — Don’t get scared, but artists in the metro are already starting to get ready for Halloween. That’s why the Rourke Art Gallery in Moorhead is now open for submissions for their seventh annual “Art Ghoullery.” This year’s theme is “Cults, Cabals and Covens,” once again dedicated to exploring the dark and mysterious side of art. Artists are invited…

LIVE: Meet the German Shepherd Puppy

FARGO — We’ve been to Pride and Joy Rescue several times before for Pet Connection, meeting their beautiful adoptable horses, donkeys and goats.  But this time, we’re featuring a much smaller adoptable animal.  In fact, he might be one of the smallest creatures who lives there at the facility north of Fargo.  At seven weeks old, this tiny puppy is…