Health

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Turtle

FARGO — We’re trying to help a tiny little Turtle come out of her shell this Pet Connection Thursday. Turtle is only about four months old and as Homeward Animal Shelter’s Heather Klefstad says, she is a little bit shy at first. But it only takes her a few minutes of cuddling and quiet environment until she relaxes and starts…

LIVE: On the Hunt for Connection

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — It’s been almost thirty years of giving mobility-challenged people in the region a chance to get out in the field and feel the thrill of the deer hunt. And the northern valley nonprofit behind the accessible deer hunt, is looking for more volunteers ahead of the hunt Thursday. Setup starts Wednesday for the My Options…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Gareth

FARGO — If you’re in the market for a guy who’s good-looking, gentle, great with kids and game for almost anything, you’ve got to check out Gareth. The husky-shepherd cross comes to Pet Connection with the help of 4 Luv of Dog volunteer Ashley Morken, who confesses she’s got a great connection with the 2-ish year old dog. Gareth is…

Judge signs order officially repealing North Dakota’s abortion ban

The Red River Women’s Clinic moved from Fargo to this location in Moorhead, Minnesota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota’s abortion ban was officially repealed Thursday following a judgment entered by South Central District Court Judge Bruce Romanick. “The law as currently drafted takes away a woman’s fundamental rights to liberty and her fundamental right to pursue and…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Sasha

FARGO — Sasha is one of the best-behaved kitties we’ve ever met in all 8 years of Pet Connections, and that’s really saying something, given her extremely tough start in life. Sasha came in to Far North Feline Rescue as a very small adult cat, under 7 pounds, with two kittens she’d recently given birth to, and shelters think she…

LIVE: Taking Your Best Shot (at Staying Healthy)

FARGO — The start of flu season is lurking right around the corner and Sanford Health wants to be able to fight back. Sandford’s health care experts joined the Morning Show live in studio for an on-air shot in the arm — and for what they say is your best shot at staying healthy this fall and winter. Their first…

North Dakota Health Professionals Prepping For Winter Season

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Local health professionals came together to discuss preparations and recommendations on respiratory illnesses that impact people the most through the fall and winter period. “For North Dakota to become the healthiest state in the nation, it’s very important for all North Dakotan’s to be engaged. And making decisions that safeguard their health and improve their wellbeing….

Pet Connection: Meet Louie

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — This week’s Pet Connection pet appears on the Morning Show via video from the Humane Society of Lakes, on Highway 59 in Detroit Lakes, with the help of shelter worker Jaycee Voigt. Lewy is a black lab crossed with shepherd who’s about two years old, and as you’ll see in the video, he’s very playful and…