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Picking Up Chicks

GLYNDON, Minn. — We’re in the thick of baby animal season, and you’re invited to get up close and personal with them at one of the region’s working farms. The folks at That’s the Dream Farm have a series of public events coming up this spring and summer, including a chance to work with their brand-new baby chickens. The bird…

Chamber’s ‘non-partisan’ election website includes link that promotes sales tax extension

FARGO (KVRR) – A website promoted as a “non-partisan voter education resource” by the Fargo-Moorhead West Fargo Chamber includes a link that promotes a Fargo penny sales tax extension, but an alternative viewpoint is not provided. “Votefmwf.org” includes candidate profiles, information on how to vote, and video links to debates sponsored by the Chamber. It features local, state and federal candidates…

Sen. Tina Smith announces woman in need of medical care to be released from ICE detention

Andrea Pedro-Francisco was arrested on her way to work and sent to a Texas detention center a week before she was scheduled to have surgery to remove a large ovarian cyst. (Courtesy photo)WASHINGTON, N.D. (KVRR) — On Thursday, June 4, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (DFL) announced successfully securing the release of Andrea Pedro-Francisco from a U. S. Immigration and Customs…

Second arrest made in Cass County Jail drug trafficking investigation

Amar Kovacevic, 32. Daria Rose Renville, 34. Courtesy: Cass County Jail.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two years ago, sheriff’s deputies were investigating drugs being smuggled into the Cass County Jail. What they discovered was an envelope. Infused with drugs on the top and bottom flaps. “It took us a while to figure out how they were getting it in there, but…

No need for an appointment at Last Call Escape Room on Broadway, Walk-ins welcome

Last Call Escape room, located at 12 Broadway, opens Thursday. 6/4/26.FARGO — Starting Thursday night, people looking to for an escape will have a new option in Downtown Fargo. The Last Call Escape Room is the brainchild of two women who are also the owners of Exit Strategy escape room on Main Avenue. The two decided to expand into downtown…

Generations Bid Farewell to Horace Mann Elementary on Last Day of School

Emotions ran particularly high for the Faulkner family. Librarian Lydia attended the school and also sent her children through Horace Mann - one of whom now teaches at Roosevelt Elementary.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – At 2:47 P.M. on June 4th, 2026, students began beelining for the doors of Horace Mann Elementary, maybe knowing on some level they’d never walk these halls again, but likely more focused on the freedom of summer. For librarian Lydia Faulkner, though, saying goodbye isn’t so simple. “Growing up, I always wanted to work at Horace…

Moorhead Municipal Pool at Romkey Park Opens to the Public

The project, in the works since 2023, replaces a pool that had stood in that spot for 66 years.

MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – Last summer, folks in Fargo got to see the debut of the revamped Island Park Pool. Now the City of Moorhead has its own brand-new municipal pool to call its own. The remodeled aquatics center at Romkey Park was opened to the public for the first time today at half past noon. Construction began in 2023…

Celebrations are starting to kick off for America’s 250th Birthday

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This year marks America’s 250th Birthday. Across the country, many have planned exhibits, speakers, and outings to celebrate this historic moment. Including in both North Dakota and Minnesota. “We’ll have somebody in a British red being prepared to be dunked in a dunk tank. We also have copies of the Declaration of Independence that will…