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Missing Man with Alzheimer’s Found

UPDATE: At 8:53 Tuesday night Fargo Police sent an email saying Fadhel Qadir has been found.   FARGO, N.D. – Fargo Police has issued a Silver Alert for a missing 77-year-old man with Alzheimer’s. Fadhel Qadir was last seen around 5:45 P.M. Tuesday in the 2700 block of 36th Ave S wearing grey pajamas and black slippers. He’s described as…

Hornbacher’s Donates Hams to Salvation Army for Christmas Food Boxes

Over a thousand hams were donated

FARGO, N.D. — Dozens of families will be able to have a nice meal on Christmas thanks to Hornbacher’s and the Salvation Army. The grocery chain along with Cloverdale Foods donated more than a thousand hams to the Salvation Army for their Christmas Food Boxes. The retail value is over $17,000. Hornbacher’s has been partnering with Cloverdale Foods and the Salvation…

Sanford Choir Spreads Holiday Cheer to Cancer Patients With Christmas Carols

More than 80 people volunteered to sing this year

FARGO, N.D. — Patients get a special, holiday surprise from employees at Sanford’s Roger Maris Cancer Center. Sanford’s employee choir spent the morning trying to brighten some patient’s day with plenty of Christmas carols. Patients can spend hours getting their chemo treatments at the hospital, which is why they say Christmas songs are great way to help the time fly by….

On “Joe Mauer Day” In Minnesota, Twins Announce They Will Retire Mauer’s Number

Mauer announced his retirement at the end of the 2018 season

ST. PAUL, MN — Gov. Mark Dayton has proclaimed today, December 18, 2018, as “Joe Mauer Day” in Minnesota. The Minnesota Twins have announced that they are retiring Mauer’s uniform number, No. 7. That will happen during a pregame celebration sometime during the 2019 season. Mauer announced his retirement at the end of the 2018 season. The St. Paul native played…

Movie Director And Television Star Penny Marshall Dies at 75

Marshall passed away Monday due to complications from diabetes

HOLLYWOOD HILLS, CA — From the star of “Laverne & Shirley” to one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, Penny Marshall made her mark on entertainment. Marshall passed away in her Hollywood Hills, California home on Monday due to complications from diabetes. She was 75. As a filmmaker, she became the first woman to direct a film that grossed…

Former Minnesota House Speaker Picked For Walz Cabinet Post

Margaret Anderson Kelliher has been chosen to lead the Department of Transportation

ST. PAUL, MN — Minnesota Governor-elect Tim Walz has named a former speaker of the Minnesota House as his transportation commissioner and is keeping the budget commissioner of outgoing Gov. Mark Dayton. The Democrat appointed former House speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher to lead the Department of Transportation. The governor-elect announced that Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans will keep his…

University of Minnesota Names First Female President

The school's governing board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a five-year contract for Joan Gabel.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ University of South Carolina Provost Joan Gabel has been named the first female president in the 167-year history of the University of Minnesota. The school’s governing board voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a five-year contract for Joan Gabel. She’ll earn $640,000 annually. She’ll become the university’s 17th president next July 1. The Board of Regents earlier this…

KVRR Kicks Off Holiday Blood Drive With Vitalant

The Holiday Blood Drive with Vitalant, formerly known as United Blood Services, takes place Dec. 17-31

FARGO– You can give someone the gift of life this holiday season by doing one simple act, donating blood. “There is a constant need, not only for daily needs, as in premature babies are being born, surgery, patients, trauma situations, or those battling cancer, and it’s always the blood on the shelf that saves the patient’s life,” Vitalant senior donor…

Leaders Speak Out: Savanna’s Act Unanimously Passed in the Senate, Stopped in the House

The legislation is designed to improve access to crime databases and reporting missing and murdered Native Americans

FARGO, N.D. — Just weeks after Savanna Greywind was abducted and tragically killed, Savanna’s Act was introduced to the senate. Just last week it was unanimously passed, and now it’s come to a halt in the House. Just over a year after being introduced to the Senate, Democrat and Republican senators are agreeing; they want Savanna’s Act to pass. “It…

Partial Gov. Shutdown Could Be Days Away, Sen.-Elect Cramer Provides Insight

It could start on Saturday

WASHINGTON – With January a few weeks away, the government will see incumbents as well as some new faces taking over. Cramer’s transition from the House to the Senate is pretty seamless so far. But he says it’s unlikely the current House and Senate will say they’re having an easy time coming to an agreement on the funding for President Trump’s…