GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The University of North Dakota is trying something new to help their students prepare for the future. The experiential learning center provides students opportunities they may not get elsewhere such as undergraduate research and the chance to study abroad. “Just a really exciting opportunity to provide that equitable access for all students on our campus…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Some members of a West Fargo church group who’d been stuck in war-torn Israel are back home after a long journey from the Middle East. The group from Holy Cross Catholic Church made their way through Jordan, Chicago, Minneapolis and Rochester before arriving home early Thursday morning. Father Phil Ackerman says the trip provided…
Police vehicles sit outside a hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn., Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, after five officers were shot near the nearby town of Princeton. The suspect wasn’t in custody and the incident was ongoing late Thursday morning. Robbinsdale Police Capt. John Elder said three of the officers were taken to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale while two were taken to…
Sneakers is a hoot. The talkative African Grey Parrot joined Pet Connection this week from C.A.A.R.E. in West Fargo. She’s 34-years-old. Birds like her can live to 80, so she’d be a friend for life. Sneakers needs a nice, quiet home. She deals with feather plucking due to stress. She’d do best in a home with no dogs, cats…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Police Department is looking for recruits to join its upcoming Fargo Police Academy class this January. This 13-week program will consist of training in the classroom, workouts, and classroom demonstrations. Once completed, recruits will begin field training with a training officer. We got an inside look at the academy and what you can expect…
KINDRED, N.D. (KVRR) – Harvest has begun at the only winery in North America that harvests Riverbank grapes and it’s just half an hour from Fargo. Kesselring Vineyards in Kindred uses Vitis Riparia better known as Riverbank grapes. Kesselring Vineyards owner Jason Kesselring said, “Locally people have been making it in different variations forever but it’s never been done commercially….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A mechanical engineering student at NDSU has started an online petition to reinstate homecoming king and queen at the university. Landon Allex started the petition on Change.org. He wrote that he is not trying to “invalidate this year’s winners, Zach and Connor, but rather to make a policy change for future elections.” NDSU changed the voting…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/AP/CNN) — Gov. Doug Burgum delivers his foreign policy address taking aim at President Joe Biden and his administration’s policies. The Republican presidential candidate made his remarks at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Burgum says Biden’s policies give a green light across central America to run for the southern border. He calls…
FARGO (KFGO) – ShareHouse has received reports of a potential scam involving a group posing as representatives of local treatment facilities. ShareHouse says they are offering to fly people, who are looking for treatment, to other states. It warns that this may a scam which is putting people in trafficking, not treatment. ShareHouse operates in Fargo and Grand Forks. It…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s almost time to put away the golf clubs for the season. Fargo Park District has announced that it is closing El Zagal Public Golf Course at the end of the day on Sunday. But, there is some good news. Osgood, Prairiewood, Rose Creek and Edgewood Public Golf Courses will remain open, weather permitting. Park workers…
