MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – The parade wasn’t the only culturally significant event happening in the area this weekend. The City of Moorhead also hosted their 22nd Annual Celtic Festival at the Hjemkomst Center. This celebrated all Celts – including those historically from Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall, not just Ireland. It was $5 admission for adults to experience a world of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Amidst threatening storms and slightly cloudy skies, the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Fargo-Moorhead seemed to find the perfect pocket of weather to entertain the community. The festivities technically started at 10:30 A.M., when over 300 runners set out for 5k and 10k races that started on the parade route. Then the parade itself began…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – St. Patrick’s Day and similar celebrations may have commanded a lot of attention on Saturday, but that’s not all that was happening. It was March 14 – 3.14 – and that means it was also Pi Day. The annual celebration of the irrational number that is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter was…
FARGO — It’s pretty nice, to be on ice. Especially when it’s with some familiar childhood film characters come to life, like Minnie Mouse, Mickey, and all their Disney friends. Disney on Ice is back in the metro this weekend, and it’s taking over the Fargodome. The show features spectacular ice skating performances, combined with aerial dance, puppetry, pyrotechnics, and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is coming to Downtown on Saturday – and organizers are already beginning their preparations. The 29th annual parade kicks off at 11 A.M. in Moorhead, heading down Center and Northern Pacific avenues before turning onto Broadway. This year, organizers have added 5k and 10k runs that actually start off the…
WEST FARGO — Marie and Pete are babies in green-cheeked conure years, and they’re just as bright, energetic and full of personality as you’d find in any other little one in the animal kingdom — perfect for an eager parrot parent-to-be. They came in as a bonded pair to the shelter and it’s surprising no one’s adopted them yet, since…
ST. PAUL, MN (KVRR) – State Senator Matt Klein has been representing the 53rd District since 2017 – and he’s been speaking out about gun violence pretty much from the start. “30,000 people in America every year die of gun violence. It’s clearly a health problem that we are not addressing with the seriousness that we should,” he said in…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – Concordia College is using their platform as an institution to help shine a light on health issues within the Native American community. The college hosted a Native American Health Symposium from 6 to 8 P.M. on March 11 in the Knutson Campus Center. The event featured a panel comprised of prominent Indigenous people in the community,…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota representatives are discussing a bill that would ban the selling of cats and dogs at pet stores. HF2627 would also be prohibited from having an ownership interest in an animal offered for adoption, or receive a fee for providing space for animal adoption. Pet shops would, however, be able to provide space to a nonprofit…
Gov. Tim Walz (D) MinnesotaST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Governor Tim Walz has released a proposal that he says would centralize and streamline the way Minnesota delivers human services, including Medicaid. The plan updates a decades-old system that relies on counties and managed care organizations to run the programs. Under the proposal, the state would determine eligibility for Medicaid and…
