Moorhead

Historic Moorhead Dairy Queen opens for its 73rd season

People in the FM area line up for Blizzards and other sweet treats at the birthplace of the DQ dilly bar.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Is Spring in the air? The iconic Moorhead Dairy Queen along Main Avenue opens for the season. People in the F-M area line up for Blizzards and other sweet treats at the birthplace of the DQ dilly bar. Customers say it feels like the unofficial welcome to spring when the family owned Dairy Queen opens its…

LIVE: Tim McGraw to the Red River Valley Fair

You'll want some more of it.

You’ll like it. You’ll love it. Tim McGraw’s coming to the Red River Valley. No, we’re not kidding. In an announcement you could see only on KVRR’s Morning Show, Red River Valley Fair officials confirmed McGraw will take the grandstand on the fair’s first weekend, July 9th. McGraw is a multiple-times Grammy award winner who’s been one of the most-played…

Charity held for Moorhead bus driver hit with multiple setbacks

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — The community comes together for a Moorhead bus driver who been hit with multiple setbacks. “Well I’m pretty overwhelmed right now; I have amazing, amazing family and friends. It’s unreal,”  said Renecker. Terry Renecker is a bus driver with the Moorhead Public Schools. She’s also a cancer survivor who’s been hospitalized recently with pneumonia. Friends of…

LIVE: 2022 Home and Garden Show

It's cold outside, but things are heating up in the housing industry.

Home sales are the hottest they’ve been in years. And this weekend — the hot ticket in town could be the annual Home and Garden Show at the Fargodome. Organizers with the Home Builders Association say this year’s attendance is likely to be big. They say demand for home construction, improvement, and services is through the roof locally. Some vendors…

Three-time champions Fargo Invaders host first round of tryouts

The Fargo Invaders semi pro football team has won three championships since 2014! Today they kick off their first round of tryouts and they're welcoming fresh talent.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Invaders semi pro football team has won three championships since 2014! Today they kick off their first round of tryouts and they’re welcoming fresh talent. “It can be difficult but one thing is that they all have a love for football, we do things in the offseason to build team chemistry, last year…

LIVE: Embracing Hardship

One author's recommendation to not just survive these times, but thrive in them.

The past couple years in the pandemic have been tough for a lot of folks on a variety of levels: pandemic deaths and the risk of Covid-19. Civil rights, demonstrations and unrest, and public safety issues. Loneliness and isolation. The increasing severity of the opioid crisis. The list goes on — and on. It’s enough to make you want to…

Pet Connection: Meet Burr

A huge hug to demonstrate just how gigantic this dog really is.

There is still plenty of dog to go around at our area shelters. And we do mean plenty. This week’s Pet Connection profile is a lot of dog for any family. We’re meeting Burr, a big fellow who comes to us from 4 Luv of Dog rescue. Burr is a mastiff-Great Bernard mix, two great big breeds who make for…

Cullen Children’s Foundation and HOPE Inc meet on the ice

The game is for a good cause to raise awareness for charity and give kids a chance to play a game they love.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Cullen Children’s Foundation and HOPE, Inc. join forces for sled hockey for Giving Hearts Day. The game is for a good cause to raise awareness for charity and give kids a chance to play a game they love. People were treated to an extremely competitive contest. The players left it all on the ice and put…

Freezing for a Good Reason gets bigger in year two

"In our eyes, it's one of the biggest needs in our area of needs"

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — “The 21 gun salute, retiring of the colors and taps, it still affects me emotionally whenever I hear it. It just tugs on me and everything and those men and women that were doing that in the cold weather for five minutes, they do that every single day at the national cemetery and that’s why they…