Moorhead

Pet Connection: Meet Scooby

WEST FARGO — Sweet little Scooby comes to Pet Connection from the folks at CAARE avian rescue, and she’s a great choice to welcome their volunteers back to the show for their first adoption segment since reopening their permanent shelter after a deadly avian disease outbreak. Scooby is an Amazon parrot who comes as a package deal with her life…

STEM Day for Middle Schoolers at Concordia

The entirety of the seventh grade at Ben Franklin Middle School got to participate.

MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – The entire seventh grade class of Ben Franklin Middle School got to take a mini field trip today in order to get hands-on experience with science and engineering. It was the annual STEM workshops day, hosted by Concordia College in the Integrated Science Center. There were a number of activities for the students, such as building…

Watch: Moorhead High School students walk out for ‘Rally for Justice’ protest

Students leave class to gather on 21st Street in Moorhead for Rally for Justice event.MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead High School students walked out of class to protest on Wednesday. The protesters meet at the intersection of second avenue and 21st street, near the underpass. Adults in support of the students lined up to support the students. Some were part…

Doomed Romance and Death Take the Stage in FM Opera’s “La Traviata”

FARGO — It’s one of the best-known love stories of page, stage and screen, and whether you realize it or not, you probably know the music. And its enduring popularity is why the artists of the Fargo-Moorhead Opera are bringing Verdi’s “La Traviata” to the metro stage. It’s the story of a scarlet woman who falls in love with a…

$18 million multi-year network upgrade plan for Fargo area residents, businesses

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Midco announces the next phase of its multi-year Fiber Forward initiative. This $18 million investment in fiber network upgrades will bring faster internet and better security to homes and businesses across the Fargo area. $7.6 million will fund symmetrical, multi-gig fiber internet for over 36,000 homes and businesses in Fargo, West Fargo, and Horace by 2026….

MATBUS offers riders a free ride for ‘Try MATBUS’ week

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — MATBUS is offering riders a free ride on all its fixed route services all this week. The free rides come as part of MATBUS ‘Try MATBUS week.’ It’s a week dedicated to showing the Fargo-Moorhead community all the benefits MATBUS has to offer. The service comes as each year, two million passengers use the service on…

Jail Chaplains Hosts 19th Annual Dessert Social

The event is intended to help fundraise but also to highlight some of the impactful work the organization has done over the past year.

MOORHEAD, MN – Over 300 bodies filled the main space at the Armory Events Center on the evening of October 16 to celebrate the work of Jail Chaplains. It was the 19th Annual Dessert Social for the Fargo-based nonprofit. Staff say it’s their biggest event of the year, and that none of this would be possible without community support. “We’re…

With license deadline approaching, shipping THC products directly to consumers will end in Minnesota

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Retail businesses in Minnesota have just two weeks left to apply for a license to sell low-potency THC products. Without the license, businesses will no longer be able to sell drinks and edibles that contain low amounts of THC. Along with retail licenses, Minnesota will also have separate wholesale, manufacturing, and transportation licenses. There is even a…

Essentia Health donates one million for downtown Moorhead’s new building, ‘The Loop’

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Mayor Shelley Carlson proudly announced on Thursday Essentia Health’s donation of one million dollars. The donation comes from their commitment in bringing together Moorhead for a lifelong health and wellness journey. “Together, the city of Moorhead and Essentia Health envision a future where innovation, collaboration, and education converge to create a healthier, vibrant community that…

Pet Connection: Meet Fawcett

FARGO — He’s been through some pretty horrific things in his short nine weeks on earth, so it’s surprising that little Fawcett is as composed as he is around humans. He came in to Homeward Animal Shelter just one week ago with a shocking injury: his lower jaw was degloved. That means the flesh, skin and fur had all been…