Moorhead

Sanford will offer sports physicals ahead of school year

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sanford Southwest Children’s Clinic will be hosting sports physicals this summer as we are closer and closer to high school sports starting again. Student-athletes are required to have a physical done before participating in-school sanctioned sports. They also have to be completed before the first day of practice for the sport. These physicals cost $50. The…

Lawmakers highlight state investments during visit to northwest Minnesota

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Minnesota’s Senate Majority Leader was in the Moorhead area Thursday to learn more about some of the issues facing northwestern Minnesota. The tour was designed to highlight how state money has been able to help the city of Moorhead, agriculture policy, and emergency medical service funding. Democratic State Senator Erin Murphy, of St. Paul, and Senator Rob…

Cass County Vector Control: “Our Biggest Trap Count of the Year”

Spraying for mosquitoes is planned around the region

CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — Mosquitos are out in full force and towns around the region are trying to take care of the problem. Tonight and tomorrow night, Moorhead will do ground spraying for mosquitos. Grand Forks and East Grand Forks is also spraying this evening until around 1 a.m. West Nile Virus has been detected in Grand Forks. The…

LIVE: A Decade of Delight in Downtown

FARGO — It’s a big milestone for open-air markets in the metro this morning. That’s because Folkways is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Red River Market on Saturday. The market’s come a long way since its first day with a handful of booths in 2015. This opening weekend, Broadway Square and the surrounding city blocks will include live music,…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Clementine

She really is a darling.

FARGO — Clementine’s story is a long and winding one, but fortunately, unlike her namesake song, she’s no longer “lost and gone forever,” but found right here in the metro at Homeward Animal Shelter and looking for her furever home. She’s a three-and-a-half-year-old pitbull whose story starts in Texas with a family there, and who somehow wound up in the…

‘Cherries for Charity’ annual fundraiser begins

FARGO — They’re one of the sweetest treats of the summer season. And now, you can indulge, and make life a little sweeter for families in our region struggling with the bitterness of domestic violence. Cherries for Charity is kicking off its 42nd year of fundraising at area Hornbacher’s. For each pound of Bing cherries sold, 25 cents goes toward…

Two arrested for murder in the death of 3-year-old Moorhead boy

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two caregivers have been arrested on murder charges in the March death of a three-year-old Moorhead boy. Shiann Erickson, 21, and Rosa Garza, 24, are in the Clay County Correctional Center on charges of second-degree murder without intent. Police began investigating the death Eastyn Deronjic after a medical call for a child not breathing in the…