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It’s a pork chop on a stick and a vanilla shake for Tim Walz at the Minnesota State Fair

Tim Walz/FacebookMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz munched on a pork chop on a stick and washed it down with a vanilla shake Sunday as the Minnesota governor and his family visited his home state fair. Flanked by his wife, Gwen, and their daughter, Hope, and with a security detail trailing behind, Walz eyed rows of food…

LIVE: New Name, Same Mission

FARGO — It’s an event that will fill your heart and your tummy, all at the same time. And after forty years of fighting the good fight for women and kids struggling to escape domestic violence, the YWCA is changing the fundraiser’s name. The annual “Chocolate and Chili Fantasy” is now “Chocolate for Change.” Bidding starts now for their silent…

LIVE: A Continent Full of Culture Comes to Downtown Fargo

FARGO — It’s the birthplace of mankind and a modern-day hotbed of culture and ecotourism. But a lot of people here in the United States, and here in the region, just don’t grasp the sheer variety of Africa’s fifty-some different United Nations-recognized nations. That could change after this weekend, with the All-African Festival taking place Saturday in downtown Fargo’s Broadway…

Marcus Theatres CEO on Showing “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” In Ojibwe

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — When the first Star Wars movie came out in 1977, it ignited a franchise that has made billions upon billions of dollars. It has been translated into 50 languages with Navajo being the first Indigenous People’s version in 2021. Now in 2024 comes the Ojibwe version. “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”…

Boy escapes fire that destroyed home in north Moorhead

MOOHREAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) –  A boy jumps from a second story window to escape the smoke and flames as his house burns in north Moorhead. Moorhead, Dilworth and Fargo firefighters responded to the Country Heritage Development this afternoon around 1:45. Heavy black smoke could be seen for miles. The boy jumped before crews could arrive on the scene. Initial reports…

Pet Connection: Meet Willie

Red-headed Willie's a stranger no longer. Now he's your friend.

FARGO — He’s one of the most famous names in country music, and he’s penned and sung some of the greatest songs in American musical history. And now, Willie Nelson’s namesake, Willie the horse, is looking for his forever home. The handsome, reddish gelding comes to Pet Connection with the help of Pride and Joy founder Robert Faulkner. He’s a…

LIVE: Score Some Entertainment

FARGO — if you’re looking to score some entertainment this fall, NDSU’s Challey School of Music is launching a new composing competition that’s your chance to hear from the composers of tomorrow. It’s their new competition “Score Wars,” where high school composers come together in a “Top Chef”-style contest of wits, talent and creativity. Students will get “secret ingredients” they…

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell enters plea in Detroit Lakes burglary case

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP)–  A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her father’s death.Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury, was charged in April. She told police at the time that she broke into the home in Detroit Lakes…