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Great Plains Food Bank considering major changes for child hunger program

FARGO (KVRR) – Major funding changes appear likely for a program that fights childhood hunger by providing students with food to take home for meals on weekends. The Great Plains Food Bank fully funds its “Backpack” program for students in Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo, but other school districts served by the food bank cover the entire cost for themselves….

LIVE: Sock It to Homelessness

FARGO — The organizers of Golden Drive for Homeless Kids is asking you to help them sock it to homelessness in the region. They’re launching their sock drive at the start of September. When we think of helping homeless children, food and school supplies usually come to mind. But the weather in the region is changing soon, and children need…

Minnesota State Fair scorched by heartland heat wave as some schools let out early

Seven-year-old Harper Perkins, center, and her sister Brielle, of Princeton, Minn., cool off in a misting fountain at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair sought relief from soaring temperatures under misters Monday while some Midwestern schools dismissed classes early or…

Concordia College Students Volunteer Their Time During 32nd “Hands for Change”

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Hundreds of first year and transfer students at Concordia College are kicking off the school year by giving back with “Hands for Change”. They are volunteering at 22 different community organizations including CCRI where they helped landscape a new accessible home. Others gave their time at Emergency Food Pantry and Moorhead Public Library. The goal of…

NDSU Hosts 10th Annual Chamber Music Festival

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota State University is hosting its 10th Annual Chamber Music Festival. NDSU invites members of the Fargo-Moorhead community to hear performances by student musicians paired with professional musicians. Previous professional musicians hosted at the festival have included Grammy Award-winning artists and faculty from the Royal Academy of Music in London and Carnegie Mellon. This year…

Bail Set At $1 Million For Teen Accused Of Gruesome Killing of His Ex-Girlfriend in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Bail is set at $1 million with conditions for the teen accused of killing a 14-year-old girl and leaving her body near the Red River in Moorhead last week. 18-year-old Isaac Arndt made his first court appearance in Moorhead after being extradited from Fargo on murder charges. He is facing up to 40 years in prison…

Moorhead Woman Faces Charges After Crashing Into Pickup-Trailer Stopped For Crash on I-94 in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead woman is injured and facing DUI-drug charges after rear-ending a pickup pulling a trailer stopped for a crash on I-94 near the 25th Street South exit in Fargo. It all happened in the 8 o’clock hour this morning. Highway Patrol says other drivers reported that 37-year-old Sheena Kelly was driving recklessly before the crash….

Lynn Crooks, Leonard Peltier & Medina shootout prosecutor, dies at 83

FARGO (KVRR) – The man who led the prosecution against former American Indian activist Leonard Peltier for the murders of two FBI agents has died. Lynn Crooks was 83. As an assistant U.S. attorney, Crooks led the government’s team of prosecutors during Peltier’s trial in Fargo in 1977. Peltier was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. The shootings happened…