WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/AP/CNN) — Gov. Doug Burgum delivers his foreign policy address taking aim at President Joe Biden and his administration’s policies. The Republican presidential candidate made his remarks at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Burgum says Biden’s policies give a green light across central America to run for the southern border. He calls…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO/AP) — Bird flu is back at turkey farms in Minnesota, South Dakota and Utah. That is raising concerns that more outbreaks could follow. The outbreak in Minnesota is at a commercial turkey flock of 140,000 birds in Meeker County. The outbreak in South Dakota was confirmed in a south-central county in a flock of around 47,000 turkeys….
MOORHEAD — Nonprofit HOPE Inc. is taking its mission to Moorhead, home of the Spuds, this morning. The Spud students at Robert Asp Elementary are playing wheelchair soccer to learn what it takes to perform like a disabled athlete. And it’s appropriate they’re connecting with the Spuds, because soon spuds could play a significant role in expanding the mission of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – In 2008 Great Plains Food Bank started their mobile food pantry, delivering fresh produce and non-perishables to those in need. Moorhead Business Association member and volunteer Alisha Nelson said, “It’s crazy how much there’s a need. I mean there’s a line even before I got here and it hasn’t stopped since I’ve been here so there’s…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Amid the teacher shortage crisis, Minnesota State University Moorhead looks to help out by having a ‘Become a Teacher’ day. The university gave local high school students a look at studying to become a teacher. Complete with guest speakers from current MSUM students and sitting in on college classes. “I’d say go for it,” said Keri…
FacebookFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota U.S. Senator John Hoeven says a group of around 80 local priests and parishioners on tour in Israel when the war started this week have now made their way to Jordan. He continues to condemn the horrific attack by Hamas against Israel. Hoeven has been in contact with Father Phil Ackerman, head pastor at Holy…
LAKOTA, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A nursing home resident in Lakota, North Dakota who died after his pants caught fire has been identified as 85-year-old Keith Paulson. Paulson was outside Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home on Friday to smoke and started a fire on the ground. He attempted to put it out by driving over the flames with his mobility scooter…
Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minn., holds his two-year-old daughter Lily and poses by his pumpkin called “Michael Jordan” after winning the Safeway 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Gienger won the event with a pumpkin weighing 2749 pounds. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set…
FARGO N.D. (KVRR) – There were all kinds of events this Indigenous Peoples’ Day throughout the Fargo Moorhead area. NDSU held an event to bring awareness to how Indigenous People have been treated in the past. There was a teepee set up on campus near the Babbling Brook. The event also had NDSU’s American Indian Public Health department talking about…
CAMPBELL, Minn. (KFGO) – A bomb threat led to a pair of drug arrests in Campbell south of Breckenridge Monday morning. The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says its dispatch center received a 911 text message reporting that someone was in danger, a bomb was involved and deputies should respond immediately. Deputies from Wilkin, Otter Tail, Traverse and Grant Counties went…
