ARTHUR, N.D. (KVRR) — A new grant program will hand out cash to grocery stores across rural North Dakota towns to increase food access. The new grant program is part of a North Dakota Senate bill which passed in April that allocates one million dollars to preserve rural grocery stores. The North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives started a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Overcrowding is still an issue for many animal shelters across the country. In fact, the issue is so bad that dogs are dying because shelters do not have the capacity or resources to help all of these animals. This is also true for our local animal shelters and pounds as they are desperately pleading for help….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — FM Trailbuilders are a group of over fifty volunteers maintaining trails in the F-M region. They manage trails by mowing them, picking up fallen branches, and doing other maintenance work. “We monitor three trail systems, two of them are located in Moorhead, one at MB Johnson Park, another in the central part of the town at…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Private and public services are planned for Mark Knutson. The executive director of the Fargo Marathon died Sunday in Detroit Lakes after he lost control of his bicycle and fell into the path of an oncoming pickup pulling a boat. He was just 53. A private family service will be held on Friday. A public Memorial…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Vitalant teams up with the Fargo Air Museum in its biannual blood drive. Vitalant parked its bus right outside the museum in north Fargo during Veteran Coffee hours for a better chance at more donors. According to the American Red Cross, someone in the U.S. needs blood every two seconds. Volunteers say they are happy to…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –Bonanzaville is awarded a $3,000 grant for the restoration of the 1930’s Northern Pacific Pullman railway passenger coach on its grounds. The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest even passing through Fargo. The coach car that sits on the Bonanzaville grounds is part…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The mosquitoes are getting bad so Cass County Vector Control is taking to the sky. They were supposed to start aerial spraying of Fargo and West Fargo at 8:30 Wednesday night, but that has been rescheduled to Thursday. The insecticide used is non-toxic to humans and pets. Dilworth will be ground spraying for mosquitoes on Thursday…
CASS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The body of a 71-year-old fisherman is recovered from Leech Lake in Cass County, Minnesota. Sheriff Bryan Welk says his office got a report of an overdue fisherman on Monday night. He hadn’t returned to his home in Walker, Minnesota. Deputies searched the Leech Lake area by boat, air and land and found his boat…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Emerald ash borers have made their way to the region, posing a threat to homeowners and trees. The city of Moorhead has crews out already treating trees with chemicals in hopes to stop the spread of this insect. “We initially found it east of the high school, a couple blocks. We’re keeping a radius of eight…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Fergus Falls homeowners can expect a city employee to stop by their house to make sure there’s no lead in your water pipes. The city of Fergus Falls says 400 homes built before 1985 will need a visual check to see what material the water pipe service lines are made of. City officials have already…
