FARGO — If you think you’re an introvert and the world is sort of stacked against you… it might not be your imagination. But counselors say you can take on the world and hack your personality traits to help you flourish in a world geared toward extroverts. That’s the focus of a new, in-person workshop coming up at Concordia College….
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr./HHSST. PAUL (KVRR) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Department of Health and Human Services are being sued by 18 states including Minnesota. Attorney General Keith Ellison says he and attorneys general in 17 other states are suing to stop the dismantling of Health and Human Services. Ellison says thousands of federal health workers have…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Veterans and volunteers join together for the latest Honor Flight to the nation’s capitol. Many in the group served in Vietnam. The group took off Sunday morning from Hector International Airport and will be gone for two nights. It was an early rainy start of the first day of the honor flight, but these veterans were ready…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) – The many burial plots at Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes saw their numbers grow by one on this day. It’s a representation of lost youth, the annual Infant Memorial service hosted by Essentia Health. “We see a lot of miscarriages, a lot of ectopic pregnancies, pregnancy loss, infant loss,” explained Paige Perrine of Essentia….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The former executive director of Presentation Partners In Housing in Fargo is accused of embezzling over $200,000 from the non-profit. Court records show Cheri Gerken of Moorhead was fired after a private forensic accountant found she had used her company credit card for unauthorized purchases from 2019 to 2023. Gerken has been charged with felony theft…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A boat is left going in circles on Lake Miltona, north of Alexandria, Minnesota, after throwing it’s 15-year-old driver overboard. It happened early Saturday afternoon. The boy was able to call 911 while yelling for help. He was not wearing a life jacket. The teen was rescued by a person with a pontoon and was…
MOORHEAD, MN – A Moorhead man who was reported as missing in January has been found dead in Colorado. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the body of 51-year-old Leroy Schmidt was discovered in Summit County, Colorado. While he was reported missing in January, he hadn’t been seen or heard from since November 2nd. Schmidt’s body was found in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Concordia College is cutting its operating expenses in response to a projected $2 million budget deficit. The college says the deficit is associated with a national decline in enrollment. A Concordia spokesperson says departments have been directed to cut 5% of their operating expenses. “Concordia is not immune to the challenges facing higher education. We are…
MOORHEAD — A Moorhead woman was arrested after a vehicle chase on Thursday, May 1. According to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, witnesses alerted them and the Moorhead Police Department to multiple reports of a vehicle traveling the wrong way on the westbound lanes of Interstate 94. The vehicle was described as a white Chevrolet pickup. As officers searched for…
WEST FARGO — West Fargo police arrested a man suspected to have a 34-year-old warrant on Thursday, May 1. According to the West Fargo Police Department, officers pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation and discovered that a passenger had possible warrants. Officers learned that the passenger had a felony warrant from 1991 in Burleigh County for gross sexual…
