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LIVE: Behind the Scenes at the Fargo Airsho

Rain or shine, they've got something spectacular for everyone.

The countdown to one of Fargo’s most eagerly-anticipated events is on, and rain or shine, the show will go on. Organizers are working right now to make ready the airfield for the 2019 Airsho, featuring incredible acts, amazing flying machines, and some of the best pilots in the country, including the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. KVRR Morning Show anchor Emily…

Dash Cam Footage Shows Moment Runaway Bus Is Stopped Near Granite Falls

The bus driver was having a medical emergency and the bus hit several cars on Highway 212

GRANITE FALLS, MN — Newly-released dash cam video shows how a sheriff’s deputy and a firefighter helped stop a runaway bus. It all happened Wednesday near Granite Falls, Minnesota, about an hour and a half south of Alexandria. The bus driver was having a medical emergency and the bus hit several cars on Highway 212. No one else was on…

Searching for Monsters In the Park

The Fargo Park District invites families out to local parks to find "monsters"

FARGO, N.D. — Lions, tigers and monsters, oh my! Kids across the Fargo–Moorhead area are looking through all the crevices and bushes in local parks to find some monsters. Can you see them? How about now? Maybe you can see them in the grass or maybe it’s the clue is right in front of you. As the kids traverse through…

Free Slides and Swimming Make For A Splashy Afternoon

The Moorhead Municipal Pool Hosted Its Annual 'Summer Splash' Event

MOORHEAD, MN. — Moorhead Municipal Pool hosted its annual Summer Splash with games, bouncy slides and free swimming. Booths outside of the pool were set up by Essentia Health and Sanford Safe Kids. The event also included free Pepsi products. The event was cancelled last year because of bad weather. Although attendance was a little lower than previous years, the…

Sanford Health To Temporarily Stop Using Devices From One Of Its Surgeons

Sanford leaders say the suspension of the devices will remain until legal issues are resolved

SIOUX FALLS, SD — Sanford Health in Sioux Falls will stop using some medical devices manufactured by one of its surgeons as a federal investigation into their use is underway. Sanford’s neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora owns a company that sells devices used in spine surgeries. Two Sanford doctors in 2016 filed a lawsuit accusing Asfora of illegally profiting by using those…

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Miss Sophia

Believe me, she'll keep you busy all on her own.

You might think it’s less fun to have one dog than two. Miss Sophia is here to prove you wrong. The year-and-a-half-old husky-shepherd mix came in to Homeward Animal Shelter by way of the pound, and in to the KVRR Morning Show studios via Homeward’s Heather Klefstad. And she was more fun than a barrel of monkeys the whole morning….

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Submits Legislation that would Force Disclosures About Terror Watchlist

The legislation from Omar comes in a proposed amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Democratic Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar has submitted legislation that would force President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose details about how it shares the FBI’s watchlist of more than 1 million known or suspected terrorists with foreign countries. The legislation from Omar comes in a proposed amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act. It would require a report within…

5 New Lawsuits Filed in Fatal School Explosion

CenterPoint says it's aware of the lawsuits and is working toward a resolution.

MINNEAPOLIS – Five new lawsuits have been filed more than two years after a natural gas explosion caused part of a Minneapolis school to collapse, killing two people and injuring nine others. The lawsuits say CenterPoint Energy and Master Mechanical knew their work at Minnehaha Academy was “hazardous and abnormally dangerous” but “failed to inspect and close shut-off valves” upstream…