From romaine lettuce, to ground beef, to organic chicken nuggets, the news has been full of food recalls lately. Food safety experts say the rate of recalls is up ten percent over where it was this time last year. And with the partial government shutdown cutting back on the number of workers who can come in to do inspections, that…
Fargo, N.D. – Bill Bergquist has been a a local hero in the Moorhead community since joining the police force back in 1988. On Tuesday, he was recognized appropriately by American Heroes Outdoors and Scheels as part of their Hometown Heroes special. “Within each episode of American Heroes Outdoors, we have a segment called hometown heroes,” said producer Wesley Gall….
MOORHEAD, Minn. – During these politically divided times, Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd reminds people why it’s important to have a civil discourse. Students from Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Crossroads Lutheran Campus Ministry invited Judd to lead the discussion. While students were the ones who put the civil discourse discussion together, all community members were welcomed to join in. Judd says no…
FARGO, N.D. — With some government employees going more than thirty days without a paycheck, job placement services have had a larger pool of candidates to fill temporary jobs. “We’re seeing a lot of needs right now in customer service positions, accountants, a lot of need for construction out there, so we’re placing a lot of jobs like that right now….
FARGO, ND — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says all Farm Service Agency offices nationwide will reopen on Thursday. More than 9,700 FSA employees have been called back to work and they have been guaranteed backpay. Certain FSA offices had been providing limited services for existing loans and tax documents during the shutdown. Perdue also announced that the deadline to apply for…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Students at Concordia spent the day honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When Shontarius Aikens grew up, it was his mother who taught him what it means to really be fearless. “I was the only African American one the baseball team. I was pretty much the only one at things and I definitely had fear…
NEW MEXICO — A Brainerd, Minnesota native is one of two men killed by an avalanche in New Mexico’s Taos Ski Valley. The family of 22-year-old Corey Borg-Massanari confirms he has passed away. Corey and 26-year-old Matthew Zonghetti from Denver went for a ski tour Friday afternoon and were on their second run when the avalanche was triggered. Corey had…
FARGO, N.D. — If you have any old Christmas lights you want to get rid of, now’s your chance to do so while also helping the environment. e-Fargo is collecting any lights that aren’t LED, even if they’re broken. You can exchange for new, solar-powered LED bulbs during Frostival’s Kids Bootcamp on Saturday at Scheels Arena from 10 to 1 p.m….
FARGO, N.D. — Some extremely frigid temperatures over the weekend are forcing people to stay out of the cold. But KVRR’s Danielle Church tells us how families in the area are managing to avoid getting cabin fever. The one thing Fargo seems to be lacking this year from its winter forecast is just the right amount of snow for snowmobilers to…
FARGO, ND — Lucas Hankey of Fargo is starting the new year off right. He just won $1,000 in the National Bonnie Plants Third Grade Cabbage Program. Lucas was randomly selected by the North Dakota Agriculture Department for growing this huge, 30 pound cabbage. He will receive a $1,000 savings bond toward his education from Bonnie Plants, the largest producer of…
