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Hornbacher’s Donates Almost $100,000 To The Great Plains Food Bank

The donation is part of their Check Out Hunger Campaign.

September 10, 2020

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FARGO, N.D- Hornbacher’s customers were able to give throughout July at checkout at all nine locations in Fargo, West Fargo and Moorhead. The company donation breaks last year’s record by more than $23,500 dollars. The money will provide almost 300,000 meals for those in need. “It’s just another testament to the Fargo-Moorhead community. No matter what’s happening. Whether we’re being…

Fargo Police Ask for Help Finding Missing Man

Tadd Johnson was last seen on August 15

September 10, 2020

Alison Voorhees,

FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo Police Department is asking for help finding 51-year-old Tadd Johnson. He was last seen on August 15 leaving his great aunt’s home in Fargo. Johnson is described as 5’9″, 165 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair. If you have any information, please call the Fargo Police Department or text FARGOPD and your tip to 847411….

Sen. Kevin Cramer champions a bill to lower veteran suicides

September 10, 2020

Site Staff,

WASHINGTON – On Suicide Prevention Day, North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer introduces a bill to build on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ suicide prevention efforts. It’s called the VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act. The Zero Suicide model aims to eliminate suicide through improvements in our health care systems. A companion bill was introduced in the House this year. A…

Crews on scene of elevator fire in Grandin, N.D.

September 10, 2020

KVRR Staff,

GRANDIN, N.D. – Fire crews and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to an elevator fire in Grandin, North Dakota. They were sent to the nine hundred block of Industry Drive around 4:00 Thursday afternoon. A conveyer inside the building caught fire. The Fire Chief says there was never any threat to the public. “Something ignited inside there, and we’re…

Pet Connection: Meet Jughead

He puts the fun in funny papers.

September 10, 2020

Emily Welker,

This week’s Pet Connection cutie is a canine with a comic connection. Jughead the American bulldog comes to us by way of Homeward Animal Shelter. He’s a beautiful and affectionate fellow who’s done a bit of living in his young life. He’s only 3, but he’s got some scars, although shelter staff aren’t sure where they come from. He’s got…

LIVE: Rally for Recovery

Rally around. Just don't get too close to each other.

September 10, 2020

Emily Welker,

It’s an event that’s been growing each and every year since they first came up with it seven years ago. And it can put people who are struggling with mental health issues in touch with some of the best resources in the northern valley. So there was no way they were going to call it off completely this year —…

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Fargo Police searching for robbery suspects

September 10, 2020

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – Fargo police are searching for a man and woman who are suspects in what appears to have been a planned robbery Wednesday night. Sgt. Sam Bollman says the victim reported an acquaintance said to meet him in the one-thousand block of 42nd Street South As he arrived, a man and woman got into his vehicle and…

Fargo South teacher named one of 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize

Leah Juelke is the only finalist from the U.S. The winner of the award will receive $1 million.

September 9, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — Teaching was not always the plan for Leah Juelke. The 2001 Fargo South graduate attended NDSU on a nursing scholarship. Two years into college, she joined the Army National Guard as a medic. It was there that she found her real calling. “Having to train up all these new soldiers that came in, I really found a…

A Veteran Gives A Lending Hand To A Comrade In Need Of Help

She's in need of a car to get to medical appointments.

September 9, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – A West Fargo veteran helps start a GoFundMe account to raise money for a disabled Fargo veteran. “I felt alone in my battles. He was the closest bud I had that understood what I was going through,” Army Veteran Ayleah Peasley-Evitt said. In a place of hopelessness, Peasley-Evitt was able to find hope through Greg Akason. “Very…

People gobbled up turkey and helped fight homeless at United Way event

September 9, 2020

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. – At the eight Hornbacher’s locations in the metro, people came out to gobble up a turkey lunch at United Way’s event. Gobble It Up kicked off Wednesday morning with over 2,000 pre-ordered meals before the event even started. Over 100 volunteers came out to help make this possible. Hornbacher’s and their vendors donated all of the food…