FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Holiday Express and Winter Fest kicked off the holiday season at Broadway Square in downtown Fargo. The Fargo Park District and the Downtown Community Partnership offers several activities for the community to enjoy right before the Xcel Energy Holiday Lights parade. There were Christmas carolers, holiday shopping, ice skating, hot cocoa, smores, holiday prizes, and festive…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Students are preparing for the holiday season at the Clara Barton-Hawthorne Holiday Store. The elementary school hosts the holiday store to allow students the opportunity to buy special gifts for one dollar. The school sells around 1,200 to 1,300 gifts each year. Items purchased to stock the store are bought using money from donations and the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The annual Xcel Energy Holiday Lights Parade brightens up Fargo-Moorhead with holiday spirit. After skipping a year due to COVID, the annual Holiday Lights Parade is back and everyone is excited. “The lights and everyone being down here having a good time. There is a lot of food, there is a lot of good people down…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is rescued after falling through the ice on the Red River. The Fargo Fire Department says the man was walking across the river near Dike East around 1:30 when the ice broke. He was able to hold himself above water. A firefighter in an ice rescue suit attempted to get to the man but…
(FOX 9) – Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen is opening up about his mental health. Griffin, 33, shared that he is bipolar in an Instagram post Friday evening and wrote that he will be an advocate for mental health. His caption states: It’s true I am bipolar. I will embrace it and I will be an advocate for mental health. I been running…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – COVID-19 has unleashed a wave of innovation in education. University researchers are showcasing the impact this shift has on educators. At the NDSU Public Health Seminar, researchers discussed the impact of the rapid shift to online learning. The session focused on research conducted by Andrea Huseth-Zosel and Sarah Crary. Their findings show many teachers were more…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Essentia Health is the first hospital in region to provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy. “It is unique, I will tell you that. You know, so we have two places here in the state of North Dakota that have the hyperbaric chambers. This is going to be the first time you are going to have a place in…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A legal battle is headed to North Dakota’s Supreme Court over access to thousands of documents related to the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the company that oversaw security during construction. Pipeline developer Energy Transfer and a subsidiary sued the state board that regulates security firms, seeking the return of some 16,000 documents. The company…
BIMSARCK, N.D. – The cost of North Dakota’s special five-day session last month is within the amount that was budgeted. Figures released to The Associated Press show costs incurred by taxpayers so far total just more than $301,000. About $316,000 was budgeted for the session. Legislative budget analyst Allen Knudson says 11 of the Legislature’s 141 members had not submitted…
A Fargo church is putting the last-minute touches on this Sunday’s live Nativity scene. And they say regardless of the cold and the snow, the show will go on. The show, which has been running each holiday season for more than 25 years, features animal and human actors. All of them are volunteers. That includes the person who plays the…
