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Woodland & High Plains Pow Wow returns

The 31st Annual Woodland & High Plains Pow Wow is back after a two year hiatus, hundreds came out to celebrate.

MOORHEAD, M.N. (KVRR) – This is the first year since 2019 that we’ve been able to have the Pow Wow’s, it’s supposed to be annual but covid hit and we had to put it on hold for about two years and this year is the first year we’re able to have it in person,” said Tyrel Iron- Eyes, Pow Wow…

El Zagal Shrine Circus back in action

El Zagal Shrine Circus returns to the Fargodome after a two and a half year COVID hiatus.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- El Zagal Shrine Circus returns to the Fargodome after a two and a half year COVID hiatus. The show will feature animals, motorcycles and acrobats. “When COVID set in, it affected the circus and the entire traveling show world. The bottom just fell out everything literally stopped like it flipped a switch and that was it,” said…

K9 Kota joins the force

The K9's name was revealed after weeks of voting.

CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR)- Cass County Sheriff’s office revives its K9 unit with the addition of Officer Kota. Scheels officials went through 17 hundred submissions. They cut the list down to eight names and 21 hundred votes were cast. Kota won will pair with Patrol Deputy Glenn Manning and they have they chemistry for two weeks and will leave for…

Police arrest Grand Forks man for attempted murder

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of his Grand Forks roommate. On Saturday officers responded to an apartment on the 17 hundred block of Cottonwood Street and found a man suffering from a stab wound to his neck. He was taken to Altru Hospital. Twenty-nine-year old Joshua Franklin, who was home…

Minnesota man found guilty in 11 opioid overdose deaths

MINNEAPOLIS – A federal jury has convicted a Minnesota man in connection with the opioid overdose deaths of 11 people across the country. Jurors returned guilty verdicts on the 17 counts against Aaron Broussard, including distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. Federal prosecutors said Broussard’s customers thought they were buying a stimulant similar to Adderall. Instead, the 31-year-old Hopkins man sent…

Police investigating fight at Breckenridge Senior High School

Breckenridge Senior High SchoolBRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – Breckenridge police and school administrators are investigating a fight involving a number of students at Breckenridge High School Thursday afternoon. Police Chief Kris Karlgaard says school staff had the incident under control and placed the building into a “soft” lockdown before officers arrived. Several students were checked by ambulance paramedics, but none were…

LIVE: All The World’s A Stage: GF Students Can Get An Education In Performance

Registration Is Open For The Summer Performing Arts Company On April 4th

  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The show will go on this summer for hundreds of students in Grand Forks. The Grand Forks Public Schools Summer Performing Arts Company, known as SPA, is celebrating its 35th year in 2022. The program offers courses for kids as young as 3 all the way through 12th grade. Kids can learn a variety…

Update: Superintendent wants to fire Fargo teacher for ‘immoral conduct’

Kevin Kennedy is accused of making inappropriate comments and inappropriately touching students.

Kevin KennedyFARGO (KVRR) – The Fargo School Board will hold a special meeting next week to decide whether to fire a teacher at Fargo South High School for what school officials describe as “immoral conduct.” Superintendent Rupak Gandhi will recommend that Kevin Kennedy be discharged for cause.  A special meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5 at 12:00 p.m. According…