FARGO — If you feel like you’re juggling work, home, family, kids — but somehow keep dropping the ball on community — now’s the time to change that. Because tonight in downtown, it’s the return of the Night Bazaar “Renaissance,” and everyone’s invited. Starting at five, come gather in Broadway Square for an evening of live entertainment from local performers,…
Courtesy: GoFundMeZach Haugen and daughtersFOSSTON, Minn. (KVRR) — Fosston Police Department has identified the man killed in a house fire on Wednesday as 60-year-old Kevin Haugen. His son, 31-year-old Zach Haugen, and two grandchildren ages 4 and 8 were injured. Another grandchild was not injured. The fire was reported around 4:30 a.m. in their house near the bus garage. The…
FARGO — For more than two decades it’s been one of the best-kept secrets in the region. And now, the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center is stepping into the light to share how they help local kids going through one of the darkest times of their lives. It’s a one-stop shop of sorts for child crime victims. Anything from sexual…
Speaker Melissa Hortman stands behind the dias during the regular legislative session Monday, March 27, 2023. (Nicole Neri for the Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Heading into the momentous 2023 legislative session, then-House Speaker Melissa Hortman was dealing with big, fractious and ideologically diverse personalities in her caucus. “Dave Lislegard and I had been in a hot war…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Cass County Commission has unanimously voted to indefinitely extend a state of emergency declaration following severe thunderstorms on June 20 that caused widespread damage and led to the deaths of three people in rural Enderlin. The extension was approved during a special Cass County Commission meeting Thursday in Fargo. Sheriff Jesse Jahner told commissioners that most…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – As the recovery efforts in Enderlin continue after last week’s devastating storms, a pair of Moorhead brewers are making an effort to help out their hometown. Swing Barrel Brewing will be donating two dollars for every pint sold tonight to the recovery efforts. The brewery’s own Sean Syverson and Kyle Thilmony are natives of Enderlin, and…
DES MOINES, Iowa (North Dakota Monitor) – Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 16-state coalition that includes North Dakota filing an amicus brief Tuesday supporting the Trump administration’s efforts to cut some funding for Harvard University over reported claims of antisemitism on campus. Bird, alongside 15 other attorneys general, filed the brief Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by Harvard…
Minnesota became the latest state Wednesday to face a lawsuit from the Trump administration seeking to force it to give its high school graduates who entered the U.S. illegally as immigrants the same lower tuition rates reserved for in-state citizens. The U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit also seeks to strike down a law that allows the same immigrant students to receive scholarships…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — MSUM and Essentia Health teaming up to spread awareness about working in healthcare. Together they hosted their scrubs camp event for high schoolers at Essentia Health Clinic on 32nd Avenue South in Fargo. There students learned what it’s like to be a healthcare worker in different fields like pharmacy, nursing, and others. MSUM believes its important…
CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Governor Kelly Armstrong met with leaders in three communities hit by severe thunderstorms on Friday: Enderlin, Page and Hunter. KVRR’s Juliana Pelaez and photographer Eric Bolin were with the governor as he surveyed the damage and tells us what he had to say. “My first takeaway is how amazing people in North Dakota are. And…
