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Fall Markets offer unmatched opportunities for local vendors

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It’s an important time of year for local craft vendors, as the holiday season ramps up, and the fall market season comes to a close. Fall Makers Markets at both Fargo Brewing and Brewhalla gave people the opportunity to support their local craft vendors. For the vendors, it’s an unmatched marketing opportunity as the holiday shopping…

International Student Exchange searching for host families

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Recruiting is under way to find local families interested in hosting international exchange students. International Student Exchange has recently hired an area representative to bring students from other countries to be hosted here. Students have come from over 40 different countries such as Italy, Brazil, and Vietnam. Yet Leah Pfeiffer, the Area Representative, has mentioned that…

Welcome Home For 188th Air Defense Artillery at Alerus Center in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Soldiers with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, North Dakota Army National Guard are back home! The Grand Forks-based unit was deployed overseas to U.S. Central Command to provide integrated air defense coverage and early warning. This was the unit’s 13th deployment since 2004, making it the most-deployed unit in the North Dakota…

Detroit Lakes Missionary Killed In Angola, Africa

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A missionary from Detroit Lakes was killed Friday in Africa. Lakes Area Vineyard Church Lead Pastor Troy Easton says Beau Shroyer was killed in an act of violence while serving Jesus in Angola. Shroyer was there with SIM USA, which has been involved in cross-cultural missions for over a century. He was married with five…

Charges Expected for Anthony Kiehl Murder Thursday Night in Grand Forks

Donald Bartlette and Nicholas Wride-ArnoldGRAND FORKS, N.D.(KVRR) — Charges have been forwarded to the Grand Forks County State’s Attorney’s office after the murder of Anthony Kiehl late Thursday night. 45-year-old Donald Bartlette faces a charge of murder while 35-year-old Nicholas Wride-Arnold could face a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Officers found the 49-year-old Kiehl unresponsive at a home on…

American Crystal Sugar reports record harvest

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – American Crystal Sugar Company says the 2024 sugar beet harvest was a record breaker. The company says an estimated 15 billion sugar beets were harvested this year. Other harvest-related records were also shattered. American Crystal says October 6 was a record piling day with 1,223,362 tons piled. The previous record was set on October 19, 2021….

Woman charged with murder in overdose death

Kaitlyn Carroll (Otter Tail County Detention Center)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A woman has been charged with 3rd degree murder in the drug overdose death of a man in rural Fergus Falls in early August. Kaitlyn Carroll, 26, of Elizabeth, is accused in of supplying a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl to a 28-year-old man, who was found unresponsive in…

LIVE: Learning About the Strange and Unusual (in Pets)

FARGO — Are you looking for a learning experience this weekend? Perhaps something to set the mood for spooky season? Or maybe you’ll just meet an unexpected new best friend. That’s what can happen if you check out the annual Fargo Exotic Pet Expo at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds this Saturday, October 26th. They feature vendors, animal experts, and…