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Hospitality Industry Leader To Receive Honorary Doctorate from MSUM

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — MSUM is going to honor a transformative leader in the hospitality industry with an Honorary Doctorate. Gary Tharaldson will be presented an honorary Doctor of Business at the 2 p.m. commencement ceremony on Friday in Nemzek Fieldhouse. Tharaldson is CEO and founder of Tharaldson Hospitality, Tharaldson Commercial, and Tharaldson Ethanol. His journey began in 1982 when…

Concert Series: Farm Aid 40 Is Minneapolis Bound, Jo Dee Messina Is Heading Back To Mahnomen

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Minnesota is going to play host to Farm Aid for the very first time in the fall. Farm Aid 40 will be held at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, home of the Gophers, on Saturday, September 20. Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews and Margo Price will headline the event honoring the four-decade legacy…

LIVE: Happy Bodies, Happy Minds for Young Girls

FARGO — It’s a 5K that’s being billed as the biggest public event yet for a local nonprofit that aims to make young girls’ minds happy and healthy, by encouraging their bodies to do the same. The BIO Girls “Find Your Kind” 5K is coming up Wednesday, May 14th, and they’ve already got more than 700 runners registered. Program participants…

Microsoft Cutting Nearly 3% of Entire Workforce, No Word on Fargo Impacts

Microsoft Campus in FargoREDMOND, Wash. (AP-KVRR) – Microsoft began laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce Tuesday. There is no official word yet on if any of those cuts will happen on the Fargo campus. The tech giant didn’t disclose the total amount of lost jobs company-wide but it will amount to about 6,000 people. Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time…

Cass County Enacts Burn Restrictions Due to Ongoing Dry Weather Conditions

CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – The Cass County Board of Commissioners has declared a fire emergency and enacted burn restrictions through May 19, 2025, due to abundant dry vegetation and ongoing hot, dry, and windy weather conditions. The restrictions will be in effect whenever the North Dakota Rangeland Fire Danger Rating for Cass County is classified as High, Very High,…

MPCA fines Anheuser-Busch for violations at now closed malting plant in Moorhead

KFGO file photoST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has fined Anheuser-Busch resources in Moorhead $323,850 for failing to conduct performance tests and exceeding dust emissions at the now closed barley malting plant along Interstate 94. The MPCA says Busch violated rules and regulations several times. The violations were discovered during a routine, unannounced inspection. Anheuser-Busch opened…

Federal funding cuts have North Dakota manufacturing support agency working on Plan B

Impact Dakota lead a food safety certification program in Minot, North Dakota, in May 2025. (photo courtesy of Impact Dakota)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota program that provides training and support to manufacturers in the state faces an uncertain future if federal funding is cut. Impact Dakota temporarily lost its federal funding last month. Jodie Mjoen, CEO…

Rescue Launched After Livestream Showed Person Struggling In River, But It Wasn’t Red River

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 911 call from someone watching a livestream of a person appearing to struggle in a river had Moorhead and Fargo Fire Departments responding to the Red River. A total of three boats launched for the search around 3:30 this afternoon near the Hjemkomst Center but found nothing. The follow-up investigation determined the individual had entered…

Former Water Resource Board Secretary Charged With Two Felonies in Cavalier County

LANGDON, N.D. (KVRR) — The former Cavalier County Water Resource Board secretary is charged with two felonies. Kensi Breyer is charged with the misapplication of entrusted property between $10,000 and $50,000 and tampering with public records. Breyer is accused of making false entries into financial records and transferring thousands of dollars from the board’s accounts. A court date has not…