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North Dakota reports more than 1,200 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths Thursday

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health reports 1,222 new COVID-19 cases and 11 new deaths on Thursday. Forty-nine counties report new cases. Cass County reports the most new cases with 278 and Burleigh County the second most with 169. Nine men and two women from 11 counties died. North Dakota’s COVID-19 numbers: 41,130 positive cases, 184…

LIVE: STRONG Challenge

Stop being sick and tired with a new service from the YWCA of Cass-Clay.

The holidays are hot on our heels, and if that makes you feel like running away, maybe that’s a good thing. After all, it would constitute some of the only running a lot of us have done lately. The months and months of the pandemic are stretching out both before and ahead of us in a way that’s making a…

LIVE: Real Men Wear Pink

He's in the pink to keep you in it too.

Realtor Kyle Olson is decking himself out for deliveries in head- to-toe, dapper pink style. In exchange for a one hundred dollar donation to his Real Men Wear Pink campaign, he will deliver a box of donuts to your business wearing his pink suit. Olson joined the fight against breast cancer when his cousin was diagnosed at 19 years old….

City of Fargo to announce details of Amazon distribution center

FARGO – (KVRR)  An announcement is planned Friday in Fargo about “Project Force,” the code name for the Amazon distribution center under construction in north Fargo. As KFGO News first reported in early September, the multi-million dollar warehouse, known as a “fulfillment center” is expected to employ up to one thousand people. Blueprints show a massive multi-level structure of over…

Fargo Public Schools receives two awards from ND Library Association

The Fargo Public Schools Development Foundation received the School Library Benefactor of the Year and Eagles Elementary School Library Media Specialist Jennifer Hess received the Youth Excellence Program of the Year.

FARGO, N.D. — Two awards were given to  Fargo Public Schools during the North Dakota Library Association Awards. The Fargo Public Schools Development Foundation received the School Library Benefactor of the Year, which is given to a person or group who makes significant contributions to a school library. Eagles Elementary School Library Media Specialist Jennifer Hess received the Youth Excellence Program…

7-year-old celebrates being cancer free at Roger Maris Cancer Center

Tommy Calder was diagnosed with leukemia in February of 2018. After nearly three years of treatment, the Warren, Minnesota native is cancer free.

FARGO, N.D. –February 18th, 2018 was the day Robert Calder and Tina Flier heard every parent’s worst nightmare. “It felt like a big punch in the stomach,” said Calder. Their son Tommy was diagnosed with Leukemia. Since that day, the family has made the two-hour trip from their home in Warren, Minnesota to the Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo…

Governor Walz says Covid-19 cases ‘will not get good over the next few weeks’

What makes him feel hopeful and optimistic is he has a plan.

MOORHEAD, Minn.-  Governor Tim Walz hosts a roundtable in Moorhead to talk about the impact of COVID-19 in the area Randi Trowbdridge and her daughter were the first ones in their Barnesville household to get COVID-19. Their symptoms were mild. “Cold, sinus infection type,” Trowbridge said. Five days later, Randi’s husband started developing symptoms. At first, they were mild as…

Patients at Sanford Children’s Hospital enjoy a pet parade to celebrate Halloween

About 25 people took part in the parade.

FARGO, N.D. – The F-M therapy dogs, Red River Corgis and the F-M Kennel Club team up to host a pet parade outside of Sanford Children’s hospital. The organizations wanted to cheer up patients who will have to miss Halloween this year. They brought their dogs dressed up in costumes and walked from the east side of the building to…

Salvation Army will have Red Kettle bell ringers out this year

The Salvation Army is taking safety precautions to protect their bell ringers

FARGO, N.D.- The Salvation Army still have Red Kettle Bell Ringers this holiday season, but there are some new rules they will be following. Bell ringers will no longer wear fabric aprons, bells and kettles will be sanitized and bell ringers will wear Salvation Army masks. The Salvation Army will have a QR code reader on the bells if there…

Gov. Burgum & First Lady hold fourth annual Recovery Reinvented event

Recovery Reinvented is designed to open up conversations about getting help for diseases like mental health & addiction

BISMARCK, N.D.- Governor Doug Burgum & First Lady Katheryn Burgum virtually held the fourth annual Recovery Reinvented event. It’s a free, daylong event focused on eliminating addiction stigma by reinventing recovery. The first lady has been in long-term recovery for alcohol addiction for 18 years. The event brought in 2,500 online viewers from around the state & other countries. Headlining…