RED RIVER VALLEY — After our latest snow storm, meteorologists from the National Weather Service say you can expect the melt over the next few days to create some more flooding. They say the good news is much of that snow fell in the south, so the water will slowly move up north. Most of the rivers in eastern North…
BOULDER, CO — The selection of UND President Mark Kennedy as the sole finalist for president of the University of Colorado system has raised concerns from some CU students and faculty. The concerns deal mainly with Kennedy’s votes against marriage equality when the Republican represented Minnesota in Congress. In an open letter to the CU community on Friday, Kennedy said his…
GRAND FORKS, ND — The National Weather Service says rising river levels continue on the Red River north of Oslo. It is sitting steady at 37.7 feet, more than half a foot from the record flood level, and expected to stay there for days. Overland flooding continues for many areas near the Red River. Southern basin rivers and streams will start…
BLOOMINGTON, MN — A GoFundMe started for the boy injured at the Mall of America on Friday has raised over $472,000 in 24 hours. The 5-year-old boy is still being treated for critical injuries sustained in a fall after he was thrown from the third floor of the mall Friday morning. A 24-year-old man is in custody. Bloomington Police Chief Jeff…
FARGO, N.D. — A local radio station is having a 24-hour Vinylthon in conjunction with Record Store Day. 95.9 is playing old school vinyl records all day. Vinylthon brings awareness to community and college radio stations across the country. KRFF is representing the Fargo area. DJ’s say vinyl is becoming trendy again because of the quality. “I hope they listen in,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — It’s Record Store Day across the country and over a thousand stores around the nation are celebrating. The day is a way for staff, customers, and artists to come together around the unique culture of independently–owned stores. The store Mother’s in Moorhead has been celebrating the day every year for about ten years. They have live performers in…
FARGO, N.D. — Broomball players from as far as Washington, D.C. and Alaska are in Fargo to play in the National Championship. Players say the hockey-like sport is big in Canada, and has been moving down into the U.S. as it grows in popularity. This is the third time the National Championship has been held in Fargo in the tournament’s 21–year–run….
FARGO, N.D. — A movie adapted from a novel by Minnesota author Kent Nerburn opens at West Acres Cinema. The film Neither Wolf Nor Dog tells the story of a white author who gets sucked into the world of contemporary Native American life by a 95–year old Lakota elder. The movie has been in two hundred theaters across the U.S. and…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Moorhead Public Works has all their crews out clearing the streets after yet another storm. The department says they’ve plowed all primary streets and are working on residential neighborhoods. Some have been working seventy to ninety hours a week. Within the past few weeks, the department has been working on everything from potholes to snow to sandbagging. “This…
JORDAN, Minn. – It’s safe to say a three-year-old might just be every Minnesotan right now. “Why does this happen? I just can’t do this!” When Capella got her first look of the snow Thursday morning in Jordan, she couldn’t help but let her opinion be known. It’s probably the same question many of us have been wondering after we just…
