MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Hundreds of first year and transfer students at Concordia College are kicking off the school year by giving back with “Hands for Change”. They are volunteering at 22 different community organizations including CCRI where they helped landscape a new accessible home. Others gave their time at Emergency Food Pantry and Moorhead Public Library. The goal of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — He has appeared in some of your favorite movies from “Boyz n the Hood” to “Barbershop”. But right now, Ice Cube wants you to focus on his history making music as he heads to The Lights in West Fargo on Friday night. KVRR’S TJ Nelson got a chance to talk with the Rock and Roll…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota State University is hosting its 10th Annual Chamber Music Festival. NDSU invites members of the Fargo-Moorhead community to hear performances by student musicians paired with professional musicians. Previous professional musicians hosted at the festival have included Grammy Award-winning artists and faculty from the Royal Academy of Music in London and Carnegie Mellon. This year…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Bail is set at $1 million with conditions for the teen accused of killing a 14-year-old girl and leaving her body near the Red River in Moorhead last week. 18-year-old Isaac Arndt made his first court appearance in Moorhead after being extradited from Fargo on murder charges. He is facing up to 40 years in prison…
CASSELTON, N.D. (KVRR) — A scare for a family at the campground at Days Inn Hotel in Casselton last night. They reported their five-year-old was missing around 8:45 p.m. Cass County Sheriff’s Office mobilized a coordinated search effort including Red River Regional Drone Team, Casselton Fire, Ringdahl Ambulance, North Dakota Highway Patrol, a K9 track and community members. An Everbridge…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead woman is injured and facing DUI-drug charges after rear-ending a pickup pulling a trailer stopped for a crash on I-94 near the 25th Street South exit in Fargo. It all happened in the 8 o’clock hour this morning. Highway Patrol says other drivers reported that 37-year-old Sheena Kelly was driving recklessly before the crash….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — People in Horace, far southwest Fargo and southern West Fargo are rejoicing after a major road construction project finishes. Crews removed the barricades late Saturday afternoon on the 52nd Avenue South project between 63rd Street and Sheyenne. Work started last fall to urbanize this section of road and included replacing the bridge over the Sheyenne River…
BISMARCK — He’s an award-winning filmmaker from right here in our region. And now, he and his short film are headed to a national native film festival. Bismarck-based filmmaker Chauncey Hopkins is taking his short film “Wokiksuya” to the “Pocahontas Reframed” Storytellers Film festival Richmond, Virginia, in November. It gathers indigenous filmmakers from around North America for panels and screenings….
FARGO (KVRR) – The man who led the prosecution against former American Indian activist Leonard Peltier for the murders of two FBI agents has died. Lynn Crooks was 83. As an assistant U.S. attorney, Crooks led the government’s team of prosecutors during Peltier’s trial in Fargo in 1977. Peltier was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. The shootings happened…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — With summer winding down and classes getting ready to start up, students around the metro arrived on campus to begin their college experience. Tanya and her family are from Circle Pines, Minnesota. They came to help their daughter move into the dorms at Concordia. “It’s exciting. The energy is really exciting, not sad, but excited for…
