MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Special Olympics in Minnesota is off to the races this week, starting with the law enforcement torch run in Moorhead, MN. “I just think it’s awesome that law enforcement can come together with the disability community.” said Bailey Halland, a volunteer with Special Olympics Minnesota. This is a special movement for all involved, showcasing the…
FARGO — If the metro seems even hotter this week in June than the forecast calls for, there’s a good reason. The stars are closer and brighter than ever for All-Star Week, going on now to benefit the Roger Maris Cancer Center. It’s an event that offers everything from free youth sports clinics, celebrity golf and youth baseball tournaments,…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (AP) — Tastefully Simple is named the winner of the 2023 Product Innovation Award through the Direct Selling Association. The Alexandria-based company won for its 12 Days of Dips to Dinner. It features 12 individual product packets featuring recipes that enable a prepare to prepare it as either a Dip or a Dinner. This innovative product exceeded the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Skye Marquez was heading to work when she saw glass on the ground, thinking it wasn’t anything. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case as her car window was smashed and the act was caught on camera on last week. “I went out to my car to go to work at like 5:50, 6 a.m. I was walking…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The American Diabetes Association for North Dakota were raising funds Sunday morning to bring awareness to the challenges that people face when they have diabetes. The association said it is important to educate the public on these issues. “Especially with the rising cost of insulin. When kids come to camp, we do our best to provide…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Jacob Sundberg, a senior at North Dakota State University, was given the Astronaut Scholarship heading into the next school year. This will give Sundberg a lot of resources as he furthers his education in mechanical engineering. “I got the email when I was sitting in my truck when I got home and I just sat done…
BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Becker County authorities identify the person hit by a vehicle in Lake Park Township early Sunday morning as 29-year-old Hunter Standfield of Dilworth. They say the driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old Samantha Qualley of Lake Park, called around 4 a.m. to report that she thought she hit someone laying in the middle of County Highway…
DOUGLAS CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Authorities in Douglas County release the name of a teen killed in a rollover crash near Alexandria early Friday morning. He is 17-year-old Logan Pfeffer of Alexandria. The sheriffs office says he rolled his vehicle on County Road 73 near the intersection with Berglund Mile around 3:30 a.m. Pfeffer was pronounced dead at the scene….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bonanzaville’s pioneer village becomes the set of a wild west themed game of “who done it.” Teams of 6 to 8 people search for clues to this new spin on an old favorite. Players dress in their favorite wild west gear and become a part of a live action murder mystery. Actors around the pioneer village…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department accused Minneapolis police Friday of engaging in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discriminating against Black and Native American people following an investigation prompted by the killing of George Floyd. The sweeping two-year civil rights investigation concluded that systemic problems in the Minneapolis Police Department “made what happened to George Floyd possible.” The…
