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Aarp Holds Events In North Dakota For Fraud Prevention Month

AARP Schedules Events in North Dakota for Fraud Prevention Month

One will be a cybercrime seminar in Fargo, while the other will be a document-shredding opportunity in West Fargo.

April 8, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – You may be used to hearing stories about attempted scams or cold-calling fraudsters and thinking, “Who would fall for that?” Well, by the AARP’s tabulations – over 2,500 folks filed reports in just the first three quarters of 2025, with a total monetary loss of $14.3 million dollars. AARP North Dakota director Josh Askvig says that…

Family caregivers provide major unseen value across North Dakota

April 7, 2026

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (North Dakota News Cooperative) — Every day, family caregivers provide nursing care, transport, cooking, cleaning and countless other duties for elderly parents, friends, neighbors, spouses and other loved ones across the state. “If we actually had to pay these folks, it’d be very costly,” said Josh Askvig, North Dakota state director at AARP. The 82,000 family caregivers across North…

Dilworth Police Department Hosts Health & Safety Fair

Organizers said they wanted to make sure all members of the community, especially adults, had access to the health and safety resources they needed.

March 14, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

DILWORTH, MN (KVRR) – Over in Dilworth – local authorities gathered as many health and safety organizations as they could into the DGF Elementary School Gym for a special informational day. They called it the Dilworth Health & Safety Fair, and it featured everything from AARP informing adults how they could save money in retirement to informational lectures about how…

North Dakota approves Xcel electricity rate increase

February 6, 2026

KVRR Staff,

Randy Christmann, chair of the North Dakota Public Service Commission, speaks to a representative of Xcel Energy during a public input session concerning proposed natural gas rate increases on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Utility regulators on Thursday approved a compromise electricity rate increase for North Dakota customers of Xcel Energy,…

Intersection in Downtown Fargo Shut Down for Art Installation

The street mural should be finished by Friday, July 11.

July 6, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An intersection in downtown Fargo is now shut down in anticipation of a mural being installed on the street itself. The closure began at 6 A.M. today at the intersection of 2nd Avenue and 5th Street North. The nonprofit group Folkways received an AARP grant to install the mural – a colorful, large-scale pattern that reflects…

North Dakota bill takes aim at crypto fraud with new consumer protections

January 23, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Josh Askvig, state director of AARP North Dakota, speaks during a committee hearing on digital currency kiosks on Jan. 22, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill debated Wednesday by North Dakota lawmakers aims to protect residents from cryptocurrency scams. House Bill 1447 would add new requirements for crypto kiosks – or ATMs for digital currency…

Tax Season Is Here and Free Help Is Available

January 29, 2024

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — There are many ways that you can get help with your taxes. AARP Foundation Tax Aide will be offered starting on Thursday. Appointments are required at all three sites in the metro: Moorhead Public Library, Fargo Public Library and Hjemkomst Center. In East Grand Forks at Campbell Public Library and in Devils Lake at Dakota Prairie…

State senate to consider bills allowing purchase of wholesale meds from Canada

January 27, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The North Dakota Senate Human Services Committee will hold hearings on three bills designed to help lower prescription costs. Two of the bills would allow North Dakota to buy medications wholesale from Canada. A third bill would use price data from the four most populous Canadian provinces to compare with U.S. drug prices, and set the…

Fargo Woman Receives AARP Award for Volunteer of the Year

82-year-old Vel Rae Burkholder started volunteering for the organization 22 years ago

October 4, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Volunteering is the niche 82–year–old Vel Rae Burkholder didn’t know she was searching for 22 years ago. But when she finally found it, something else came along with it. “Do you feel as though you found your purpose?” “Yeah, that’s a good way of putting it,” Burkholder said. She’s done about 100 hours of service to AARP…

AARP Provides Free Document Shredding

Shredding old files is one way to prevent identity theft

April 21, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — Now that Tax Day is over, you might have cleaned out documents that need to be discarded. AARP hosted a free document shredding event, which helps reduce the risk of identity theft. MinneKota Secure Document Destruction had a truck on–site to shred the documents. Over 600 people came to discard their old files. Organizers say identity theft ranks…