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Lewis & Clark 1st Graders Donate Stuffed Animals to Essentia Health Patients

Students at Lewis and Clark Elementary School donate teddy bears and more for "National Kindness Week"

March 1, 2022

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – First graders at Lewis and Clark Elementary School are making sure children at Essentia Health Hospital are feeling comfortable by sending stuffed animals. Students collected 50 new stuffed animals during their National Kindness Week donation drive from February 14th until the 18th. Donations came from all over the community from school staff to students and family….

Makeover underway for Fargo’s oldest park

Fargo Park District holds a meeting to get public input on what changes should be made at Island Park

February 17, 2022

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Island Park is undergoing an overhaul and is asking the public for their input. The Fargo Park District is excited to make new changes to some of its parks, like Island Park, a staple for many in the Fargo-Moorhead community. Board members are seeking community-wide engagement to create a long-term plan to improve it. “With the…

Fargo rally honors missing and murdered Indigenous people

People came to grieve and shine light on their lost loved ones

May 7, 2021

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Community members come together in Fargo to honor missing and murdered Indigenous people. “This is an everybody issue and we need all of us to keep talking about it keep fighting for it and making sure that there is justice for all,” said one speaker. Indigenous relatives gathered in solidarity to heal their hearts — mourning…

Activists pack Fargo City Hall to get representation

Different community groups are seeking to have their voices and opinions heard at Fargo City Hall

April 19, 2021

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – “I hope that we can come together because i know that division does not help us we have to come together,” one parent said. Members of ONEFARGO and city groups took the chance to change how people in Fargo are heard. “I’m just encouraging people to do what we been doing since America was founded and…

Fargo Police Offers Free Boxing & Self Defense Classes

A new way to connect with kids in local high schools to become more trusting of police and law enforcement.

April 12, 2021

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Police Department’s Community Engagement team is taking action in order to get kids more involved in the city. A community trust officer from the force is taking time out of his day to connect with kids in local high schools to become more trusting of police and law enforcement. Officer David Carlson said once…

Players compete in annual pond hockey tournament

"It's just the experience, building some friendships and meeting some new guys in town to play hockey, it's kind of just one big community."

February 20, 2021

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Parks District is welcoming players back with a game of pond hockey after canceling last week’s events due to the dangerously cold temperatures. “We have our annual pond hockey tournament today. We have four different divisions that are playing today. We usually have it split up in between two weekends, but last weekend it…

West Fargo VFW hosts annual pancake feed on New Years Day

The bar provides warm meals for free-will donations to raise funds that will go back into the community.

January 1, 2021

Aaron Walling,

WEST FARGO, N.D.- The West Fargo VFW keeps its traditions of giving back to the community alive. The organization holds an annual pancake feed on the first day of the year to fill people up with some delicious eggs, sausage and, of course, pancakes. The bar provides warm meals for free-will donations to raise funds that will go back into…

Fargo woman brings awareness to mental health through hula hooping

They will begin after the new year and run for six weeks.

December 28, 2020

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. — A local woman is hosting a class to bring awareness to mental health issues in a unique way. It’s a hula hooping course to bring awareness to mental health and help reduce symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression. The classes involve music to bring out rhythm in a therapeutic way as the hoop moves around the body….

Lutheran Church of the Cross hosts drive-thru Christmas event

West Fargo church is socially distant for the holidays

December 13, 2020

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WEST FARGO, N.D.– Lutheran Church of the Cross is doing things a little differently this year. Many churches across the U.S. are making changes to their holiday traditions in order to keep them going, and LCC is no different, combining 2 in-person events into 1 drive-thru event– what they’re calling an Advent Christmas Carol Mash-up. “This is an opportunity to…

Reindeer Ranch helps bring Christmas spirit to Downtown Fargo

Members of the community were excited by their appearance at holiday event

December 5, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — People from all over the metro showed up downtown to participate in classic winter events such as ice skating, taking family photos, and listening to Christmas music. But one thing many people don’t do every year… is hang out with some reindeer. Reindeer Ranch owner Vernon Hoselton has a herd of his own, and enjoys bringing them…