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Vintage Point Celebrates 20 Years in Business

The store has been in the same location at the 25th Street Market for all its years of operation.

April 26, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D.(KVRR) – There was an especially festive atmosphere at Vintage Point on April 26. Balloons adorned the entrance and shoppers inside enjoyed 20% discounts on various categories of items. That’s because the store is celebrating 20 years in business. They’ve been located inside the 25th Street Market all this time – slowly expanding the store from just a vintage…

Anonymous Donor Gifts $20 Million To Offutt School of Business at Concordia College

September 5, 2024

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — It’s not often a local university is handed a gift worth $20 million but that is the case at Concordia College in Moorhead. An anonymous donor has gifted the money to the Offutt School of Business. It’s the largest gift ever given to the department and one of the largest ever made to the college. School…

Stuff The Bus aims to get gifts to children in need

The annual Christmas program gives gifts to families in the area in need

December 1, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – KFGO, YWCA and MatBus are teaming up for the 12th year to stuff the bus. The bus traveled to eight stops around Fargo throughout the day for the event. It is collecting toys for newborns up to teenagers. In light of the recent pandemic, gifts to keep busy like crafts & coloring books are in high-need. Gift…

Cullen Foundation Donates $100,000 to New Essentia NICU

The Cullen Children's Foundation Critical Care Wing will be part of Essentia's brand–new NICU

March 12, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — The Essentia Health is expanding their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for babies with the help of a $100,000 donation from the Cullen foundation. This gift will change the future for families who have babies in the NICU. The Matt Cullen family has made an imprint in the Fargo Moorhead area and now they are helping out the…

Community Rallies Behind One Man’s Road to Recovery

Family wants people to know not to drink and drive

March 10, 2018

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FARGO, N.D. — People in the community are rallying behind one man as he goes through the road to recovery. Four months ago, Josh Jensen was drinking and got behind the wheel. He fell asleep and kept going straight when the road curved. “Drinking and driving is a bad thing. I want people to know that. Also, seatbelts save lives. It…

Fashion for Men: Thigh-High Ugg Boots Now Available

The boots debuted during men's Fashion Week in Paris and will be available in the fall for over $1,000

January 18, 2018

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INTERNATIONAL — It’s the gift that many say is for the man who has everything…but others may say it’s the gift that just won’t stop giving. French designer, Y-Project, has unveiled his newest creation: Thigh-high Ugg boots for men. The boots debuted during men’s Fashion Week in Paris and will be available in the fall for over $1,000. One Y-Project…

Have Unwanted Gift Cards? Here’s What to Do

Websites like Cardpool and Cardcash give you the option to exchange gift cards and walk away with money to one of your favorite stores!

December 26, 2017

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FARGO, ND — We’ve all gotten that gift we never use but have you ever been given a gift card to a place you don’t go? Well throwing that card in a drawer or re–gifting it isn’t the only option. Websites like Cardpool and Cardcash give you the option to exchange gift cards and walk away with money to one…

Last Minute Christmas Shopping at West Acres

Families and friends were up and down the aisles of stores at West Acres Mall and many shoppers got their gifts wrapped at the station in the food court

December 24, 2017

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FARGO, ND — It’s the day before Christmas but that hasn’t stopped shoppers from running to the mall to pick up some last minute gifts. Families and friends were up and down the aisles of stores at West Acres Mall and many shoppers got their gifts wrapped at the station in the food court. The staff says they saw fewer…

Need a Gift for Your Millennial? Think Student Loan Payment

The average monthly payment comes out to be about $350

December 6, 2017

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NATIONAL — Are you wondering what to get the millennial in your life for Christmas? Consider picking up the tab of one of their student loan payments. A new survey by the Student Loan Report states nearly 70 percent of borrowers want a loan payment this holiday season instead of that high-tech gadget or gift card. In another survey,…

Metroflex Gym Teams Up with Golden Drive’s Christmas Gift Event

The Owner says he now has five kids of his own and he always wants to help out the area's homeless kids anyway he can

December 5, 2017

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FARGO, ND — A local gym is giving back to children in need for the holidays. Metroflex Gym Fargo is collecting any unopened toys to give to the Golden Drive for Homeless Kids’ Christmas Gift Event. The owner, John Ostos, says he wanted to get involved for the third year in a row because he grew up in a poverty-stricken…