MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – “The musical traditions from all around the world – they’re going to get your toes tapping,” said Markus Krueger of the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County. Krueger could be seen at the 30th iteration of Pangea: Cultivate Our Cultures representing his Scottish heritage with his family’s tartan. He said Pangea always blows him away…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – The federal government shutdown continues to stretch on, and community members and legislators are speaking out regarding its negative impacts. Labor union leaders organized a press conference, held at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead on Wednesday afternoon. Many people spoke, from a librarian in Climax, Minnesota who volunteers at her local food pantry to a representative…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – One of the area’s oldest vocal groups celebrated a very special anniversary this weekend. Great Plains Harmony hosted two concerts at the Hjemkomst Center to mark the 75th anniversary of its founding. The show is called SING!, and featured multiple guest vocal groups. “It’s a participation activity. It’s something that the guys do for the love…
Moorhead, Minn. (KVRR) — Visitors to the Hjemkomst are getting a taste of Icelandic culture that has been a decade in the making. The Njal’s Saga Tapestry is a crowd-sewn project in the style of the ancien viking Bayeax Tapestry. It started in a small Icelandic town in 2013 as a way to honor their history, and has since grown…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Mayor Shelly Carlson got a chance to congratulate MSUM on their NSIC championship win in men’s basketball. Carlson met with head coach Tim Bergstraser at a ceremony honoring the team at the Hjemkomst Center on Tuesday, March 11. She got a chance to hold the trophy, and was given an assortment of hats and jerseys….
Fiddle performers entrance the crowd at the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead.MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The sounds of fiddles filled the Hjemkomst Center on Saturday, as the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County hosted a Hardanger Fiddle concert. Hardanger fiddles are a special kind of instrument – each is handcrafted in traditional Norweigan fashion. In the Fargo-Moorhead area, there’s about…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — People got a chance to learn about indigenous people during a luncheon held at Hjemkomst Center. They were given an “Indigi Bowl” that contained wild rice, buffalo meat, and veggie toppings. The event, held by the Indigenous Association, featured Anishinaabe leader Ricky White. He has over 22 years of experience as an Ojibwe language and culture…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Metro 2050 is out and leaders want to hear from you. It’s the latest 5-year update to the transportation plan by Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments, or Metro COG. It will guide investments in transporation in the metro including walking, biking, car, transit, and freight. You can provide your input online or at two public input…
\MOORHEAD, Minn., (KVRR)– In Moorhead, the 11th Street Underpass project has started with road closures and open Houses. First Avenue between 10th and 12th streets as well as 11th street between 2nd Avenue North and Main Avenue are now closed. The closures are expected to last for awhile since the entire project will take about two and a half years…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Outside the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, Minn., protestors chanted ‘ceasefire now’ and ‘free, free Palestine’. They were protesting the February 29th events that took place in Gaza where people were killed waiting for aid convoys in what is being called the ‘Flour Massacre’. “Just meaningful to see people come out and speak of the injustices…
