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New Year's Resolutions In The Fargo Moorhead Area

New Year’s Resolutions in Fargo-Moorhead: How to Stay Realistic and Committed

Anecdotal evidence says we up North are a results-driven people who can be hard on ourselves. Experts say to stay patient and forgiving when pursuing one's goals.

January 4, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – With the New Year comes new resolve to formulate goals and put increased effort into self-improvement. In Fargo-Moorhead, though, the weather may make those good intentions easier envisioned than executed. David Ernst of Anytime Fitness says that Northern cold does sometimes delay gym resolutions. “When it’s 20 below zero, you’re not too motivated to leave the…

North Dakota Regulators OK Underground Storage for Proposed Midwest Carbon Dioxide Pipeline

December 12, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Summit Carbon Solutions plans to build a 2,500-mile network of CO2 pipelines across the Midwest to capture carbon produced by ethanol plants and then sequester it underground in North Dakota. (Courtesy of Summit Carbon Solutions)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators approved permits Thursday for underground storage of carbon dioxide delivered through a sprawling pipeline proposed for the Midwest, marking…

Minnesota State Fair scorched by heartland heat wave as some schools let out early

August 26, 2024

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Seven-year-old Harper Perkins, center, and her sister Brielle, of Princeton, Minn., cool off in a misting fountain at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair sought relief from soaring temperatures under misters Monday while some Midwestern schools dismissed classes early or…

“Carry the Load” Memorial Relay kicks off in Fargo

May 15, 2024

Dylan Haar, Alex Bertsch,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Memorial day is getting closer and Carry The Load has started its national Relay. Carry the Load, a charity providing active ways to honor and celebrate our nation’s heroes, started its Midwest route of its national relay in Fargo. Participants carry the thoughts of the fallen soldiers with them, writing their names on their backs. They…

Year-Round Higher Blend of Ethanol Approved in 8 Midwestern States

February 22, 2024

KVRR Staff,

DES MOINES, Iowa (KVRR/AP) — Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a rule announced by the E-P-A. It takes effect in April 2025 in Minnesota, South Dakota, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin. Those states grow the bulk of the corn crop and are…

Warm and dry June seen in the Red River Valley

June 22, 2023

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Farmers have already been tilling fields and preparing for their growing season. But, they are dealing with abnormally dry conditions across the Upper Midwest. “From about Highway 281 in North Dakota and eastward into northwest Minnesota. There are a lot of NDAWN stations, that are only ten to thirty percent of average, so far this month….

Hundreds enjoy 24th annual Midwest KidFest at Island Park

June 9, 2023

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The 24th Annual Midwest Kidfest at Island Park was a day of fun filled with music, laughter, and bright colors as children play and learn. It’s an event kids in the community look forward to every year. Starting out the Midwest Kidfest is a fan favorite is the teddy bear parade through Island Park to kick…

New Federal Reserve report: Inflation is going down in the Midwest

May 22, 2023

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis released a new report, saying that inflation is going down in the Midwest but families are still feeling financial tension from the high prices over the past two years. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis recently released data on a report that suggests households are still feeling financial stress despite…

CP Rail Workers Walk Off The Job Interrupting U.S. Shipments

March 20, 2022

TJ Nelson,

DETROIT (AP) — Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blame each other for a work stoppage that has halted trains across Canada and interrupted shipments to and from the U.S. More than three thousand CP Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job after negotiators failed to reach a deal by…

Midwest economy index falls, but confidence rises

December 3, 2021

Jim Monk,

OMAHA, Neb. – A new monthly survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states shows the region’s economy remains healthy, and overall confidence in the economy over the next six months has improved. But about half of supply managers surveyed expect supply chain disruptions to get worse for the first six months of 2022. Firms reported that transportation…