Students watch their creations in action.FARGO, N.D. – First, LEGO League – then, the FIRST Tech Challenge! The NDSU College of Engineering hosted the annual FIRST Tech Challenge regional qualifying tournament at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse on Saturday, January 25. Teams of kids from grades 7 through 12 took their programmed machines to the arena floor to complete a sequence…
LEGO robots scramble across the game board, completing tasks.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Local students snapped on their interchangeable hard hats and got to work trying to be the best in a LEGO League competition. NDSU College of Engineering hosted its first ever LEGO League regional qualifier at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. Teams comprised of kids from grades 4 to 7…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo is squaring up for a battle with a devastating tree killer. Emerald ash borer is a tree pest in the form of a jewel beetle. It’s a highly damaging invasive species that can wipe out an entire ash population within 12 years if left untreated. It arrived in Moorhead earlier and now West…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A unique call for service for police in Fargo. A man driving from Montana to Michigan experienced chest pains and required immediate medical attention yesterday afternoon. He was hauling 14 goats and two dogs in his trailer. Community Service Officer Laverne Buzick stepped in and contacted NDSU police. Skip Anderson with NDSU’s Department of Animal Sciences helped…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An update to a story we brought you earlier this week, students at NDSU saw huge success registering people for the National Marrow Donor Program. The NMDP keeps a registry of potential bone marrow donors who could be a match for someone fighting some types of blood cancer. Thirty percent of blood cancer patients have a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Students from around the community are working to get people registered to donate bone marrow. NMDP, formerly the National Marrow Donor Program and Be The Match, is looking to collect 300 samples for their registry to donate. One NDSU student helping with the program has already given a life saving donation, and now she’s working to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — We are once again proud to take part in the “Read For The Record” event: the world’s largest shared reading experience. TJ Nelson and Alison Voorhees read this year’s selection, “Piper Chen Sings”, to youngsters at West Acres Mall. Each year a book is chosen to be read on the same day at locations all around…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – It’s National Vet Tech Week, and as part of the celebrations NDSU’s Vet Tech program is giving back to the community. They are collecting pet supplies like blankets, towels, cages, food, treats and toys to give to animals in need at local shelters. It’s an issue that hits close to home for many in the program,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Association for the Blind holds its yearly Walk for Vision at NDSU’s Crossroads Campus Lutheran Center. The walk is a way to bring awareness to those in our community with vision issues. The NDAB estimates that around 24,000 people in North Dakota are affected by uncorrectable sight loss, and that 25% of those people…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargodome leaders are working to secure votes for a one-quarter of one percent sales tax to fund its remodeling and ongoing maintenance. The tax would be in place for 20 years. You can attend an open house presentation to get an overview of the future renovations and upgrades planned to enhance the 30-year-old building. They will…
