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Clara Barton 5th graders learn how to snowshoe

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Clara Barton fifth graders enjoyed the sun while snowshoeing around Lindenwood Park. Seventy-five students from four classrooms took part. They blazed a trail over the snow we’ve gotten this week. The event was rescheduled a few times because of frigid temperatures. The snowshoes were bought with a phy ed wellness grant last year. “Just working on…

Police respond to active shooter hoaxes at two schools in North Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police were called to two swatting incidents this morning at two North Fargo schools. The Red River Dispatch Center received one call just after 9:30 AM Thursday and another around 10:00 regarding active shooter situations at Ben Franklin Middle School and Fargo North. Similar calls were received in Grand Forks, Jamestown, Minot and other North Dakota…

Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed in Clay County, 1st Case in Northwestern MN

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) — Clay County is the 39th county in Minnesota with a confirmed case of Emerald Ash Borer after a Moorhead city forester found evidence of the disease while pruning trees. It is the first in northwestern Minnesota. Emerald Ash Borer larvae kill ash trees by tunneling under the bark and feeding on the part of the tree…

Study: North Dakota sees third largest increase of vehicle thefts

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Over the last decade, North Dakota has seen the third largest increase in vehicle thefts across the country. It’s an 88 percent jump according to a study from QuoteWizard using FBI crime reports. An analyst says pickups are by far the most commonly stolen vehicle across the nation. He adds the most common stolen vehicles in…

Displays at Fargo libraries show books that could be removed under two N.D. bills

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Workers at Fargo’s three public libraries put together displays to show which books could no longer be offered if two bills in the North Dakota Legislature become law. “We do not have adult porn available in our public schools, so why are we finding persuasive, obscene pornographic images and materials in our schools? In testimony we…

Valley City 8th grader wins AAA contest to tour Belgium & the Netherlands

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) – A Valley City girl wins an educational river cruise trip in Europe through AAA’s Discovery Crew Contest. Kylie Van Bruggen’s application included a picture from her mom’s classroom with the caption “Wooden shoe please send me to Europe?” She and her dad, Tyler, will join 59 other eighth graders overseas to set sail through Belgium…

Hoeven wants HHS Sec. Becerra to end Covid-19 vaccine & mask mandates

WASHINGTON (KVRR) – North Dakota Senator John Hoeven calls Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra pressuring him to end Covid-19 mandates saying they’re hurting rural hospitals and care facilities. The Biden administration plans to end its public health emergency in May. Hoeven also wants the federal government to end the Covid-19 vaccine mandates for federal employees and contractors and…