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Hunter Ambulance Service on the Lookout for Stolen Radio

The device is valued at $5,000, but the department says they're not interested in pressing charges; they just want it back.

July 2, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

HUNTER, N.D. (KVRR) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says that on June 24, when the Hunter Ambulance Service building was open to the public so cleanup volunteers could stop in to rest and recharge, someone took an EMS radio off the charging dock. It actually took an outside agency tipping off the volunteer personnel of Hunter’s Ambulance Service for…

Ham Radio Field Day connects people across the globe

Red River Radio Amateurs began broadcasting at 1 P.M. on Saturday, June 28.

June 29, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Ham radio enthusiasts hopped on the airwaves this weekend for a nationwide radio celebration. Red River Radio Amateurs took part in the 92nd Annual Field Day event. They set up at the Cass County highway department in West Fargo, and starting at 1 in the afternoon on Saturday, began running radio exercises and trying to…

Publisher, columnist Tony Bender dies

November 26, 2024

KVRR Staff,

VENTURIA, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Publisher, author, and columnist Tony Bender has died. Bender’s daughter announced on social media that her father passed away Sunday evening. Bender was well-known for his syndicated columns that ran in many newspapers, including the Wishek Star and Ashley Tribune, two weeklies he owned in south central North Dakota. Bender began his career as a disc…

Amateur radio operators celebrate their craft across the U.S.

June 25, 2023

Aaron Walling,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Off of Main Ave. in West Fargo, there were radios sending out signals to other amateur radio operators across the nation. This was all part of Field Day 2023. “We do this every year. Set up, run on battery power,” said Kent Olson of the Red River Radio Amateurs. “Ran on a generator last…

Former Fargo City Commissioner Gehrig to host WDAY Radio show

July 18, 2022

Site Staff,

Commissioner Tony GehrigFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Former Fargo City Commissioner Tony Gehrig will host a one hour weekly show on WDAY Radio. Thursdays With Tony airs from 11:00 AM to noon. Gehrig is a pilot with the North Dakota Air National Guard and served on the City Commission for seven years. He decided not to campaign for another term this…

Life 97.9 cuts the ribbon on its new studio

A local Christian radio station holds a ribbon cutting for its new studio after a long process of finding the right place.

September 27, 2021

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) After struggling with an aging building, Life 97.9 found their new home by the way of Dakota Plains Realty. The ribbon cutting was not open to the public, but members of the media and donors were invited to visit the new facilities and meet with staff. The station manager says the new facilities allow the stations to…

Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio pioneer, dead at 70

February 17, 2021

Jim Monk,

(Fox News)(FOX NEWS) – Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced. Limbaugh’s wife, Kathryn, made the announcement on his radio show. The radio icon learned he…

Media legend Larry King has died

January 23, 2021

Site Staff,

LOS ANGELES – Larry King, the legendary American talk-show host, has died. He was 87. Ora Media, the company King cofounded, announced King’s passing Saturday morning with a statement on his Twitter account. “With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host, and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in…

North Dakota native Dave Lee retiring from long broadcast career

January 11, 2021

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – A Hatton, N.D. native who became one of the top radio personalities in the nation is calling it a career. After 32 years, Dave Lee is stepping away from the microphone at WCCO Radio in Minneapolis. Before he made his move to major market radio, Lee spent about 10 years at KFGO in Fargo, where he was…

Local Radio Host Shares Her Story With “Silent Disease”

Endometriosis impacts one in 10 women, but it's rarely talked about

December 8, 2019

Site Staff,

SABIN, Minn. — She’s the familiar voice on WAVE 104.1, but there’s something about Natalie Burbeck that many listeners can’t hear. Burbeck knew from a young age her body was experiencing something different from other girls. “I mean, you would talk with girlfriends about things and you find out, okay, they have these symptoms and you feel like yours are…