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Children, Families Congregate in Urban Plains Park to Help with Butterfly Tagging

Local scientists get valuable data, and the catchers get to personally release the butterflies back in the wild to make their migratory journey.

August 20, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Kids and families interested in science got the opportunity to help local researchers track butterflies all the way across the southern border. Fargo Park District helped host the second annual Monarch Butterfly Tagging event at Urban Plains Park. Audubon Great Plains, NDSU, and United Prairie Foundation co-sponsored the event. Participants were given nets, taught how to…

“Merganser Measles” Tormenting Residents Near Pelican Lake

Scientists say this particular parasite is 45 times more virulent than the usual ones that cause Swimmer's Itch.

July 17, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

PELICAN LAKE, Minn. (KVRR) – Swimmer’s Itch is a common ailment for people in Lakes country this time of the year, but those near Pelican Lake say their issue is far worse. They’ve dubbed their strain “Merganser Measles,” as scientists have identified that the parasite responsible for the itch comes from Merganser ducks. They say it’s significantly more prolific and…

It wasn’t a meteorite in Beltrami County, so what was it?

November 14, 2023

Aaron Walling,

A bright flash in Beltrami County at 6:40 p.m. Monday night.MOORHEAD, Minn., (KVRR) – On a quiet evening in Bemidji, people were settling in for the night. But that all changed with a bright flash and an explosion that rocked the county. Beltrami County says the noise was heard from close to 50 miles away. Chris Muller, the PIO for the…

High schoolers and their mentors build robots to compete in STEM expo

August 12, 2023

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WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The 2023 STEM Expo went on this weekend at the Butler Machinery Arena at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds. Around ten teams featuring high schools across North Dakota and Minnesota competed as part of the STEM Expo Robotics Championships. Students and their mentors created robots to help carry cones and other objects to their respective…

Turn it! Build it! STEAM camps at Fargo Air Museum give students hands-on experiences

February 18, 2023

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Monthly STEAM camps are back at the Fargo Air Museum for those interested in science. In the Junior version for ages eight to ten, students learned how to make a Rube Goldberg machine using Legos as a way to learn about engineering. Meanwhile, the Senior class, aged eleven to eighteen, learned more about electrical currents and…

NDSU scientists developing wearable A.I. technology to detect pre-diabetes

August 30, 2022

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Scientists from North Dakota State University, University of North Dakota and several schools across the country are teaming up to develop artificial intelligence technology that could help predict diabetes using what looks like a wristwatch. NDSU Science professors were granted just under $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation for research in areas like sensor development,…

Sixth graders conduct Lunar Landing Science Experiment

"We call it our Mars Lander. Our students are combining three different units together. We have engineering design, forces in motion and our astronomy unit."

May 25, 2021

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Ben Franklin Middle School students are hoping to stick an excellent landing as they conduct a lunar science experiment. To keep the tradition alive, sixth grade Science teacher, Mr. Rodney Volk is celebrating the school’s 20th year conducting the Lunar Landing Science experiment with students. “We call it our Mars Lander. Our students are combining three…

Climate Change Activists March To Demand Action From City Leaders

The organizer says about 150 people attended the march.

September 25, 2020

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FARGO-MOORHEAD.- Climate change activists in the Fargo-Moorhead area take to the streets to bring awareness to what they call a climate crisis. September 25th is the Global Day of Climate Action. Climate change activists in the metro want to make a stop in every location they say holds an important part in making true change. “People are paying attention. It…

$5.3 Million Renovation Project Wrapping Up At Park Christian School

The private Evangelical Christian school is home to 433 students in K through 12th grades

September 1, 2019

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. — A major expansion and renovation project at Park Christian School is wrapping up in Moorhead. The $5.3 million project includes 16,300 square feet of new classrooms. Sixteen others got upgrades. There is a new commons area along with two new state of the art science rooms and a ceramics and kiln room. A new entrance will be…

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Brings Hundreds of Eighth Graders to NDSU

They did activities like designing a heart valve replacement simulation

February 22, 2019

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FARGO, N.D. — Hundreds of eighth grade girls visited NDSU and area companies as part of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. The day is part of a nationwide effort to inspire young women to pursue careers in STEM. “Less than 15 percent to engineers are women. So, we really want to show these girls that there’s a place for them…