FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Horse Park is known for its races with creatures that have long, elegant legs – so they switched that up a bit on Saturday, inviting corgis to hit the dirt track. The adorable pups raced in heats between the horse competitions. The races were organized by Northern Corgis, who also brought 4 Luv…
Executive director of Hope, Inc., Bill Grommesh, hops in a chair to race one event participant down the track.MOORHEAD, MN – Cheers echoed off the walls at Olson Forum at Concordia College for Hope, Inc’s Winter Adaptive Track Meet. The non-profit offers sports and recreational activities for people with mobility issues. Those issues can take on many forms, so there…
GLYNDON, Minn. (KVRR) – Out at the Interstate Raceway in Glyndon, numerous drivers took to the track to show off their skills in the art of drifting. ND Drift puts on multiple shows throughout the summer, with each year getting bigger and bigger. And those cars are loud, as they make the turns, burning through rubber and causing smoke to…
UPDATE: The man has been identified as 65-year-old Mark Plattner, of Staples. STAPLES, Minn. (KVRR) — A Staples, Minnesota man is dead after a snowmobile crash late Saturday afternoon in rural Staples. Cass County, Minnesota Sheriff’s office was told about the crash just before 5 p.m. Deputies and first responders arrived to find family and bystanders performing CPR on…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — Political leaders are praising the life of a former longtime member of the North Dakota House of Representatives. Lyle Hanson died Wednesday at the age of 85. He was elected in 1979 and served 34 years in the House, 16 of those years as the House Caucus Chairman. He taught history at Jamestown Public Schools, where he…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — When a Moorhead family found there was no recreational opportunities in the area for their son, they decided to create an organization of their own. “My wife and I wanted to start the organization when my son was 5 years old and he’s in a wheelchair and there weren’t a lot of opportunities for him, so we…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Once Morgan Oberg, 4, lines up against her opponents, her speed looms over the competition. “She always has a big smile on her face, and talks about it for weeks later, and talks about her medals she has hanging up in her room, and it’s instilling that competition in her, and the fire,” said Kasey Oberg, Morgan’s mother….
North Dakota Highway PatrolPlows try to navigate through heavy snow in North Dakota. NORTH DAKOTA — North Dakota’s DOT is launching a pilot program to educate drivers on where snowplows will be in the state. The “Track-A-Plow” program shows drivers in real-time where snowplows are working and what direction they’re headed. Drivers can use this information to plan their travel…
HEIMDAL, N.D. — The NTSB has released what they think caused a 2015 train derailment that caused the evacuation of a small North Dakota town. Investigators say they found evidence of a broken wheel and a mark on the track that indicates the wheel caused the derailment. They found pieces of the wheel at the scene and say workers had…
FARGO, ND — The North Dakota Horse Park in Fargo will ask for seven race dates in 2018, one day less than this year. The director says the three day horse race weekends tried for the first time this summer didn’t pan out the way they had hoped. He says the extended race dates spread horse numbers thin and…
