MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Veterans are prepared to be Freez’n for a Reason as part of this year’s Frostival. The FM Legion Riders will spend 48 hours living and sleeping outside in the elements for the 4th straight year. This year’s Freez’n for a Reason starts at 4:00 p.m. Friday, February 2nd at the Moorhead American Legion and goes until 4:00…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead American Legion hosts its second Ham and Dumpling Feed. The Voje family prepared plenty of delicious Scandinavian food including ham, potato dumplings, and scalloped potatoes. There was even a Norwegian bake sale. A silent auction was held at the event with many prizes such as a dollhouse, gravity chairs, and a cooler. Donations were at-will,…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Veterans Honor Flight is going “Over the Top” with its latest fundraiser this weekend. The Moorhead American Legion will host more than 12 hours of events Saturday, July 23rd for the “Over the Top” fundraiser. That includes food, music, a car show, an AirMed helicopter landing, and the day being proclaimed “Moorhead Veterans Honor…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- 82 World War II, The Korean Conflict, and Vietnam War Veterans with Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota are escorted by volunteers on a three day two night trip to Washington to see various monuments. Organizers say they have heard many positive comments from the community and veterans , and for some this brings back emotional memories…
You, Louis Vuitton and Kate Spade can help send local veterans to Washington, D.C. The Veterans Honor Flight is hosting a designer purse bingo fundraiser this Saturday at TAK Music Venue in Dilworth. Tickets are $40 for a chance to win purses valued up to $2000. The Honor Flight is taking off to Washington, D.C. with local veterans next…
Veterans Honor Flights are full of people with amazing stories of courage and sacrifice for our freedom. On this Veterans Day, we’re highlighting one of those stories. On last month’s Honor Flight I had the privilege to meet a veteran full of life and full or personality. He truly made of the most of his Honor Flight experience, but…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wars may be over, but the memories live on for the veterans who fought in them. You could see it in more than 80 of them who went on this year’s honor flight to D.C. Joe Jimenez was just 20 years old when he enlisted as an Army clerk serving in Vietnam. Little did he know he…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — Andy Anderson was trying to avoid dating a girl his friend wanted him to start seeing so on the day he turned 17, he decided to fix that. “I joined the Air Force. That ended that,” Anderson said. The decision Anderson made may have gotten him out of a sticky situation but it was only the…
