Author: Jim Monk

North Dakota reports 6 additional COVID-19 deaths since Sunday

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health is reporting 6 additional deaths from COVID-19. There are currently 9,854 active cases in the state, a decrease of 390 since Sunday. Cass County reported the largest number of new cases with 194. North Dakota has 314 people hospitalized with COVID-19. BY THE NUMBERS  7,091 – Total Tests from Yesterday* 1,084,813…

Grant will fund addition to Moorhead trail system

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The City of Moorhead will receive a $661,000 grant for construction of a new trail connecting Woodlawn Park and Gooseberry Mound Park. The Midtown Trail will include 0.83 miles off-road and 0.45 miles of on-street trails. When combined with the 4.8 mile Blue Goose Trail completed this past summer, Moorhead bicyclists and pedestrians will have a…

UND Law School professor finds no significant issues with Walz COVID orders

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – An associate law professor at the University of North Dakota says he hasn’t found any significant civil rights issues with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s newest pandemic-related executive order. The order prohibits social gatherings between members of different households, but it also contains several exemptions, including an exemption for the care of a family member or…

Sanford CEO says he had virus, but won’t wear mask

FARGO (KVRR)  – Sanford Health has released a statement following an email in which CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft wrote to Sanford employees that wearing a mask for COVID-19 “would be merely for show,” Krabbenhoft told employees that he has recovered from COVID-19 and is back in the office without a mask. Krabbenhoft, said in an email Wednesday that he believes he’s…

UPDATE: Fargo apartment fire caused by smoking materials

UPDATE: Fargo Fire Department’s Fire Marshal says a fire at an apartment building November fifth was caused by someone improperly getting rid of smoking materials on a third floor balcony. It happened on the one hundred block of Prairiewood Drive South. Flames extended from the balcony into the building and the attic. Damage is estimated to be $590,000.   FARGO,…

North Dakota reports 23 more deaths from coronavirus

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health is reporting 23 additional deaths from COVID-19. There are currently 9,915 active cases in the state, a decrease of 216 since Thursday. Ward County reported the largest number of new cases with 240. North Dakota has 289 people hospitalized with COVID-19.   BY THE NUMBERS  10,185 – Total Tests from Yesterday*…

Duluth airport barred Pence after Trump broke virus rules

DULUTH, Minn. – Duluth airport officials prohibited President Trump’s campaign from holding a rally with Vice President Mike Pence after the president flouted state coronavirus guidelines there three weeks earlier. The Duluth Airport Authority’s executive director told his board in an email, he rejected a Pence rally application for Oct. 26 because the Trump campaign had breached its earlier agreement….