Gov. Tim Walz to announce state's back-to-school plan Gov. Tim Walz announcing the state’s learning plan for the upcoming 2020-21 school year in Minnesota. https://bit.ly/3105oZDGov. Posted by Fox 9 on Thursday, July 30, 2020 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota state officials on Thursday unveiled a plan to reopen schools this fall that gives districts some flexibility to toggle between in-person…
FARGO, N.D. — Hector International Airport is the site of an active shooter training exercise. Fargo Police helped out with the event by providing training as well as an officer to roleplay the active shooter. The event was meant to serve as a training tool to introduce airport employees to the concepts needed to survive an active shooter event. Police…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. — While one jail inmate is back in custody after not returning from work release, another man is wanted for escape after he failed to report back to the Barnes County Jail. Tyler Delmore was released Monday morning and has yet to return to the jail. Delmore was in jail for failing to register as a sex…
FARGO, N.D. — A local artist partners with Fargo Cass Public Health to create a mural for the community family market. The mural was started on Monday after choosing between a couple of designs that were collected from ideas from the community. For them, it was important to highlight the foods that were seen in our local area, as well…
Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson says the statewide COVID-19 restrictions imposed by fellow Democrat Gov. Tim Walz are harming the rural economy. Peterson represents the 7th District in western Minnesota. He says business owners in his district are losing money because the state’s mandates differ from less-restrictive guidelines in nearby North Dakota and South Dakota. Peterson says it’s hard to explain…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)–Top North Dakota Republican officials have disavowed an anti-LGBT resolution that was passed by hundreds of the party’s delegates and denounced by the state’s GOP governor. State Republican Chairman Rick Berg said the party’s executive committee voted Monday to disavow the resolution’s “harmful and divisive language.” In a statement, Berg said North Dakota Republican leaders “would like to…
FOSSTON, Minn. — A group in northern Minnesota is behind a digital billboard ad in Fosston, Minnesota that is being talked about around town and across the entire country. The group calling itself “Rocks & Cows of the North” is against the handling of the pandemic by Democrat Gov. Tim Walz. Their Facebook page says the governor continues to make…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo City Commissioners on Monday will take up the idea of mandating face masks to slow the spread of COVID-19. Commissioner John Strand has come up with two options. The first would mandate face coverings to be worn in all public settings. The second option has “targeted” policies including requiring city employees to wear masks when they…
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump says he is “100%” in favor of schools opening in the fall, during the coronavirus pandemic. and is “comfortable” with his son and grandchildren going back to school. Speaking in a news conference Wednesday at the White House, Trump insisted that young people “have very strong immune systems.” “They (children) don’t catch it (the coronavirus) easily and…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)–Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a police accountability bill into law Thursday that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis. The bill passed by the Legislature earlier this week also bans chokeholds and so-called warrior-style training, which critics say promotes excessive force. It imposes…
