MOORHEAD, Minn. – Kids in the F-M area get to learn about the joys of gardening during a camp at First Presbyterian Church. It’s part of three day event put on by Clay County 4H and the University of Minnesota Extension’s Master Gardener Program. Kids were going through tomatoes looking for bugs, learning what pollinators are and the differences between…
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota’s Governor Kristi Noem uses COVID-19 restrictions to lure Minnesota businesses to cross the border. Noem says, “Because our state celebrates freedom like none other, especially for anyone running a company. When it comes to supporting growth and eliminating government heavy-handed interference, South Dakota means business.” In an online ad, Governor Noem tells business owners to…
State of Minnesota COVID-19 situation update The Minnesota Department of Health and other state agency leaders provide an update on coronavirus cases in the state and Minnesota's response. https://bit.ly/2XvFJXO Posted by Fox 9 on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Department of Health reported 629 new cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases the…
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota State High School League met Tuesday morning to determine what the options are for the high school fall sports season amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Thousands of high school athletes are awaiting word on their futures after hundreds of seniors across the state had their 2020 spring seasons canceled due to the global health pandemic. The MSHSL canceled the…
WILKIN COUNTY, Minn. – The cost of masks can be expensive for small businesses, something Minnesota and the Wahpeton Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce worked on to help. Face coverings aren’t the only thing causing issues for struggling companies in the area. Complying with the recent mask mandate handed down by Governor Tim Walz has been a tough order to fill…
MINNESOTA – Doctor Noel Collis is running to unseat Rep. Collin Peterson in Minnesota’s seventh congressional district. He’s running against former Lieutenant Governor Michelle Fishbach in the GOP primary on August 11. He calls flattening the curve delaying the diagnosis of a virus there’s a lot of uncertainty about. Collis says wearing a mask is like “putting a chain link…
The pandemic is raising hunger levels here at home to worrying new heights. And it’s not as if hunger was an unknown problem before Covid-19 came to be our community. After some families in the Fargo school system found they couldn’t make ends meet and still pay their school lunch debt for the 2018-19 school year, Lunch Aid stepped in….
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota is taking a localized, data-driven approach to send K-12 students back to school this fall. School districts will have the ultimate say in what that will look like. “School districts and charter schools will be in one of three models; in-person, distance learning, or a hybrid-of the two,” said Lt. Gov. of Minnesota, Peggy Flanagan….
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…
With only three months away from what could be the most significant presidential election in modern history, a new story from one of the world’s foremost economic news sources says we voters here in the Midwest could play a huge role this time around. A number of pundits attribute President Trump’s surprise win in 2016 to the Midwest, particularly with…
