FARGO, N.D.–The City of Fargo hosts a public briefing to provide updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Fargo officials will be joined by other metro government officials at the city and county level as well as public health experts. Speakers will include: Director of Fargo Cass Public Health Desi Fleming Clay County Public Health Administrator Kathy McKay Essentia Health Chief Medical…
FARGO, N.D.–Essentia Health has opened a drop-off site for community donations at its South University Clinic. The healthcare facility says its most pressing need is for medical-grade N95 masks, but it is also in great need for medical-grade personal protective equipment such as masks, gowns, eye protection, gloves and face shields. Donors are even encouraged to create handmade masks. Donations…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Marcus Weaver-Hightower is a professor of educational foundations and research at UND, but he’s also a parent. When his children’s schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, his education background gave him a leg up on knowing how to teach his own kids, but he quickly realized not everyone was in that same boat. “It occurred…
SIOUX FALLS S.D. — Sanford Health announced its family stability plan which will lead to bigger paychecks next month. Full time employees will get an additional 300 dollars with part-time employees getting an additional 150. If employees are called off or have their hours reduced they temporarily will not have to fill that time with PTO. “We don’t know what’s…
FARGO, N.D. – With the recent changes in society to keep people safe from the virus, some educators are not only shifting how they teach but what they teach. For a part of NDSU’s Biology department that means making sure that the disease’s most viable spreaders don’t endanger the most physically vulnerable. They say that with more information, young people…
FARGO, N.D. – Faith and community leaders are once again calling on the Governor to enact a temporary moratorium on evictions and a freeze on foreclosures. Organizers say that the eviction moratorium is necessary as the number of people filing for unemployment due to the Coronavirus tops 19,000 cases, leaving many without the ability to pay bills. Governor Burgum said…
FARGO, N.D.- United Way of Cass-Clay is working to anticipate the needs of our community through these difficult days. They created the Coronavirus Response Fund. “The dollars that we’ll be raising through these funds are are going to be utilized to go to the greatest needs in the community. We’re going to make investments in our trusted non-profit partners, because…
FARGO, N.D. — Eight new cases of coronavirus are confirmed in Cass County, bringing the county’s total to 31, and putting the county in the lead in the state. Burleigh County with Bismarck comes in next with 30 cases. The majority of the confirmed cases is through community spread. We crunched the numbers and the current rate of infection in…
BISMARCK, N.D.–Gov. Doug Burgum holds his daily press briefing to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota. There are currently 122 positive cases of COVID-19 in North Dakota, with 25 people having recovered, 20 hospitalizations and three deaths. For more information, visit health.nd.gov Categories: Coronavirus, Coronavirus-ND, Health, North Dakota News Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, GOV. DOUG BURGUM, NDDoH,…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–Cass County has officially surpassed Burleigh County for the most confirmed COVID-19 cases in North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Health confirmed an additional eight cases in Cass County on Tuesday bringing the total to 32. Governor Doug Burgum addressed the number of cases in North Dakota and in Cass County during a press briefing on Monday….
