CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 781 new COVID-19 cases and 12 new deaths on Wednesday. Forty-three counties report new cases. Burleigh County reports the most new cases with 147 and Ward County the second most with 140. Six men and six women from six counties died. North Dakota’s COVID-19 numbers: 39,907 positive cases, 178 current hospitalizations,…
Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead officials say they’re not just seeing the same spike in the rates of domestic violence during the pandemic as the rest of the nation. Locally, they’re also seeing an increased severity in the acts of abuse themselves. The nonprofit helps thousands of women, children and men in the region each year. But with…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 896 new COVID-19 cases and 15 new deaths on Tuesday. Fifty counties report new cases. Burleigh County reports the most new cases with 176 and Grand Forks County the second most with 146. Six men and 9 women from six counties died. The NDDoH says it will no longer being supplying…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — There have been many changes for students and faculty over the past year, but the University of North Dakota is proud of its response to the coronavirus. “Our pandemic working group has been at it since mid-march and the work has been absolutely, in my opinion, extraordinary,” said University president Andrew Armacost. “They have identified campus…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Grand Forks City Council passes a mask mandate in a seven to nothing vote. The mandate goes into effect immediately and will stay in place until Grand Forks Public Health officials say Grand Forks County is in a yellow Covid-19 risk level. There is no fine for not wearing a mask, but someone not wearing…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials voted to repurpose $221 million in federal coronavirus aid to various state agencies, including a $16 million grant to oil companies in support of the fracking process. The North Dakota Emergency Commission approved the plan Friday. The money comes from the $1.25 billion awarded to the state through the Coronavirus Relief Fund established…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The White House coronavirus response coordinator says she spent a day looking around Bismarck and found its COVID-19 protocols to be worst she’s seen anywhere in the country Dr. Deborah Birx has been to 40 states and says she found the absence of face coverings and the lack of social distancing in Bismarck to be “deeply unfortunate” and…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 527 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths on Monday. Forty-three counties report new cases. Cass County reports the most new cases with 136 and Burleigh County the second most with 89. Four men and one woman from five counties died. The NDDoH says it will no longer being supplying information…
Fargo, N.D.– The Grace Lutheran Church hosted their annual Trunk-or-Treat, making sure to take precautions to keep families safe. The trunk or treaters showed up in their Halloween costumes and masks, ready to walk around the parking lot to get treats. Members of the church dressed up as well and handed out candy and snacks from their decorated car trunks….
Mayor Brandon BochenskiGRAND FORKS, N.D. – Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski issues an emergency order requiring masks to be worn in city owned buildings and property starting on Monday. Bochenski says he took the action ahead of early voting at the Alerus Center which the city owns. While not imposing any requirement, Bochenski is urging businesses and non-profit organizations to…
