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NDSU Public Health hosts panel to discuss pandemic response

NDSU partnered with the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth to talk through the economic, social and health issues facing the United States.

October 20, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — There is a lot that needs to be done to help the U.S. recover after the COVID-19 pandemic. NDSU Public Health partnered with the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth to talk through these issues with a team of experts. The three panelists talked about the economic, social and health costs facing the country and how…

English Rock Star Calls Fargo City Commissioner “Idiot” Over Face Mask Stance

October 20, 2020

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo City Commissioner is called an “idiot” by English rock star Peter Frampton. He was responding to Dave Piepkorn’s public stance against the use of face masks during a city commission meeting a few weeks ago. Frampton shared video of Piepkorn’s comments on Twitter and wrote: “This idiot is the reason the U.S. is going up…

West Fargo Elementary Schools Returning To Onsite Instruction By Late November

October 20, 2020

TJ Nelson,

WEST FARGO, N.D. — West Fargo Public Schools announcing the return to class of all preschool through 5th graders by the end of November. Harwood and Legacy Elementary Schools will be the first two schools in the district to bring students back four days a week. All elementary buildings will return to full, five-day onsite learning by Monday, November 30….

Mass Voter Turnout and Election Night Results

What the early turnout tells us about what's to come.

October 20, 2020

Emily Welker,

We’re in Day Two of early voting after it started off with a bang about 24 hours ago. Elections officials say people started lining up an hour before the polls opened at 9 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel in Fargo. It’s one of three locations open in Fargo and West Fargo to cast your ballot. Any eligible Cass County voter…

More than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in North Dakota Tuesday

Cass County accounts for 7,915 of the total positive cases and 81 of the total deaths.

October 20, 2020

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CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 1,036 new COVID-19 cases and four new deaths on Tuesday. The cases mark a new single day high for the state. Forty-seven counties report new cases. Burleigh County reports the most new cases with 219 and Grand Forks County the second most with 192. Two men and two women from three…

Stakeholders discuss moving the aviation industry forward

Aviation continues to be one of the hardest-hit industries by COVID-19

October 19, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — With no end in sight to the pandemic and the fear of flying still on people’s minds, airlines and airports are continuing to struggle financially. But in Fargo, passenger volume has been on the rise quicker than in the rest of the country. “We’re heading in the right direction,” says Hector International Airport Executive Director Shawn Dobberstein….

Sanford Health, Essentia Health see increase in patients

Many more patients are coming in for issues not related to COVID-19. The hospitals say this may be due to people putting off care.

October 19, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — Of the 153 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in North Dakota, approximately 50% of them are in Fargo. Sanford Health says there has been between 60-70 coronavirus patients at their facility this week and Essentia Health has reported between 10-15 patients. There have been concerns over the hospitals having enough beds to handle these patients, but the facilities say…

Fargo restaurants spent first weekend with 25% capacity guideline

Fargo's Mango's talked to tell what changes they made this weekend to accommodate to the new recommendations

October 19, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.- It was the first weekend with the Cass County’s new Covid-19 guidelines of 25% capacity for restaurants and bars. Mango’s in Fargo says it’s been following the recommendations closely. The restaurant was already providing and requiring employees and guests to wear masks in the restaurant. The high-rise booths follow social-distancing guidelines. This means it’s able to seat every…

Mayoral Mask Mandate Issued for City of Fargo

October 19, 2020

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney issuing a mask mandate for the city of Fargo just two weeks after casting the deciding vote against one at the city commission meeting. According to the mandate in the state of emergency, every person should wear a mask indoors & outdoors when they are exposed to non-household members and cannot maintain 6…

Mayor of Fargo Says He Would Support a Statewide Mask Mandate

He cast the deciding vote against a city-wide mask mandate two weeks ago at the city commission meeting

October 19, 2020

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney now says he would like to see a statewide mask mandate. He has been largely supportive of the approach to the pandemic taken by Gov. Doug Burgum, who has left much of the policy making up to local leaders. But Mahoney says it would be difficult to enforce a mask mandate in Fargo…