It suddenly seemed like winter set in all across the region when most of us stepped foot outside this morning. Fortunately — my family got a little more fall fun in recently, social distancing style. We spent the weekend apple picking at my father-in-law’s. He has a tree that gives some of the tastiest pie apples I’ve ever had. They’re…
FARGO, N.D. – Organizers of ValleyCon have canceled the pop culture convention. It was originally scheduled in conjunction with the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival to be held from October 15th to the 17th. On Facebook, ValleyCon staff says the event will not take place since North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum raised Cass County’s Covid-19 threat level to high, which goes…
FARGO, N.D. – Cass County sees a record daily high of coronavirus cases with 216 and a positivity rate of nearly 11.7 percent according to Fargo Cass Public Health. Fargo Cass Public Health Director Desi Fleming believes people in the area aren’t taking contact tracing, masking or quarantining seriously. She adds a big reason positive cases are going up is…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Cass County is being moved from “moderate” to “high” risk as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in North Dakota. Gov. Doug Burgum says we are in the middle of a “regional COVID storm” and the guidelines are being changed to reflect that. “The critical or red zone, the highest level. This is the area where if we…
BISMARCK, N.D.–Gov. Doug Burgum is holding a press briefing to provide an update on the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Burgum will be joined by North Dakota Department of Human Services Executive Director Chris Jones. The state has seen an increased number of positive cases in recent weeks with the total number of active positives reaching 4,759. North Dakota’s…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 713 new COVID-19 cases and eight new deaths on Wednesday. The new positives mark a record high for new cases in a single day in North Dakota. Forty-four counties report new cases. Cass County reports the most new cases with 216 and Burleigh County the second most with 151. Seven men…
In the cascade of catastrophes that remains 2020, it seems like every new event we tell you about is an additional stressor. The pandemic. The economy. The elections. Justin Bieber Crocs. It’s all leading to reports that our rates of depression, anxiety, and substance abuse are rising as fast as our Covid-19 rates are. But this weekend, there’s a new…
FARGO, N.D. — TNT Kid’s Fitness has received an emergency grant from the North Dakota Department of Commerce to help address COVID-19 concerns. The nonprofit applied for the grant in July and was awarded funding in August. The grant is worth $40,000. It will go toward improvements like automatic toilets and faucets, cleaning supplies and furnace units with air purifiers….
It’s a story we first brought you on the Morning Show a while back: the deadline is coming closer to getting your information in to the 2020 Census. And while it’s critical for everyone to stand up and be counted, it’s especially so for our Native communities. Tribal leaders are working hard to get everyone’s information collected, in part because…
We’re making a basket case this morning on KVRR Local News. And the United Way of Cass-Clay is hoping to help get you involved. Each year, there are more than 1,022 people in the community who find themselves homeless. Out of those, 23 percent are kids. And even when they get into housing, many of them don’t have what they…
