By Samone Blair WASHINGTON – For North Dakotans facing eviction or unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic, a timeline on federal aid remains unclear. “Another day has come and gone in this once in a century national battle for our country,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. “At the moment, the gap between our two parties in the negotiations is…
August 4th, 2020 COVID-19 Press Conference – ND Joint Information Center Posted by North Dakota Department of Health on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum will hold a press briefing at 3:30 p.m. today to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota. Burgum will be joined by North Dakota University System…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 127 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Monday. Twenty-eight counties report new cases. Stark County reports the most new cases with 21, Burleigh County reports 19 new cases. Cass County reported 11 new cases while Grand Forks County had 12. BY THE NUMBERS 324,901 – Total Number of Tests…
FARGO, ND — Fargo’s Hotel Donaldson has closed temporarily because an employee tested positive for COVID-19. According to their Facebook page, the hotel, lounge and hodo to go are allow temporarily closed. Their post continues to report: Unfortunately, after exceeding required COVID-19 safety practices, someone on our team tested positive. The teammate was not at work when they began feeling…
HILLSBORO, N.D. — It’s a bittersweet farewell, for more reasons than one. Pastor Julie Johnson has been with Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Hillsboro for almost four years. She’ll be taking on a new venture soon, but with COVID-19 still among us, she could not properly say goodbye to the people she’s served over the years. Creativity soon struck, and…
WEST FARGO, N.D. – West Fargo Public Schools is proposing a plan for hybrid learning for its students. “Nothing would make us happier than to have all of our students and staff back on campus this fall, but that is not our current reality,” Superintendent Beth Slette said. She is sending out a 90 page plan out to parents for…
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….
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 168 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Friday. The previous record for most new cases in a day was 160 set on July 21. Twenty-nine counties report new cases. Burleigh County reports the most new cases with 38 and Cass County the second most with 25. North Dakota’s COVID-19…
FARGO, N.D. (AP)–Tribal leaders on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in northeastern North Dakota are requiring residents to wear masks to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. It’s a rare move in a state where face coverings have not been mandated despite a steady increase in overall cases. The reservation is located primarily in Benson County, which according to…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — West Fargo Public Schools will release its “Return to Learn” plan on Friday. The plan will be sent out to all families and staff by email around 11 a.m. It will also be available on the district’s COVID-19 webpage. A news conference is planned for an hour before the plans release. Stay with KVRR Local News…
