GRAND FORKS, N.D.–Grand Forks Public Health is hosting a drive through COVID-19 testing event on Thursday, May 14. The North Dakota Department of Health and the North Dakota National Guard will be assisting with the event. Close contacts, essential workers and first responders are invited to visit the Alerus Center between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to be tested. Individuals…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 76 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths on Wednesday. The counties reporting new cases include Burleigh, Cass, Grand Forks, Morton, and Walsh Counties. Cass County also reports two woman in their 90s with underlying health conditions have passed away due to complications with COVID-19. North Dakota’s totals have reached 1,647…
FARGO, N.D.–FARGO, N.D.–The City of Fargo is holding a press briefing at 11 a.m. to provide updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in our region. City and county government officials, public health experts and healthcare systems will provide information specific to their organization. The speakers will include: Director of Fargo Cass Public Health Desi Fleming Clay County Public Health Administrator Kathy…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Dakota leaders are continuing to push for an investigation into price fixing in the cattle industry. Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska and 18 Senate colleagues, including North Dakota Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, are working together. They wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting they investigate potential anti-competitive activities in the beef…
FARGO, N.D. – The Fargo School Board discusses plans to use $3.2 million in CARES Act funding. The money can be used through September 2022. $388,000 will go to private schools in the district. The board is also looking to buy devices for elementary schools so each student has one, buying learning apps and instructing teachers and how to use…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Grand Forks Mayor Micheal Brown is giving us an update on what his team calls “The Smart Restart.” With nearly half of their nearly 300 positive COVID-19 cases already recovered, Grand Forks is ready to shift their focus on getting life back to normal. The Smart Restart plan includes new business models for hospitality and retail…
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota nonprofits are asking Governor Doug Burgum to help protect renters who are involuntarily out of work during COVID-19. Because the governor has not issued a temporary eviction moratorium, stable housing advocates are asking him to reach a middle ground that would at least cancel late fees and credit issues that have accrued during the COVID-19…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 53 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Tuesday. The counties reporting new cases include Burleigh, Cass, Grand Forks, Stutsman, Ward and Williams Counties. Cass County reports the most new cases with 44 and Grand Forks County the second most with 5. A woman in her 100s and a woman in…
Gardens are big right now — or at least, a lot of people want them to be. Unfortunately, if you just couldn’t wait and went ahead with planting out, you might have a yard right now that looks a little more like you’re growing blankets than tomatoes and petunias. Our late-season frost struck hard at the hearts of seasoned gardeners…
FARGO, N.D. — Susan and Scott Jorissen were traveling through Peru and Ecuador right around the time the pandemic starting getting serious. “We literally left Ecuador at a quarter to twelve the night that they were shutting the airport down,” said Susan Jorissen. The Valley City couple made it back to the U.S. safely, but they could tell something was…
