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Fargo woman makes free face masks for community

Katie Lewis displays the face masks in bags on her parent's fence on 52nd Ave. in Fargo and encourages people to take as many as they need

May 21, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — When the coronavirus pandemic first began, Katie Lewis knew her sewing skills could come in handy. In March, she began making face masks for friends, family and even nonprofits. Once all of their needs were met, Lewis still had a lot of supplies left over and thought of a special way to share them with her community….

Fargo Public Works Crews Filling Up Potholes

Lee Anderson Of Fargo Public Works says the road work required this year isn't anything out of the ordinary.

May 21, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — Crews were out covering potholes around 13th Avenue South and surrounding areas. “We have an asphalt kennel, and an overlay crew that we haven’t really started yet but we will shortly,” Supervisor of Fargo Public Works Lee Anderson said. Lee Anderson Of Fargo Public Works says the road work required this year isn’t anything out of the…

Grand Forks High Schools are Taking Precautions for Their Upcoming Graduations

May 21, 2020

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. – All three high schools will be hosting in person graduations following proper distancing guidelines. Only parents of graduating students will be allowed to join seniors and staff. Superintendent Terry Brenner says students and faculty might have to continue to use masks and social distancing if in person instruction returns in the fall. “One of the guidelines…

Worker involved with MN in-person graduation has coronavirus

May 21, 2020

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MINNESOTA – A Minnesota school holds in-person graduation despite a state ban where a worker with the coronavirus had close contact with school staff. State health officials say the worker was involved with stage setup and was around the staff members for a few hours. The staff helped facilitate the graduation and did not know there were exposed. Officials would…

Essentia Health to permanently layoff nearly 900 employees

May 21, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.–Essentia Health has announced their decision to move forward with permanent layoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Health organization says it has experienced operational losses nearing $100 million since the beginning of March. Various measures have been taken to attempt to offset the decline in revenue including placing employees on administrative leave, flexing hours, reducing physician and executive…

10 people test positive for COVID-19 at Cass County Jail

May 21, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — Mass COVID-19 testing at Cass County Jail has produced some interesting results. The jail has 11 positive cases, and none of the people showed any symptoms. Two days ago, 252 tests were administered on 156 inmates and 96 staff members.Three inmates refused testing. Of those completed tests, 5 employees and 6 inmates received positive results for the…

North Dakota reports 134 new COVID-19 cases, most in single day

May 21, 2020

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CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 134 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Thursday. The positive cases mark a single day high for the state. Eleven counties report new cases including Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Emmons, Grand Forks, Mercer, Morton, Pierce, Ramsey, Richland and Ward Counties. Cass County reports the most cases with 93 and Ward County…

Rollover Crash Leads to DUI Arrest in Fargo

No injuries were reported.

May 21, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.–One person was arrested and another cited after a rollover crash Thursday morning in Fargo. Fargo Police responded to 7th Avenue South and University Drive at approximately 1 a.m. When officers arrived, they found two vehicles, one of which had rolled into the boulevard. Officers arrested 36-year-old Stephen Colbert for DUI and DUI refusal. The other driver was also…

Hawley Elementary School holds parade to send off students for the summer

Teachers and staff dressed up to stand outside the school and wave to students to thanks them for a great year

May 20, 2020

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HAWLEY, Minn. — The school year has come to an end and Hawley Elementary decided to send their kids off in style. Teachers and staff hosted an end-of-the-year parade for students and their families. They stood outside the school giving out treats as a long procession of cars made their way by. After a very unexpected ending to the school…

Coronavirus hospitalizations in Fargo stay steady

This is due to health officials saying coronavirus hospitalizations have remained consistent.

May 20, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. Sanford and Essentia Health have seen a steady number of hospitalized patients even though cases continue to increase in Cass County. ‘We’re caring for 42 patients at our hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19. That remains a very similar number that we’ve had over the last two weeks,”says Medical Officer at Sanford, Dr. Doug Griffin. “We’ve been…