Health

Moorhead Armory to offer free COVID-19 testing Memorial Day weekend

Anyone can be tested and no appointment is necessary.

MOORHEAD, Minn.–The Moorhead Armory is offering free COVID-19 testing from May 23 through May 25. The National Guard and local public health employees are providing the tests. Up to 2,000 tests will be available per day. Five other locations across Minnesota will also be offering free testing. Minnesota National Guard Adjutant General Jon Jensen said, “The Minnesota National Guard is proud…

WATCH LIVE: President Trump to discuss CDC guidance on reopening churches

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump is holding a news conference to discuss the Centers for Disease Control’s guidance on reopening churches. The news conference is expected to begin at approximately 1 p.m. KVRR will have a live stream of the briefing here and on our Facebook page. Categories: Coronavirus, Health Tags: Centers For Disease Control, CHURCHES, news conference, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

LIVE: Socially-Distant CPR and First Aid Training

You can still get training, and now that summer's starting, it's time you did.

It’s the unofficial weekend that kicks off the summer season, and a lot of people are going to hightail it for the lakes and prairies of the region to get away for the first time since lockdown ended nationwide. But when you’re heading out to remote areas, it’s always better to take some freshly-sharpened lifesaving skills with you — for…

Worker involved with MN in-person graduation has coronavirus

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

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

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

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…

Burgum: ND to launch second COVID-19 contact tracing app

The new app is expected to be available within two weeks.

BISMARCK, N.D.–Gov. Doug Burgum announced a second contact tracing app is in the works to assist public health agencies track COVID-19. The new app will be known as Care19 Exposure and is expected to be available within two weeks. The app will use exposure notification technology developed by Apple and Google. When an individual tests positive for COVID-19, notifications will…

Moorhead Fire confirms multiple positive cases of COVID-19 within the department

Chief Rich Duysen says this is causing a shortage in staffing

MOORHEAD, Minn. — One member of the Moorhead fire department began experiencing symptoms of coronavirus about a week ago. Shortly after going in for testing, that person received a positive result of COVID-19. “That caused us to follow CDC guidelines, start doing contact tracing, have some people isolated and then have them go in to test,” said Moorhead Fire Chief…