SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz announces Minnesota’s stay-at-home order will expire on Sunday and retail businesses will be able to open with restrictions on Monday May 18th. The new Stay Safe MN order allows retail stores and malls to open if they have a social distancing plan and operate at 50% capacity. The Department of Employment and Economic…
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…
We’ve been spending a lot of our mental efforts on staying safe from picking up the coronavirus when we go out into the world. Now, Fargo police are reminding us not to turn our backs on traffic safety dangers, too. May is bike safety, motorcycle safety and traffic safety awareness month. Good timing, because the message coincides with the return…
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…
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…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is warning Congress that if the country reopens too soon during the coronavirus pandemic, it will result in “needless suffering and death.” Fauci is among the health experts testifying Tuesday to a Senate panel. His testimony comes as President Donald Trump is praising states that are reopening after the…
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…
BISMARCK, N.D.–Gov. Doug Burgum is holding a press briefing to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. Burgum will be joined by State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler. The North Dakota Department of Health reported a total of 1,518 positive cases, 34 current hospitalizations, 846 people recovered and 36 deaths. Categories: Coronavirus, Coronavirus-ND, Health, North Dakota News
