FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Gov. Walz held a roundtable at Lake Region Health Care about saving a funding stream for the state’s health care access fund. Minnesota’s 2% provider tax was created to increase access to care, contain health care costs and improve the quality of services for Minnesotans. . The 27-year-old tax with decades of bipartisan support is set…
UPDATE: Fargo Police says a piece of paper inside an envelope a woman handed an employee at Fargo Cass Public Health on Monday had a note on it saying “test for anthrax.” The Department adds the note was “likely not written by” the woman and appeared to be part of lab work done in a different facility. Fargo Police’s Public Information…
If you’re in superhero withdrawal after watching this weekend’s record-breaking “Avengers: Endgame,” we’ve got a way you can play superhero yourself, for a great cause. The Wish Fast 5k and 10k run this weekend raises money to help out sick kids in the Make-A-Wish North Dakota program. It features superheroes and super-villains along the race course, and draws people out…
FARGO, N.D.– Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity is continuing its mission of helping people find sustainable housing with its 16th Annual Tour de Habitat fundraiser. People helped raise money by biking for a cause. The money from the event goes towards Habitat for Humanity’s goal of building three houses in 10 days in June. A marketing manager says there are…
Peeps is the kind of company that, unlike her namesake sugar-covered marshmallow treat, will never get stale. She came in around the Easter holiday as an owner surrender to the rescue workers at 4 Luv of Dog, and the ten-month-old shepherd mix already has the manners, self-possession and calm of a much, much older dog. She already knows commands like…
FARGO, N.D. — According to health experts, about 1 million people are living with Parkinson’s disease in the U.S. That number is expected to double in the next 20 years. Local caregivers are bringing awareness to the disease and supporting those who have it. People living with Parkinson’s disease and their loved ones are filling the air with “ahs,” but…
FARGO, N.D. — It’s National Walk at Lunch Day, and Blue Cross Blue Shield companies across the country are turning their working lunches into walking lunches. Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota has been taking part for about ten years. Employees take a lap around the outside of the building during lunch time. Experts say walking at a pace of three…
FARGO, N.D. – A Fargo restaurant hosts a pizza for Parkinson’s fundraiser on Parkinson’s Awareness Day in North Dakota. Blaze Pizza served up pies with 20% of the proceeds going to the Marv Bossart Foundation For Parkinson’s Support. The longtime Fargo TV anchor passed away six years ago Tuesday after battling the disease. The foundation helps fund exercise programs, education and…
Topaz is a cat who, like many gems, has been under a lot of pressure in her life. She first came in to the care of her foster family at Adopt-A-Pet F-M with her three small kittens, all eight weeks old. She and her tiny family had been living homeless on the streets of the Turtle Mountain Reservation, and the…
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s Health Department says four illnesses in the state have been tied to a salmonella outbreak linked to frozen, raw ground tuna. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the tuna from Louisiana-based Jensen Tuna has sickened 13 people in seven states since early January. Two people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported….
