ND Governor Burgum update on COVID19
BISMARCK, ND –Governor Burgum update on COVID-19. Categories: Community, Coronavirus-ND, Health, Local News, North Dakota News Tags: covid-19 pandemic, Governor Doug Burgum, masking, north dakota
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LIVE: STRONG Challenge
Stop being sick and tired with a new service from the YWCA of Cass-Clay.
The holidays are hot on our heels, and if that makes you feel like running away, maybe that’s a good thing. After all, it would constitute some of the only running a lot of us have done lately. The months and months of the pandemic are stretching out both before and ahead of us in a way that’s making a…
LIVE: Real Men Wear Pink
He's in the pink to keep you in it too.
Realtor Kyle Olson is decking himself out for deliveries in head- to-toe, dapper pink style. In exchange for a one hundred dollar donation to his Real Men Wear Pink campaign, he will deliver a box of donuts to your business wearing his pink suit. Olson joined the fight against breast cancer when his cousin was diagnosed at 19 years old….
7-year-old celebrates being cancer free at Roger Maris Cancer Center
Tommy Calder was diagnosed with leukemia in February of 2018. After nearly three years of treatment, the Warren, Minnesota native is cancer free.
FARGO, N.D. –February 18th, 2018 was the day Robert Calder and Tina Flier heard every parent’s worst nightmare. “It felt like a big punch in the stomach,” said Calder. Their son Tommy was diagnosed with Leukemia. Since that day, the family has made the two-hour trip from their home in Warren, Minnesota to the Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo…
Gov. Burgum & First Lady hold fourth annual Recovery Reinvented event
Recovery Reinvented is designed to open up conversations about getting help for diseases like mental health & addiction
BISMARCK, N.D.- Governor Doug Burgum & First Lady Katheryn Burgum virtually held the fourth annual Recovery Reinvented event. It’s a free, daylong event focused on eliminating addiction stigma by reinventing recovery. The first lady has been in long-term recovery for alcohol addiction for 18 years. The event brought in 2,500 online viewers from around the state & other countries. Headlining…
Essentia Health enrolling patients for clinical trial
Study seeks to improve patient health
FARGO, N.D. – Enrollment of a new clinical trial is underway for a study that will determine whether a commonly used drug to lower cholesterol can help adults over the age of 75. Essentia Health is enrolling patients for the study. It’s called Preventable and will help researchers investigate if taking the drug Lipitor helps in maintaining patient’s health by…
Walz coming to Moorhead & Crookston Wednesday
MOORHEAD & CROOKSTON, Minn. – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will meet with health care workers and Minnesotans impacted by Covid-19 on Wednesday, October 28th at 10:45 AM at the Hjemkomst Center. The governors office says the discussion will be on “the virus’s impact on Minnesota and steps people can take to protect themselves and their loved ones.” Walz will also…
LIVE: Harvest Moon Fling
The pandemic is taking a bitter harvest from domestic abuse victims. Here's how you can help.
Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead officials say they’re not just seeing the same spike in the rates of domestic violence during the pandemic as the rest of the nation. Locally, they’re also seeing an increased severity in the acts of abuse themselves. The nonprofit helps thousands of women, children and men in the region each year. But with…
NDSU set to launch mental health and wellbeing app for students, faculty and staff
NDSU bought the app with funds provided by the CARES Act.
FARGO, N.D.–The North Dakota State University Counseling Center recently purchased a mental health and wellbeing app for students and the university community. The app, called WellTrack, will allow students, faculty or staff to take an assessment regarding depression, anxiety and stress. The app then provides self-help therapy and allows users to track their progress. More than two million students and…
Sanford Health announces new partnership with Intermountain Health
The organizations are nearly doubling in size by merging
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.- Big changes are coming to Sanford Health as it merges with another major health organization. Utah based Intermountain Health and Sanford Health will be coming together to share their best practices. The merging will create a $15 billion health system. Both will keep their names for now, but Intermountain will become the parent company Together it has…
