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Hornbacher’s utilizes new product providing extra sanitation amid COVID-19

The chemical attaches itself to the surfaces they spray to provide a much deeper clean.

November 19, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – Hornbacher’s adds new measures to ensure shopping carts and surfaces are well sanitized. The store introduced the electrostatic handheld disinfectant sprayer to its sanitation process. The chemical attaches itself to the surfaces they spray to provide a much deeper clean. The disinfectant is sprayed after the store closes as well as throughout the day. The main use…

Minnesota hospitals urge adherence to guidelines to limit community spread

Hospitals say they are facing problems with staffing as thousands of health care workers are out of work because they have COVID-19 or are in quarantine.

November 19, 2020

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s latest restrictions are receiving support from the state’s hospitals. Representatives from both metro and rural hospitals spoke about the toll the surge in COVID-19 cases is taking on their facilities. Some hospitals say they have had to turn patients away or have had to stop both elective and non-elective surgeries. The biggest…

Medical experts urge people not to gather during the holidays

CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck is working to make sure COVID patients and their families can still connect in some way

November 19, 2020

Site Staff,

BISMARCK, N.D. — More than 1,900 people in Burleigh and Morton counties currently have COVID-19. An infectious diseases specialist at CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck says the medical center is working to make sure COVID patients and families can connect in some way over the holidays. The hospital is allowing each patient one mask-wearing visitor per day. Staff is…

Moorhead landmarks to be lit purple in honor of pandemic victims

November 19, 2020

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Hjemkomst Center, Stave Church and Moorhead City Hall will be lit purple Thursday night. It’s part of a statewide plan to honor COVID-19 victims and medical workers. Gov. Tim Walz says cities, museums, libraries, companies, and more will take part in the event. “When times are tough, Minnesotans rise up by coming together,” Walz said….

Update: Body of Moorhead man reported missing has been found

November 19, 2020

Jim Monk,

Marwan AsaadMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The body of a Moorhead man who had been missing since last week has been found. The body of 28-year-old Marwan Asaad was found in the 2900-block of 17th St. S. Thursday afternoon. Moorhead Police Captain Deric Swenson says the case is currently being treated as an unattended death. Police had earlier asked the public…

North Dakota airports recovering slowly from pandemic effects

November 19, 2020

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – North Dakota’s airports are seeing more passenger boardings, as air travel continues to slowly recover from the effects of the pandemic. The state Aeronautics Commission reports 47,574 passenger boardings in the month of October. State Aeronautics Commission director Kyle Wanner says that’s 47 percent of the passengers that flew last year at this time. Wanner says…

Mayo Clinic: 905 staff diagnosed with COVID in past 2 weeks

November 19, 2020

Jim Monk,

Mayo ClinicROCHESTER, Minn. – More than 900 staff members in the Mayo Clinic Health System have been diagnosed with COVID-19 over the last two weeks. Dr. Amy Williams is executive dean of Mayo Clinic Practice. She says this week that that number accounts for 30% of all staff that have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Williams says 93% of…

North Dakota COVID-19 cases rise again to more than 10,000

November 19, 2020

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Department of Health is reporting 10 additional deaths from COVID-19. There are currently 10,131 active cases in the state, an increase of 154 since Wednesday. Cass County reported the largest number of new cases with 302. North Dakota has 276 people hospitalized with COVID-19. BY THE NUMBERS 10,325 – Total Tests from Yesterday* 1,043,959 –…

Staples man pleads guilty to arson conspiracy

November 19, 2020

Jim Monk,

Bryce WilliamsMINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – A Staples, Minn. man has pleaded guilty to a federal arson conspiracy charge in connection with a fire at the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct. Twenty-six-year-old Bryce Williams was indicted by a federal grand jury in August. The fire was started on May 28, during the riots immediately following the death of George Floyd. Federal prosecutors…

Pet Connection: Meet Collin

Those eyes are callin' you to be his new best friend.

November 19, 2020

Emily Welker,

(NOTE: The above video has an incorrect graphic within it. This story is about a fundraiser for 4 Luv of Dog, not for Homeward Animal Shelter.) Collin is celebrating an extra-special Thanksgiving this year, because he almost didn’t make it there. The big, black Labrador retriever cross was languishing in a Tulsa, Oklahoma shelter, next on the list to be…