MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) – Bond has been set at $1 million without conditions, or $500,000 with conditions for a Barnesville woman accused of killing a foster child in her care. Thirty-five-year-old Kellie Jo Anderson made her first court appearance Wednesday in Clay County District Court. Anderson is charged with second-degree murder. Prosecutors say the young boy was “blue and lifeless”…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)–The Minnesota Department of Health has reported another big jump in coronavirus cases as the state ramps up its testing capacity. The agency says 463 more Minnesotans have tested positive–a new one-day high–to raise the state’s total to 4,644. That total includes 138 new cases in Nobles County of southwestern Minnesota. State and private labs combined to complete 2,915…
CLAY COUNTY, Minn.–Clay County Public Health is looking for volunteers to help in congregate care facilities. Certain facilities are currently experiencing staffing shortages for licensed RN’s, LPN’s and CNA’s, food services, laundry, housekeeping, one-on-one support and administrative support. Volunteers will be given the option to work in COVID-19 positive units, non-COVID-19 units or both. Anyone interested is asked to sign…
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Since Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced a partnership with the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic, the state has double testing to two thousand per day. Chair of Minnesota’s Senate Family Care and Aging Committee, Republican State Senator Karin Housley of St. Mary’s Point, calls on Walz to implement guidelines for widespread testing at long-term care…
MOORHEAD, Minn.–The City of Moorhead has developed the Moorhead Counts Challenge to encourage community members to fill out their 2020 Census. Anyone who has completed the 2020 Census can register to win prizes during the month of May. All you need to register is your home address and confirmation that you completed the census. Drawings for prizes will be held…
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Vice President Mike Pence tours Mayo Clinic to see how doctors are treating the coronavirus. Pence visited with people who recovered from Covid-19 and are donating plasma. The hope is the antibodies from the patients will help defeat the virus in those getting a transfusion. Pence thanks the clinic for what he says leading on this treatment….
ST. PAUL, Minn.–The Minnesota Department of Health reports 365 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. This is the highest number of cases confirmed in a single day for the state, bringing the total to 4,181. Fifteen new deaths were also reported, bringing the total to 301. Of the total number of cases, 314 are currently hospitalized and 1,912 no longer need…
ST PAUL, Minn.–The Minnesota Department of Transportation is honoring the men and women killed or injured while working on state roadways on Tuesday. Due to the Gov. Walz’s Stay at Home order, MnDot will not be hosting any events, but the Interstate 35W Bridge in Minneapolis will be lit orange to commemorate the 35 MnDot workers and 15 contractors who…
STAPLES, MN (KFGO) – Former Bison quarterback Arden Beachy has been on both sides of the coronavirus pandemic. He’s a family medicine doctor in his hometown of Staples. He recently came down with the virus. Beachy says he initially thought seasonal allergies were to blame for his symptoms. “I noticed I really couldn’t taste some of my favorite meals or…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Esraa Kadhem is a former MSUM student who studied under the teaching English as a second language major. With the university’s proposed budget cut threatening to close the program, Kadhem reveals why she thinks that would be the wrong decision during a community forum held by the school’s Inter Faculty Organization. “I started at MSUM from scratch…
