FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo School Board approved the 2020-2021 budget at the school board meeting. The approval of the bill was needed after making adjustments from the proposed budget in July. The changes were made as a result of staffing finalization, virtual academy costs and a higher utility bill to address COVID-19 related concerns. The board approved levying 154.38…
Courtesy: Spike Cohen/FacebookFARGO, N.D. – Jeremy “Spike” Cohen will be in Fargo on Wednesday for a Bus Tour 2.0 event. The Libertarian is campaigning to become Jo Jorgenson’s Vice President. Cohen will speak on “things that are important in your life” including education, health care and taxes according to the event’s Facebook page. The 38-year-old owned a web design business,…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — West Fargo Public Schools is doing weekly risk level status checks. As of Monday morning, 12 students and staff are out with a positive COVID test. There are 144 students and staff in a COVID-Related Quarantine. Also, 74 students and staff are showing COVID-Related Symptoms. According to the post on Facebook, WFPS says there are no…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Cass Public Health Director Desi Fleming says COVID-19 cases are once again increasing “significantly” in Fargo and Cass County after a slowdown over the summer. She says the highest age group now for infectious rates are the 15-29 year olds. Fleming says research has found healthy, young adults that have had mild to no virus symptoms…
Courtesy: Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency ManagementOREGON — Firefighters from our region continue to make headway on wildfires on the West Coast. A crew of 29 members from seven departments across Minnesota are working to contain the Slater Fire in Oregon. They are working on fire suppression, structure protection, hot spot recon and fire mop up. As of Sunday, the…
FARGO, N.D.–The Fargo Police Department is asking the public’s help in locating a missing 34-year-old man. Police say Craig Rogers was last seen on September 17. He was driving two men to Belcourt in a red 1999 Saturn SL with Oregon license plate 653KYU. Rogers is approximately 5’11”, 200 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 266 new COVID-19 cases and three new deaths on Tuesday. Thirty-two counties report new cases. Burleigh County reports the most new cases with 81 and Cass County the second most with 36. A man in his 70s from Grand Forks County, a man in his 80s from Williams County and a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill named for a Fargo murder victim to address cases of missing and murdered Native Americans is heading to President Trump’s desk. Savanna’s Act, which is named for Savanna Greywind, was just passed by the House after it passed in the Senate earlier this year. The bill was introduced by former Senator Heidi Heitkamp last Congress…
FARGO, N.D. – In a 3-2 vote, the Fargo City Commission allows the city attorney to draft a mask mandate with and without penalties if someone does not wear one. Commissioners Dave Piepkorn and Tony Gehrig voted against the move. Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney and Commissioners Strand and Arlette Preston voted in favor of it. “October 19 is the soonest…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo is celebrating the opening of a super fast electric vehicle charging station. A ribbon-cutting was held at the site of the new charger at the F-M Convention and Visitors Bureau in south Fargo. North Dakota and Cass County Electric have been able to install of a number of charging stations in the state using just 15%…
