NORTH DAKOTA – North Dakota counties are conducting the June primary election by mail-in ballots only. The auditors in all 53 counties want voters to know that no polling locations will be open on June 9th due to COVID-19 concerns. Cass County Officials have already sent out more than 33,00 ballots last week and have received about 1,000. Voters are…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – All three high schools will be hosting in person graduations following proper distancing guidelines. Only parents of graduating students will be allowed to join seniors and staff. Superintendent Terry Brenner says students and faculty might have to continue to use masks and social distancing if in person instruction returns in the fall. “One of the guidelines…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 134 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Thursday. The positive cases mark a single day high for the state. Eleven counties report new cases including Bottineau, Burleigh, Cass, Emmons, Grand Forks, Mercer, Morton, Pierce, Ramsey, Richland and Ward Counties. Cass County reports the most cases with 93 and Ward County…
BISMARCK, N.D.–Gov. Doug Burgum announced a second contact tracing app is in the works to assist public health agencies track COVID-19. The new app will be known as Care19 Exposure and is expected to be available within two weeks. The app will use exposure notification technology developed by Apple and Google. When an individual tests positive for COVID-19, notifications will…
FARGO, N.D. Sanford and Essentia Health have seen a steady number of hospitalized patients even though cases continue to increase in Cass County. ‘We’re caring for 42 patients at our hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19. That remains a very similar number that we’ve had over the last two weeks,”says Medical Officer at Sanford, Dr. Doug Griffin. “We’ve been…
FARGO, N.D. — All 86 seniors of the 2020 class sat in their social distanced seating as parents watched and cheered from afar. Staff says this type of graduation was only possible after lengthy conversations with both faculty and healthcare professionals. “Yes there were some misgivings and some apprehension but we just kept working the plan and it worked out,”…
FARGO, N.D. – AMVETS is raising awareness and honoring veterans who have lost their life to COVID-19. On Memorial Day the organization will host a candlelight vigil in the parking lot of its building. The group will light one candle for every VA hospital in the country starting at 12:01 AM. Members say more than 700 veterans have died from…
FARGO, N.D. – A medical marijuana dispensary reopens under new ownership. The store previously known as The Botanist is now named Pure Dakota Health. One of the biggest differences customers will see is that the owners will be on site more often and they will focus on providing education on medical marijuana. The dispensary is one of eight across North…
FARGO, N.D. — Guns N’ Roses fans you probably knew this was coming. The legendary rock band is postponing its 2020 tour due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. They were set to come to Fargo on August 23 and rock the Fargodome. A new date has yet to be determined and you should hang on to your tickets. Categories: Coronavirus,…
FARGO, ND — Construction on the Block 9 project in downtown Fargo has been shutdown temporarily after a subcontractor’s employee who visited the work site tested positive for COVID-19 McGough Construction Co., LLC, one of the general contractors on the Block 9 project in downtown Fargo, has confirmed that one of the subcontractors on the project tested positive for COVID-19….
