GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The Grand Forks City Council passes a mask mandate in a seven to nothing vote. The mandate goes into effect immediately and will stay in place until Grand Forks Public Health officials say Grand Forks County is in a yellow Covid-19 risk level. There is no fine for not wearing a mask, but someone not wearing…
CROOKSTON, Minn. — Crookston Police Department is investigating burglaries at two businesses over the weekend. Police say that someone broke into Best Used Trucks and Valley Plains Equipment sometime before Saturday morning at 7 a.m. They say it’s likely a vehicle was used to take the stolen items. If you saw someone or a vehicle around these businesses near that…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Amy Coney Barrett is headed to to the Supreme Court. The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee in a 52-48 vote with Republicans overpowering Democratic opposition a week before Election Day. Barrett will be the third Supreme Court justice nominated by Trump. At 48, she is likely secure a conservative court majority for years to come. With…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials voted to repurpose $221 million in federal coronavirus aid to various state agencies, including a $16 million grant to oil companies in support of the fracking process. The North Dakota Emergency Commission approved the plan Friday. The money comes from the $1.25 billion awarded to the state through the Coronavirus Relief Fund established…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The White House coronavirus response coordinator says she spent a day looking around Bismarck and found its COVID-19 protocols to be worst she’s seen anywhere in the country Dr. Deborah Birx has been to 40 states and says she found the absence of face coverings and the lack of social distancing in Bismarck to be “deeply unfortunate” and…
FARGO, N.D.–Fargo Public Schools naming period for Woodrow Wilson High School is now open to the public. Anyone can submit a new name for the school now through Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. on the Fargo Public Schools’ website. All submissions will be reviewed by the Board of Education and will be voted on at a later date. FPS hopes…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 527 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths on Monday. Forty-three counties report new cases. Cass County reports the most new cases with 136 and Burleigh County the second most with 89. Four men and one woman from five counties died. The NDDoH says it will no longer being supplying information…
WEST FARGO, N.D.–The West Fargo Police Department’s School Resource Officer program is being recognized as a model agency by the National Association of School Resource Officers. West Fargo began their program in 2005 with just one SRO and currently has seven SROs all managed by Sergeant Derek Cruff. The department began the process to become an NASRO model agency in…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — An effort to revitalize a nearly abandoned building in a corner of Moorhead is underway. “It’s been kind of a tired corner for a while and so I think seeing some new projects, some new traffic drivers, an updated look is kind of exciting for everybody,” says Enclave developer Brian Bochman. An “updated look” of…
FARGO, N.D. — “We very much want to avoid a second shut down because in the spring it was very devastating to many of our businesses,” Fargo Mayor Dr. Tim Mahoney said. With a continuous rise in COVID-19 cases, Mayor Mahoney enacted emergency protocol to have a city-wide mask mandate and prevent a second shutdown. Some people think it is…
