DETROIT LAKES, Minn.–The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services division is opening 16 exam stations on May 19. The exam stations are located in St. Paul, Arden Hills, Anoka, Eagan, Plymouth, Rochester, Mankato, Fairmont, Marshall, Willmar, Detroit Lakes, St. Cloud, Brainard, Duluth, Grand Rapids and Bemidji. The remaining locations will continue to be closed to the public…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–Cass County voters who applied for absentee ballots will begin receiving them in the mail on May 18. Ballot applications for the June 9 election were mailed to all North Dakota residents back in April. Voters receiving absentee ballots are reminded to place the completed ballot inside the brown secrecy envelope first, then place the secrecy envelope inside…
FARGO, N.D.–Maroon 5 is rescheduling their upcoming 2020 tour. The band was scheduled to perform at the Fargodome on August 8 and the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on August 9. All dates between May 30 and September 17 will be rescheduled for the summer of 2021. All tickets will be honored once the new dates are announced. For…
FARGO, N.D.- The pinning ceremony is a unique rite of passage that only graduating nursing students get to experience. “The pinning ceremony is a long lasting tradition in nursing and it just represents their achievements in completing the program and entering into professional nursing,” says Carla Gross, the Associate Dean at School of Nursing at NDSU. Because of the Coronavirus,…
FARGO, N.D. — All these vehicles are lined up and ready head out across the F-M area to hand out scholarships for the 2020 seniors. The staff normally honors the students at an annual banquet but because of COVID-19 they are showing their support in a safer way. “It’s difficult, I imagine it’s more difficult for them so we just…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — It’s a new take on a one-man band. Fergus Falls High School band teacher Scott Kummrow performed “Pomp and Circumstance” for his graduating seniors. The Fergus Falls teacher played over 22 different parts in the song including conducting himself. The video has been going viral with over 13,000 views and continues to grow. Kummrow says he…
FARGO, N.D. — Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Sanford Health has noticed a decrease in the number of patients coming in for their annual mammogram screenings. There have also been a decrease in the number of breast cancer diagnoses. This trend has begun to worry staff at the Edith Sanford Breast Center in Fargo. “If you don’t do it now,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Following Cass County, Grand Forks County has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases in North Dakota. Through this third round of drive-up mass testing, Grand Forks is aiming to identify more people carrying the virus before they can spread it to others. The county is sitting at 304 cases, with many of them attributed to…
MOORHEAD, Minn. – Former Republican Congressman Jason Lewis, who’s running for Senator Tina Smith’s seat, launched a statewide tour to visit cities all across Minnesota to talk to local business owners about the impact that COVID-19 has had on them. He says governments should not be quarantining everyone, only those who have been affected the most like the elderly and…
WEST FARGO, N.D. – Playgrounds in West Fargo Parks will be reopening on Friday. The West Fargo Parks District is opening them as part of a phased reopening of all park services in the city. They are asking that people who use the playgrounds practice social distancing, bring hand sanitizer, and wash their hands thoroughly at and after a visit…
