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North Dakota reports 343 new COVID-19 cases Friday

Cass County accounts for 3,734 of the total positive cases and 76 of the total deaths.

CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 343 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Friday. Twenty-nine counties report new cases. Cass County reports the most new cases with 78 and Grand Forks County the second most with 68. North Dakota’s COVID-19 numbers: 12,973 positive cases, 67 current hospitalizations, 10,310 people recovered and 150 deaths. Cass County…

LIVE: Teaching During a Pandemic

The first lesson? Keep your masks on.

It’s been a couple of days since the region’s biggest school district sent student back into the classrooms for in-person learning. And some teachers are saying their students are proving to be a quick study when it comes to learning the rules of social distancing. Educator Trish Miller teaches at Fargo South High School. She says it’s been good to…

Man arrested after shoplifting at Fleet Farm

FARGO, N.D.–A man was arrested Thursday evening after he was caught shoplifting at Fleet Farm. Fargo Police received a detailed description of the man from the complainant and were able to locate him on 37 Avenue S after he fled. Police set up a perimeter and arrested 31-year-old Phillip Jerry Peltier without incident. Peltier has been charged for refusal to…

Vehicle crashes into Sanford Occupational Health Friday morning

No one was injured during the crash.

FARGO, N.D.–The Fargo Police Department responded to Sanford Occupational Health Friday morning after a vehicle crashed into the building. Police say a man appeared to have suffered from a medical issue while driving which caused him to crash into the Sanford building. The man remained on scene and was cooperative with officers. No one was injured during the crash. The…

Travel expected to pick up this Labor Day weekend

FARGO-MOORHEAD — Although it won’t be as busy as Labor Day weekend in past years, a local travel agent says lines at the airport will be longer this Friday and Monday. Tod Ganje with Travel Incorporated in Moorhead says a few flights from and to Hector International Airport will be full this holiday weekend. Even so, Ganje says more people…

Gov. Tim Walz, health officials say Minnesota is reaching tipping point ahead of Labor Day Weekend

Walz says case numbers are not going down because people are continuing to gather socially.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The number of COVID-19 cases in Minnesota has remained largely consistent throughout most of the summer, but the department of health says the state should have been seeing a decrease during the warmer months. “We have been walking along the edge of a high plateau for quite some time. Since early July when we started seeing…

Eight ND counties upgraded to moderate risk level for Covid-19

BISMARCK, N.D. – As the COVID-19 positivity rate continues to rise in North Dakota, Governor Doug Burgum is making some changes, and requests. North Dakota now ranks first in the country in the number of new COVID-19 cases per capita in the last two weeks. “Our active cases and positvity rate have gone up even higher. These increases in actives…