ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9)–Top Minnesota lawmakers are expecting Gov. Tim Walz to extend his peacetime emergency powers to fight the coronavirus on Wednesday, the day they’re currently set to expire. By law, Walz has to extend his emergency declaration every 30 days to have the authority to close businesses, order people to shelter at home, and carry out dozens…
FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota Farmers Union is helping feed hungry families with a major donation. The union and Farmers Union Enterprises donating 30,000 pounds of pork ribs to Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo. It completes a five-state giving spree of 150,000 pounds of pork to food banks in South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana and North Dakota. Union president…
GRAND FORKS, N.D.–Grand Forks Public Health is hosting a drive through COVID-19 testing event on Thursday, May 14. The North Dakota Department of Health and the North Dakota National Guard will be assisting with the event. Close contacts, essential workers and first responders are invited to visit the Alerus Center between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to be tested. Individuals…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 76 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths on Wednesday. The counties reporting new cases include Burleigh, Cass, Grand Forks, Morton, and Walsh Counties. Cass County also reports two woman in their 90s with underlying health conditions have passed away due to complications with COVID-19. North Dakota’s totals have reached 1,647…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 53 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Tuesday. The counties reporting new cases include Burleigh, Cass, Grand Forks, Stutsman, Ward and Williams Counties. Cass County reports the most new cases with 44 and Grand Forks County the second most with 5. A woman in her 100s and a woman in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is warning Congress that if the country reopens too soon during the coronavirus pandemic, it will result in “needless suffering and death.” Fauci is among the health experts testifying Tuesday to a Senate panel. His testimony comes as President Donald Trump is praising states that are reopening after the…
FARGO, N.D. — Susan and Scott Jorissen were traveling through Peru and Ecuador right around the time the pandemic starting getting serious. “We literally left Ecuador at a quarter to twelve the night that they were shutting the airport down,” said Susan Jorissen. The Valley City couple made it back to the U.S. safely, but they could tell something was…
FARGO, N.D. — Staff at the Fargo VA given a special welcome to work this morning at the start of Hospital Week. Fargo VA leadership, Veterans Service Organization representatives and police officers gathered at the entrance to say “thank you” to the staff for all their hard work over the course of the year and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic….
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump is holding a press briefing to talk about COVID-19 testing in the United States. For a full list of officials in the Coronavirus Task force, click here. Categories: Coronavirus, Health Tags: Coronavirus, Coronavirus Task Force, COVID-19, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, PRESS BRIEFING
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Department of Health reported 13 additional deaths attributed to COVID-19 Monday and 528 new lab-confirmed cases, bringing the state’s death toll from the disease to 591 and the total number of positive cases to 11,799. Of the 591 deaths, 472 were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities. There are currently 452…
