SIOUX FALLS, SD (KVRR) – Two University of North Dakota men’s basketball games have been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols. The Summit League office made the announcement, canceling Thursday’s game against South Dakota and Saturday’s game with South Dakota State. The Summit League’s Joint Council voted unanimously to change its COVID-19 No Contest policy for the remainder of the 2021-22…
SAN DIEGO, CA (KVRR) – The Holiday Bowl tonight on FOX (KVRR) has been cancelled. UCLA football tweeted, “The UCLA football team is unable to participate in tonight’s San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl due to COVID-19 protocols within the Bruins’ program”. FOX Sports is reporting that COVID-19 decimated the Bruins defensive line. The game was to feature the…
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz throws during practice at the NFL team’s football training camp in Westfield, Ind., Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS (FOX 59) – The Indianapolis Colts have placed quarterback Carson Wentz on the COVID-19 list. He’s the 15th player to be placed on the virus list, but clearly the most significant. Under current COVID-19 protocols, a…
FARGO, ND (KVRR) – Due to snow coverage of up to nine inches on residential streets, all City of Fargo facilities (including COVID-19 testing sites) will open two hours late, at 9:45 a.m. The Fargo City Commission meeting (scheduled for Monday at 5 p.m.) will be held as scheduled. Garbage and recycling collection will take place on Monday and will…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he and members of his family recently tested positive for COVID-19. “Yesterday, my 9th grade son tested positive for COVID-19. Gwen and I were both tested that same day, and after initially testing negative yesterday morning, last night we received positive COVID-19 tests.” Walz says his son has mild symptoms…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Health Department says four cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19 have been found in the state. Two cases are in Ward County and there is one each in Cass and Burleigh counties. Two people who tested positive traveled to another state together. The other two did travel. Three of the four people…
UNITED STATES (KVRR) – States in our region are among the most dangerous to live in during the Covid-19 pandemic according to WalletHub. North Dakota comes in 44th and Minnesota is 40th. The website compared all states and the District of Columbia for rates of transmission, positive testing, hospitalizations and deaths and the amount of eligible people getting vaccinated. WalletHub…
NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (KVRR) – A law enforcement officer who was well-known to residents in the New York Mills area has died from complications of COVID-19. New York Mills Police Officer Ron Smith died Dec. 15 at a hospital in Duluth. Afterwards, police from several law enforcement agencies provided an escort. Smith was a police officer in New York…
FARGO (KVRR) – An extraordinary number of patients are stretching resources to the limit at local emergency rooms. “We are at — and often beyond — capacity every single day” according to Essentia Health spokesman Louis St. George. “This is due to a combination of COVID-19 patients and non-COVID patients. Unfortunately, throughout this pandemic people have delayed seeking care and…
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota has topped 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths while hospitals around the state continue to delay surgeries as the coronavirus patients crowd hospitals. The state Department of Health on Wednesday reported 54 new deaths due to the virus, lifting the total fatalities to 10,018 since the start of the pandemic. Another 124 deaths were likely because of COVID-19 but…
