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North Dakota asking people positive for COVID-19 to do their own contact tracing

Fargo Cass Public Health says it hopes to be able to catch up on the backlog by the end of the day.

October 22, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.- The rise of COVID-19 cases has created a backlog for the North Dakota Health Department causing them to make new changes to the way they do contact tracing. With coronavirus cases spiking in the state, Fargo Cass Public Health is prioritizing the work of their contact tracers. “The changes we are expecting and would like is for the…

Record daily Covid-19 cases in Cass Co., health expert concerned

October 14, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – Cass County sees a record daily high of coronavirus cases with 216 and a positivity rate of nearly 11.7 percent according to Fargo Cass Public Health. Fargo Cass Public Health Director Desi Fleming believes people in the area aren’t taking contact tracing, masking or quarantining seriously. She adds a big reason positive cases are going up is…

Cass County COVID-19 Cases Rising Among 15-29 Year Old Age Group

September 22, 2020

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Cass Public Health Director Desi Fleming says COVID-19 cases are once again increasing “significantly” in Fargo and Cass County after a slowdown over the summer. She says the highest age group now for infectious rates are the 15-29 year olds. Fleming says research has found healthy, young adults that have had mild to no virus symptoms…

Fargo middle and high schools to transition to distance learning in October

The FPS Instructional Plan Committee will meet again on October 5.

September 21, 2020

Alison Voorhees,

FARGO, N.D. — Middle and high school students at Fargo Public Schools will be switching to distance learning. The move will happen on October 5th and go through October 19th. Elementary schools will continue with hybrid learning. The district’s COVID-19 Instructional Plan Committee meets every two weeks and will meet again on October 5th. That’s when they will decide how…

Lincoln Elementary Student Tests Positive for COVID-19

September 17, 2020

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. — Parents and guardians of children who attend Lincoln Elementary in Fargo are being notified that a student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student was in contact with other students and staff. A list of close contacts of potential exposure has been gathered and those families were contacted. The North Dakota Department of Health and Fargo Cass…

Fargo Cass Public Health shows parents what e-cigarettes to watch out for

The use of electronic cigarettes continues to rise among youth.

September 1, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. –The use of electronic cigarettes continues to be on the rise among youth. According to the CDC, more than 27% of high school students reported using an e-cigarette in 2019. Fargo Cass Public Health say there’s a common product parents should be watching out for. “When parents don’t know what they Juul looks like, that is concerning,” said…

Week-long COVID-19 testing events scheduled at NDSU and UND

The event is not open to the public.

August 17, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.–North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota will be host to week-long COVID-19 testing events for current students, faculty and staff. The NDSU event begins on Tuesday and runs through Sunday. Testing will take place from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. The UND event begins on Wednesday and runs through Sunday. Testing times are…

Fargo Cass Public Health to Host Six Days of COVID-19 Testing at NDSU

The event is next week, but times and exact days for the event have not yet been released.

August 14, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — Faculty, staff, students and anybody in the North Dakota University System will be able to get tested. They have called the National Guard and nurses to help with the event. Fargo Cass Public Health says this was not their idea, but rather a directive from Governor Doug Burgum. “We had the most cases right away, and we’ve been…

Hotel Donaldson temporarily closes after employee tests positive for COVID-19

August 3, 2020

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FARGO, ND — Fargo’s Hotel Donaldson has closed temporarily because an employee tested positive for COVID-19. According to their Facebook page, the hotel, lounge and hodo to go are allow temporarily closed. Their post continues to report: Unfortunately, after exceeding required COVID-19 safety practices, someone on our team tested positive. The teammate was not at work when they began feeling…

Mural Promotes Local Food and Healthy Eating

July 29, 2020

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. — A local artist partners with Fargo Cass Public Health to create a mural for the community family market. The mural was started on Monday after choosing between a couple of designs that were collected from ideas from the community. For them, it was important to highlight the foods that were seen in our local area, as well…