BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is making it clear that North Dakota schools will not make it mandatory to get the COVID-19 vaccine to attend school. At the end of the week, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices added the vaccine to the 2023 childhood and adult immunization schedules. The CDC also made it clear that whether…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The CDC is pushing back on a claim being made by some conservatives about mandated COVID-19 vaccines for schools. It’s advisory committee on Thursday voted to add COVID-19 vaccines to the recommended immunization schedules for both children and adults. But the CDC says whether schools require the COVID vaccine can only be made at the state…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead Area Public Schools may cancel sporting events because of a lack of bus drivers. The Moorhead Spuds Twitter account calls it “uncharted territory.” “This includes parents, grandparents,etc… They would get paid to drive to the games!” the account tweeted. Spuds… We are in unchartered territory… Over the next few days we will likely cancel games…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — North Dakota Department of Transportation says there is currently no timeline to open roadways across central and western parts of the state. I-94 will remain closed from Jamestown to the Montana border overnight. As of 1 p.m. Thursday, blowing snow was making it extremely difficult for teams to clear roads and they’ve moved resources to assist…
FARGO (KVRR) – Extra police are on patrol at Fargo and West Fargo public schools today in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the nation on Friday, Dec. 17. The social media threats had many educators on edge as they circulated in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Michigan which has…
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – Supporters say they have mixed feelings as voters in the Breckenridge School District approved an operating levy increase but rejected a bond for a new school in Tuesday’s referendum. The levy increase means the school district will have increased per-pupil funding to stabilize finances and continue with student programming, staff, and funding for the technology program….
CHASKA, Minn. (AP) – Tensions at a suburban Twin Cities school board meeting over a new mask mandate escalated to a physical scuffle. The Eastern Carver County Schools announced Monday that all students would need to wear a mask through at least the middle of next month because of a rise in coronavirus cases. At a meeting Monday night in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Parents and grandparents opposed to mask mandates in schools came together Tuesday evening in Fargo. They gathered at a private event titled “Show Faces For Freedom” and say they should be the ones making decisions related to their kids’ health, not school board members. “We’re not saying that we don’t want any masks or nobody can…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KNOX) – The Grand Forks School Board is implementing an indoor mask mandate for students and staff as another school year gets underway next week. It’s part of the strategy to reduce the spread of COVID-19 with increasing cases of the Delta variant in the community. Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Catherine Gillach says it’s important to keep…
FARGO (KVRR) – Some Fargo-Moorhead area parents are calling for local school districts to mandate face coverings. The Community Alliance for Responsible Education is asking for mask requirements to be established in all F-M area schools. “We’ve had enough of increasingly transmissible and potentially lethal variants of this virus because of that uncontrolled spread. Our children deserve as students to…
