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National Heatstroke Awareness Day is May 1. On average, 37 children die from vehicular heatstroke each year, according to a news release.

National Heatstroke Awareness Day is May 1. On average, 37 children die from vehicular heatstroke each year, according to a news release.

National Heatstroke Awareness Day is May 1. On average, 37 children die from vehicular heatstroke each year, according to a news release.

Tuesday's vote means 0.75% sales tax will continue. It also clears a path for the Altru Sports Complex, a $100 million facility that could get underway by 2025.

Tuesday's vote means 0.75% sales tax will continue. It also clears a path for the Altru Sports Complex, a $100 million facility that could get underway by 2025.

(Fargo, ND) -- A healthcare advocate is calling for children and teens to wear chest protectors while riding ATVs and UTVs. "We were seeing an uptick in the number of injuries coming in to our ERs from these ATV or UTV crashes, in alarming numbers," said Carma Hanson, Safe Kids Coordinator at Altru Health System in Grand Forks. She says from 2017 to 2019, 17 percent of all

From 2017 to 2019, deaths involving a recreational vehicle — such as a dirt bike or ATV — made up 17% of youth vehicular fatalities in North Dakota.

From 2017 to 2019, deaths involving a recreational vehicle — such as a dirt bike or ATV — made up 17% of youth vehicular fatalities in North Dakota

Grand Forks voters will decide the future of the tax during a citywide vote on Nov. 14.

Amy Covington and Tina Sanders, of Safe Kids Grand Forks, are currently the only two qualified instructors in the state, but they hope to train additional instructors throughout the region.