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As Winchester Public Schools prepare for April vacation, the town s Health Department alerted the community on April 15 about an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases.
According to the April 15 data shared by the state, Winchester remained in the yellow zone for infection rate, but numbers were trending higher.
Overall, 71 cases were reported over the past two weeks, giving the town a 2.13 positive percentage rate. The rate per 100,000 was 21.8 and the total case count was 1,235. We have an alarming increase in our positivity rate recently with social gatherings and household spread as key contributors, the town s Health Department wrote on the town s Twitter account. Now is not the time to take COVID lightly: it is still here and circulating.
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In 1961, the U S lost its entire national figure skating team in a plane crash and a Fargo man lost his former partner
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In 1961, the U.S. lost its entire national figure skating team in a plane crash and a Fargo man lost his former partner
When America lost 18 of its best figure skaters in a plane crash 60 years ago this month, Fargo s First Family of Skating mourned the loss of friends and partners. 7:00 am, Feb. 26, 2021 ×
The 1961 U.S. National Figure Skating team as they prepared to take off for the World Championships in Prague, on Feb 14, 1961. Their plane crashed just hours later as they attempted a stop in Belgium. No one survived. Photo courtesy: U.S. Figure Skating Association
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