Free COVID-19 vaccines available at Hugo s Family Marketplace starting May 10
The walk-in vaccine clinic at the Hugo s Family Marketplace on 32nd Avenue South will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays. Grand Forks Public Health staff will be on-site to answer any questions about the vaccines. 1:07 pm, May 7, 2021 ×
Grand Forks Public Health will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines at Hugo s Family Marketplace located at 1750 32nd Ave. S. beginning Monday, May 10. Walk-ins are welcome during clinic hours, or individuals can register for an appointment time at ndvax.org.
The vaccine clinic will be set up in the former Alerus Bank branch location, and will be open Mondays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The vaccines are free of cost and do not require any insurance.
Grand Forks City Council shoots down plan to phase out ‘classified’ department heads
They voted against the proposal last week, but Grand Forks City Council members on Monday formally rejected Mayor Brandon Bochenski s proposal to eventually make the head of each city department a contracted employee. 8:33 pm, May 3, 2021 ×
Grand Forks City Hall, 255 N. 4th St. Sam Easter / Grand Forks Herald
A week’s time and a second vote produced no new results at Grand Forks City Hall.
City Council members on Monday voted 4-3 against Mayor Brandon Bochenski’s proposal to ultimately make the head of each city department a contracted employee, rather than one whose job is spelled out in city code. Voting against the plan were council members Katie Dachtler, Bret Weber, Jeannie Mock and Ken Vein. Voting in favor were council members Danny Weigel and Kyle Kvamme, plus City Council President Dana Sande.
Ruling goes against a complaint made last year by the Grand Forks Herald. 5:09 pm, Apr. 19, 2021 ×
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem
North Dakota’s attorney general has found that Grand Forks City Hall officials did not violate the state’s open meeting laws when they met quietly last summer to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the Grand Forks Herald’s assertion to the contrary.
The newspaper in September complained to Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, claiming that the meetings were of a committee of a public entity as defined in North Dakota Century Code. The city claimed they were not public, and Stenehjem ultimately sided with the city.
Grand Forks County is about 50% of the way to herd immunity, but vaccine hesitancy could be a challenge
The number of people in northeastern North Dakota who indicated that they were unwilling to receive a COVID-19 vaccine could shrink the figurative pool of people Grand Forks County public health workers hope to vaccinate to achieve herd immunity. 9:35 pm, Apr. 19, 2021 ×
The large number of people who have said they are skeptical of a COVID-19 vaccine means Grand Forks County is approaching a ceiling of sorts as public health workers seek to achieve herd immunity.
A total of 21,368 county residents have been fully vaccinated as of Friday, April 16, according to data presented to Grand Forks City Council members on Monday. That’s more than halfway to the mark that public health workers believe they need to achieve herd immunity, which would mean the virus, in effect, runs out of room to spread.
(Grand Forks, ND) Some good news for those looking for an even easier way to get COVID-19 vaccinations in Grand Forks.
The City, along with Grand Forks Public Health and Altru are making the COVID-19 vaccine more accessible to the community by offering it at more locations.
At Altru, patients will be able to receive the vaccine at any primary care clinic location of their choosing, including at four clinics in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks beginning April 26th. To schedule an appointment for vaccination at one of these locations, click here or call the COVID Hotline at (701) 780-6358.