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.
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Grand Forks COVID gauge rises to high risk level
The elevation of the risk level comes after positive cases of the coronavirus trended up over the last week. The North Dakota Department of Health reported 23 new cases in Grand Forks County on Friday, April 9. 3:15 pm, Apr. 9, 2021 ×
Lab workers Marcia Wehe, left, and Sydney Kouba, process rapid coronavirus tests that yield results in 15 minutes. Adam Kurtz / Grand Forks Herald
After spending the last 23 days in the yellow “low risk” level, the Grand Forks Health Officer’s Dashboard,
Before reaching the yellow level on March 17, the dashboard remained in the low risk level for three weeks.
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Grand Forks County Commission denies request to lower taxes for department store
Grand Forks County Commissioners denied tax abatement for one property, granted it for two others, and set the date of April 12 for reopening county buildings to the general public. 8:13 pm, Mar. 16, 2021 ×
The Grand Forks County Office Building, photographed on Nov. 23, 2015. Photo by Nick Nelson/Grand Forks Herald
The Grand Forks County Commission denied a request to reduce the property value of a chain department store.
Commissioners, after a lengthy back-and-forth discussion with an attorney representing Kohl’s department store, on Tuesday unanimously rejected a request to reduce the 2018 full and true value of the property from just over $6.2 million to $3.7 million. Had the commission moved to lower the value of the property, taxes for the retailer would have been lowered for that year.