The change represents the number of new cases last week in comparison to three weeks ago for a two-week increase of 316%. Grand Forks County has only had four deaths in that amount of time, which Dulitz said was on par with deaths during the delta variant outbreak, as well as the numbers seen during most of fall 2021.
The commission will include Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals Executive Director Katherine Kester, Grand Forks EDC Director of Business Development Brandon Bambauch, Korsmo Trucking co-owner Dave Korsmo, Grand Forks/East Grand Forks Chamber President and CEO Barry Wilfahrt, Drees Farming Association General Manager Robert (Bob) Drees, City Council member Kyle Kvamme and County Commission members Bob Rost and Tom Falck.