2. City of Fargo extends mask mandate
Signage along NP Avenue in downtown Fargo encourages metro residents to wear masks. Fargo city commissioners met in a special session on Wednesday, Feb. 17, and voted 3-1 to extend the city s mask mandate through March 22. David Samson/The Forum
Fargo City Commissioners met in special session Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 17, and voted 3-1 to extend the city s mask mandate through March 22.
The mandate, which went into effect on Oct. 19, has been effective in reducing cases of COVID-19, according to Chelsey Matter, president of the Fargo Cass Public Health Board of Health, who recently told city commissioners in a letter that they should extend the mask mandate beyond its expiration date of Thursday, Feb. 18.