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No emergency yet, New Rockford City Commissioners decided Monday

With no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the city and the potential for spring flooding weighing on officials’ minds, the New Rockford City Commission decided not to declare a state of emergency at its regular meeting on Monday, April 6.

Convening via teleconference, members took a “wait and see” approach, citing that the small amount of local funds available should only be used where appropriate an...