Coronavirus News In MN: Latest COVID-19 Headlines From April 29, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Vice President Mike Pence returned to Minnesota Tuesday to tour Rochester's Mayo Clinic to learn about a new coronavirus testing partnership. It didn't happen without a bit of controversy. For national updates, follow CBS News' live blog.

• 8:37 p.m.: Great Wolf Lodge announces it will donate free hotel rooms to nurses between May 4 to May 12.
• 5:06 p.m.: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announces he is suing another landlord for attempting to illegally evict a tenant in Roseville.
• 5:05 p.m.: 300+ members of the Wisconsin National Guard are conducting mobile COVID-19 testing at sites throughout the state.
• 5:03 p.m.:  Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for PPE and hazard pay for frontline workers after death of Armando Solis, a janitor at U.S. Bank Plaza in Minneapolis who passed away after contracting COVID-19
• 3:27 p.m.: Wisconsin health officials say there are now 6,520 positive COVID-19 cases; 308 people have died.
• 3:26 p.m.: Hennepin County Jail reports nine total positive COVID-19 cases.
• 3:25 p.m.: Gov. Walz signs executive order 20-47 clarifying application of executive order 20-33 on encampment enforcement.
• 3:14 p.m.: Twin Cities Veg Fest officially postponed to 2021, organizers say.
• 2:40 p..m.: The City of Minneapolis has awarded $200,000 to community providers from the COVID-19 Emergency Mental Health Fund.
• 2:32 p.m.: The Minnesota Twins just announced ticket policies for April home games impacted by the pandemic.
• 12:23 p.m.: Crooners Supper Club to launch new Lakeside Drive-In Concert Series in May.
• 12:00 p.m.: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is visiting Worthington, home of the JBS meat processing plant, a day after President Donald Trump ordered all meat plants to stay open.
• 11:45 a.m.: Best Buy to offer new in-store consultations in May.
• 11:00 a.m.: The Minnesota Health Department says there are now 4,644 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state. The death toll has climbed 319.
• 9:23 a.m.: City Council in St. Michael directs the city to reopen playgrounds Wednesday.
• 8:22 a.m.: Costco announces that all members and guests will be required to wear a mask or face covering starting May 4.
• 8:00 a.m.: The U.S. economy, which began 2020 riding the crest of a record-long expansion, is now officially in free-fall.
• 7:35 a.m.: Woodbury's Urgency Room will now test all patients with non-life-threatening symptoms of COVID-19, not only essential workers.
• 5:30 a.m.: In the global race to find a vaccine, Oxford University just jumped way ahead of the pack. Human testing is already underway, and scientists say they're hopeful a coronavirus vaccine will be widely available by September.
• 5 a.m.: The U.S. coronavirus death toll is on course to hit 60,000 in the next 24 hours. Already COVID-19 has claimed more American lives than the Vietnam War.
• Yesterday: Check all of the headlines for Tuesday right here.

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