Brooklyn Park Joins Growing List Of Minnesota Cities Requiring Masks In City Buildings
The city said the requirement will go into effect for employees Friday, while the public will be required to wear masks starting Tuesday.
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The city said the requirement will go into effect for employees Friday, while the public will be required to wear masks starting Tuesday.
As doctors and public health officials try to battle the current surge, there's word "things are going to get worse" with a new more potent variant -- the Delta plus.
There's still a lot of information to track as the Delta variant surges in the state and across the country. So we're asking an expert, Dr. George Morris of CentraCare, some questions during this stage of the pandemic.
The district said the mandate "runs until further notice" and that a final decision for the school year will be announced by Aug. 24.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit communities of color the hardest, particularly the Black community, which has extremely low vaccination figures and disproportionately high hospitalization rates.
HealthPartners is joining other large health care systems in Minnesota in requiring that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Minneapolis Public Schools is now going to require face masks for all students, staff and visitors starting Monday, as concerns continue to grow surrounding the Delta variant's spread in Minnesota.
Hospitalizations continue to grow in Minnesota as more counties move into the CDC categorizations of "high" or "substantial" risk for the spread of COVID-19.
Some of the Minnesota's largest districts will also offer some sort of virtual learning option -- but it's not a state requirement to do so.
WCCO went to the Washington County Fair to see how it's operating and how fairgoers feel about the Great Minnesota Get-Together.
The College of St. Benedict and St. John's University said students returning for fall semester will need at least one vaccine dose by Aug. 26.
For the week ending July 29, there were 72,000 cases of COVID-19 in kids under 18. The week before, there were 40,000 cases.
U.S. Bancorp is delaying the return of most employees to its downtown Minneapolis offices.
Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer said he expects Kirk Cousins back at training camp Thursday after the starting quarterback was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list earlier this week.
A Minnesota Vikings legend is urging the NFL's unvaccinated players to get the shot.
