Coronavirus Updates: Tyson Foods Closes Its Largest Pork Plant Amid Iowa Outbreak
Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation's pork supply but had been devastated by a growing coronavirus outbreak.
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Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation's pork supply but had been devastated by a growing coronavirus outbreak.
SNAP aid for families experiencing food insecurity in Minnesota will increase, due to the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
The Minnesota Republican Party is moving its state convention online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
From more than 150 years, the White Earth Nation has gathered in northern Minnesota for an annual powwow celebration. However, this year's festivities are postponed due to concerns over COVID-19.
M Health Fairview is adding units dedicated to COVID-19 patients at its St. Joseph's and Southdale hospitals. When they open will depend on how quickly more people need specialized care.
Lisa Neuburger, an ICU nurse at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, has been living in a camper to protect her family from COVID-19.
Elected officials, from legislators to county sheriffs, are pushing back against Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers decision to extend the safer-at-home order to late May.
Here are the latest updates in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jennie-O/Hormel announced Tuesday evening that some employees at their Willmar turkey processing plant have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Minneapolis Fire Department was recently informed that one of their firefighters has tested positive for COVID-19.
The vast majority of Minnesota's COVID-19 deaths are cases associated with long-term care facilities, health officials said Tuesday as they focused attention on how the state is trying to protect some of its most vulnerable residents.
Last month the health department recommended that health care providers focus on testing hospitalized patients, health care workers, and people in long term care facilities.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it approved the first authorized at-home coronavirus test.
A northern Minnesota paper mill is temporarily closing because of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. UPM Blandin cites market forces for shutting down its Grand Rapids mill. The company did not provide exact details of the shutdown, but a representative from Teamsters Local 346 tells WDIO-TV the closure is expected to last about two weeks.
For the first time in six days, Minnesota's number of new COVID-19 cases came in below 100.
