Coronavirus In Minnesota: Gov. Walz Announces Arrival Of $1B In Federal Relief Funds
The state of Minnesota received half of the $2.1 billion allotted from the federal government's Coronavirus Relief Fund on Wednesday.
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The state of Minnesota received half of the $2.1 billion allotted from the federal government's Coronavirus Relief Fund on Wednesday.
Here are the latest updates in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is suing to release inmates endangered by COVID-19 at Moose Lake prison in northern Minnesota.
The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in South Dakota has surpassed 1,100, and more than half of those cases have some connection to the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls.
More than 450,000 Minnesotans have applied for unemployment benefits, and the state has said that 90% of those cases have been processed smoothly. But there are others who tell WCCO their benefits applications have not been processed smoothly.
With doors closed and more carry-out and curbside services, meat suppliers are forced to change their business models as well.
Concerts are canceled and arenas are empty - so what should we do with those tickets we still have?
Metro Transit is enforcing bus limitations that will take effect Thursday, April 16 to allow for better social distancing practices.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the production and use of a low-cost ventilator created by a team at the University of Minnesota.
Minnesota health officials say there are now 1,809 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, up 114 from Tuesday's 1,695. There have also been eight more deaths reported.
Within one day of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz requesting 5,000 COVID-19 tests per day before the state can start reopening businesses, a top Mayo Clinic doctor said his team can meet that capacity, and then some.
In an op-ed in The New York Times on Wednesday, the Minnesota senator pointed out that the president requested an absentee ballot in his adopted state of Florida so he could vote by mail.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was awarded $125 million on Monday from the CARES Act to cover operational costs.
A northwestern Wisconsin woman is due in court on charges in the death of a man who fell from the top of her moving pickup truck.
Though the visitor center was originally scheduled to reopen on April 13, it will remain closed until further notice. The Fairy Falls Day Use Area, near Stillwater, Minnesota, is also closed to the public.
