As COVID Restrictions Relax, MDH Updates Testing Guidance That Focuses On Young Students
The Minnesota Department of Health is updating COVID-19 testing guidance as more students are returning to classrooms and youth sports.
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The Minnesota Department of Health is updating COVID-19 testing guidance as more students are returning to classrooms and youth sports.
In addition to reigning in government spending, Senate Republicans say they are going to focus on blocking the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency from implementing emissions standards from California.
Urging that climate change must be addressed now, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on Thursday announced a set of policy proposals that they say will lead the state to 100% clean energy in the state's electricity sector by 2040.
Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling for "full accountability" for former President Donald Trump and others in positions of power who played a role in sparking the deadly violence at the Capitol earlier this month.
Authorities say 63-year-old Alpha Lyons' last-known location was the 2200 block of North 6th Street in Minneapolis at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
The state's COVID-19 vaccine pilot program sites opened on Thursday, allowing older Minnesotans to get the first of two vaccine doses at nine sites across the state.
In November, she said she was walking away from it all because it didn't align with her faith and future goals. She also resigned as an Ambassador for UNICEF.
State officials say Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped slightly last month as more Minnesotans left the workforce and the state shed nearly 50,000 jobs amid the tightened COVID-19 restrictions.
Minnesota has breached 450,000 total reported COVID-19 cases and 6,000 total deaths Thursday as the state's vaccine pilot program begins administering doses to those eligible.
At about 7 a.m. Wednesday, officers were summoned to an assault in progress near 3rd Street North and 11th Avenue North.
The mayor of Minneapolis said Thursday the city has reached a settlement with the operators of the Target Center to help pay for the cost of hosting President Donald Trump's rally in October 2019.
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill has denied a motion to re-join the trial of Derek Chauvin with three other former officers accused in his death.
Minnesota has been placed among the top 10 safest states during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent ranking.
One driver was killed and another seriously injured in a head-on crash Wednesday evening in central Minnesota.
