MDH: Minnesota's COVID Contact Tracer Backlog Averaging 5,000 Cases Per Day

The Minnesota Department of Health says state and county contract tracers are struggling to keep up with how fast COVID-19 is spreading.

• Nov 12, 2020

Minnesota State Sen. David Senjem Tests Positive For COVID

Minnesota State Sen. David Senjem has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Senate Republican Caucus.

• Nov 12, 2020

COVID Cases Also Surging In Minnesota Schools, Prompting Rollbacks

The new report that came out this morning shows that Minnesota schools from Nov. 1 to Nov. 7 had over 750 COVID-19 cases reported. That number was between 100 and just over 300 in September.

• Nov 12, 2020

Minnesota Weather: Quick-Hitting, Narrow Band Of Snow Visits State

A quick-hitting and narrow band of snow moved across Minnesota, dropping up to 3 inches in some areas.

• Nov 12, 2020

St. Cloud Prison Remains On Lockdown As COVID Infects More Than 50% Of Inmates

335 of the prison's 623 inmates have the disease as of Thursday, as do 59 staff members, who are quarantining at home.

• Nov 12, 2020

Faces Of COVID: Fmr. Fairway Foods President Norman Feske Dies At 86

From a grocery wholesale company to video stores in gas stations, a Minnesota man had the vision to think outside the box in business.

• Nov 12, 2020

Minnesota State Patrol Looks To Hire More Women And People Of Color

Increasing traffic deaths and crime has the Minnesota State Patrol looking to get more troopers on the road.

• Nov 12, 2020

Data Suggests Obesity Increases Risk Of COVID

Dr. Hensrud says research also suggests that obesity doubles your risk of hospitalization with COVID-19. And it increases your risk from dying of COVID-19 by about 50%.

• Nov 12, 2020

Special Session Ends With GOP Not Voting To End Gov. Walz's Emergency Powers

Republicans say they do agree with the governor that the situation is serious, but they still don't agree with his use of the powers.

• Nov 12, 2020

Robert Baker Charged In Fatal Shooting Outside Eagan Hotel

A 29-year-old man from St. Paul has been charged in connection to the fatal shooting of Maurice Antonio Anderson outside and Eagan hotel on Monday.

• Nov 12, 2020

TCF Bank Stadium Evacuated After Bomb Threat

• Nov 12, 2020

Three Western Wisconsin UW Campuses To Transition To Remote Learning After Thanksgiving

Three western Wisconsin regional UW campuses will move to distance learning after Thanksgiving due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the surrounding areas.

• Nov 12, 2020

Man Fatally Shot Outside Eagan Hotel Identified As Maurice Anderson

Authorities have identified the man fatally shot in the head Monday night outside an extended stay hotel in Eagan.

• Nov 12, 2020

18-Year-Old Killed Amid Attempted Robbery In Uptown Identified

An attempted robbery in south Minneapolis on Sunday night ended with a man suffering a fatal gunshot wound.

• Nov 12, 2020

11 More Free COVID Testing Sites Opening Next Week; Mail-In Test Program Now Statewide

Minnesota continues to aggressively expand testing as COVID-19 cases surge across the state.

• Nov 12, 2020

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