Edina School District Returns To Class With COVID Protocols
It's the first day of school for some students, many who haven't been back in-person since last year's pandemic.
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It's the first day of school for some students, many who haven't been back in-person since last year's pandemic.
Only 44% of students were proficient in math, down 11 percentage points from 2019, and 53% were proficient in reading, down 7 points from two years ago. Students didn't take the tests last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health officials on Friday reported 1,912 more COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths, as the seven-day average positivity rate creeps up to 6.2%.
Should I eat inside at a restaurant? Should my kids wear a mask? Should I go to the State Fair? Every day, we're making decisions with COVID on the mind.
Hundreds of students in Albert Lea Area Schools are in quarantine after three dozen people tested positive for COVID-19 in the first five days of the school year.
he matchup against the University of St. Francis was set to be UST's first as a Division I football program, and its first game since the start of the pandemic.
There are two new locations in the Twin Cities metro area. In St. Paul, the Roy Wilkins Auditorium is reopening as a COVID-19 testing site. And in Bloomington, a site is opening at the former DMV on Logan Avenue South.
Rodgers said "a lot of research" went into his decision to get vaccinated.
Minneapolis' flagship theater is joining the growing list of venues that will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to attend performances.
Overall, the latest figures of those hospitalized show 165 Minnesotans in ICU with COVID, compared to fewer than 20 about six weeks ago. So far, 642,288 have tested positive for COVID in Minnesota since the start of the pandemic, and there have been 7,793 deaths.
Hospital ICU bed capacity in the Twin Cities is above 97%. It's even more crowded outside intensive care units.
Just hours before the opening of the Great Minnesota Get-Together, vendors were preparing for the crowds.
The policy goes into effect Sept. 20, when the orchestra's season begins.
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said the team's talk with infectious disease expert Dr. Michael Osterholm about the COVID-19 vaccine was "a great meeting," though that's about all he said.
According to the latest figures from the Minnesota Department of Health, 97.5% of ICU beds in the metro area are currently in use. The situation is almost as bad in southeastern Minnesota, where only eight beds are still open.
While a number of music venues are requiring proof of vaccination for concert-goers, that's not the case at Mystic Lake Casino.
Minnesota is bringing its $100 COVID-19 vaccine incentive program to the Great Minnesota Get-Together.
As debates over masks and vaccines mark the beginning of a new school year, one Minnesota family is opening up about their heartbreaking loss from the pandemic.
According to MDH, 98% of Minnesota is in the high transmission category.
"I'm not going to be intimidated. Even though I don't want to pick a fight with the Legislature, I'm going to stand my ground. ... I'm still a strong Republican. I just put my Republican bonafides aside when I run the university. I've got the right and the authority and the responsibility to do what's necessary to keep the universities open."
The office of a Wisconsin lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of vaccine and mask mandates declined to update his condition on Tuesday, even as a fellow legislator asked for prayers, saying the state senator was hospitalized with COVID-19-induced pneumonia.
Jill Hasday, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, believes vaccine mandates will become more prevalent in businesses following the Pfizer vaccine approval.
Low Cut Connie was scheduled to play Saturday evening as part of The Current's Music On-A-Stick show.
Hours after the FDA granted full approval for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, Minnesota health officials reported Monday 1,673 more cases of the virus and seven more deaths. Meanwhile, health care leaders in the state are struggling with the recent surge brought on by the Delta variant.
As Minnesota hospital beds continue to fill up, the strain on the system is affecting both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.
