Excitement Surrounds Return Of Youth, H.S. Sports, But Some Question Mask Requirements
The MDH released new guidelines on Monday that will require athletes to wear masks during practice and games.
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The MDH released new guidelines on Monday that will require athletes to wear masks during practice and games.
Minnesota health officials on Tuesday reported 988 additional COVID-19 cases as testing slows during the holidays. Thirty-six more deaths were also reported.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Attorney General Keith Ellison's Office on Monday announced legal actions being made against three restaurants that they say have violated executive orders restricting indoor dining.
As 2020 comes to a close, WCCO asked three economists to share their insights on how the economy is doing.
COVID-19 cases are coming down dramatically in Minnesota after health officials called the state a hotspot last month.
Minnesota health officials released new guidance on Monday allowing high school athletics and other youth sports to resume games and scrimmages on Jan. 14, with masks required in some sports.
Staff members have worked with the state for weeks to try to organize this vaccine clinic so it all runs smoothly.
During the week of Christmas, the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered to some residents in long-term care facilities.
A majority of inmates at the Sandstone federal correctional facility have contracted COVID-19.
People living and working in Minnesota's long-term care facilities will begin to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Monday.
Fogerty Arena in Blaine, which is the home ice for Blaine and Spring Lake Park's hockey teams and curling leagues, put out a call for help in a "Save Fogerty" campaign video asking for donations to keep the arena afloat while it's shut down during a traditional time to hit the ice.
Wisconsin health officials on Sunday reported 2,287 positive tests for the coronavirus in the last day, lifting the total number of confirmed cases to 470,818.
Minnesota health officials reported Sunday 2,534 more cases of COVID-19 in the state and 40 more deaths. The Minnesota Department of Health says the numbers released included figures from both Friday and Saturday, making up for a break over the Christmas holiday.
The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 2,170 more cases and 57 more deaths Saturday.
States in the northern stretches of the Midwest and Great Plains saw the nation's worst rates of coronavirus infections in the weeks before Thanksgiving.
The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting just over 1,900 new COVID-19 cases and 79 more deaths on Christmas Eve. With the updated numbers, the state has now breached 5,000 deaths.
A national delay in some shipments of the Moderna vaccine will hit some Minnesota providers, and blizzard conditions could further complicate the shipping glitch.
The spry 100-year-old Bill Gamble is a retired agriculturalist living at EagleCrest in Roseville.
Alibi Drinkery became the center of the debate over Walz's ban on indoor gathering and dining at bars and restaurants, due to video surfacing showing the bar filled with people, many without masks.
Minnesota nursing home residents began receiving doses of the newly approved Moderna vaccine this week as the state prioritizes the high-risk population in its vaccination rollout plan.
More than 4,000 frontline health care workers in Minnesota have already received their first coronavirus vaccinations, and the state expects to have received nearly 250,000 doses from the two approved manufacturers by the end of the month, officials said Tuesday.
The Save Our Stages Act will provide grants that do not have to be repayed, based on 45% of a club's 2019 revenues, and up to $10 million.
A virtual hearing was held Tuesday morning for a Lakeville bar that opened last week in defiance of Gov. Tim Walz's executive order halting indoor dining.
As daily new COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations continue to trend downwards in Minnesota, health officials reported Tuesday 1,714 more cases of the virus and 24 more deaths.
Gov. Tim Walz and Department of Health officials are planning to provide an update Tuesday on how COVID-19 vaccinations are being distributed in Minnesota.
