Blood donations down more than usual this summer, Red Cross makes plea
The American Red Cross says we have a problem. Mandy Gaither reports on how you can help.
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The American Red Cross says we have a problem. Mandy Gaither reports on how you can help.
In St. Paul, Minnesotans rolled up their sleeves and outstretched their arms to give blood at a time when the Red Cross says nationwide supply is at a 10-year low.
At one of the Red Cross donation sites in Bloomington, they say some of their most common donors are frontline healthcare workers, who are seeing this shortage firsthand.
The American Red Cross is urgently looking for more volunteers as it continues to assist thousands of people whose lives were uprooted by massive disasters.
Two weeks ago, the state's blood supply was short. But when the Red Cross put out a call for help, Minnesotans stepped up.
"This damage and the partial collapse of the structure made it impossible to access and identify the exact point of origin."
Less than a block away from U.S. Bank Stadium, 75 adults that were displaced in the fire are staying at First Covenant Church.
A total of 250 people were staying at the Drake Hotel, which had hotel rooms, apartments and an overflow shelter for people transitioning out of homelessness.
More than 250 people are without a home after that devastating fire in downtown Minneapolis that burned for about 32 hours.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says Polk County, Wisconsin residents can find relief from recent storms at the Red Cross Shower Facility and Water Distribution Center.
Sixty-eight Minnesotans who are volunteers for the Red Cross are down in the flood zone trying to help care for the thousands who have been forced out of their homes by Hurricane Florence.
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Fourteen adults and six children have been displaced following a fire in South St. Paul early Thursday morning.
A Twin Cities police officer used to helping others through their toughest moments, needed lifesaving help herself.
While many Americans just learned of Zika virus within the last few weeks, it has spread fast to 29 countries. Fifty Americans have returned to the U.S. infected with the virus.
Calling all donors! The Red Cross needs your help. This time of year, the Red Cross' supply of blood and platelet donations tends to drop.
Parts of the Midwest are reeling from rare December rainfall. The water is rising to near record level, prompting mandatory evacuations in Missouri and Illinois.
Two Minnesotans are traveling to South Carolina with the Red Cross to help with disaster relief efforts.
Crews battled a big fire in Minneapolis Wednesday night.
Authorities say residents were safely evacuated from a burning apartment building in Duluth. Firefighters were on the scene of the fire for about three hours Tuesday night.
We Minnesotans are some of the most generous people in the country. So, let's put that skill to work!
A three-day fundraiser at a Minneapolis restaurant raised a huge chunk of money for people on the other side of the world.
Eastern Minnesota authorities say no one was injured in a duplex fire that displaced 15 people over the weekend. The St. Paul Fire Department says the Sunday blaze started after oil was left cooking on a hot stove.
Minnesota's Nepalese community is raising money to aid for victims of Saturday's massive earthquake in Nepal. The estimated magnitude 7.8 quake struck a heavily populated area, including the capital, Kathmandu.
