MN COVID-19 Cases Staying In Low Thousands
Minnesota's coronavirus cases continue to hover in the low thousands. On Thursday, the state department of health reported nearly 13-hundred new coronavirus cases and 32 new deaths. New cases, deaths, and hospitalizations are all down at least 25-percent over the [...]
Mankato Schools COVID Update (Jan. 22)
This week Mankato elementary students had a successful return to the hybrid learning model. Families are encouraged to continue to report their child’s illness to Health Services. Staff are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Staff [...]
Gov. Walz Releases Clean Energy Proposals
Governor Tim Walz is setting loftier goals for Minnesota when it comes to clean energy. Walz released a list of climate change proposals Thursday, which includes a proposal for Minnesota to have completely carbon-free energy by 2040. Minnesota lawmakers [...]
Snow Event Predicted For This Weekend
Much of central and southern Minnesota will see snow this weekend. The National Weather Service says areas from Brainerd to the south could see anywhere from one to six inches of snow Saturday through Sunday morning. A small area between [...]
MN passes 6,000 COVID deaths
The state Health Department is reporting 32 new deaths from COVID-19 and 1,292 new positive COVID-19 tests. So far, nearly 451,000 Minnesotans have tested positive. "Minnesota has now passed the sad threshold of 6,000 deaths since the start of this [...]
MN Senate Republicans repeat: No tax increases
No tax increases -- income, sales or gas tax -- Senate Republicans are repeating as they roll out their top priorities for the legislative session. Majority Leader Paul Gazelka says tax hikes are not necessary to plug an expected budget [...]
MN Senate Republicans want re-opening decisions to rest solely with school districts
Decisions on putting students back into the classroom would be made solely by local school boards and community leaders, under one of Minnesota Senate Republicans' top-priority bills that would dial back Governor Tim Walz's COVID emergency powers. Rochester Senator Carla [...]
Reopening MN businesses is on state Senate Republicans top-priority list
No surprise that re-opening Minnesota businesses are among top priorities for state Senate Republicans as they officially unveil their agenda for the 2021 legislative session. Senator Andrew Mathews from Milaca says his bill allows businesses with safety plans to re-open [...]
MDH offers COVID testing recommendations for students going back to school
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is updating its COVID-19 testing recommendations, focused primarily on young Minnesotans returning to schools, youth sports and extracurricular activities. "The bottom line is, that's a lot of new folks engaging with people they had [...]
