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Yes, you can take your kids for a walk

With schools around the country closing for two weeks or more, parents and caregivers face a stiff challenge: Keep kids active, engaged — and as safe as possible. We've got a few suggestions.
by Elizabeth Blair

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In Little Falls, bus drivers bring meals, smiles to home-bound students

In Little Falls, bus drivers bring meals, smiles to home-bound students

Schools across Minnesota shut their doors this week amid the COVID-19 outbreak, and districts are scrambling to provide meals to students who depend on them. Little Falls is one of several districts using bus drivers to deliver breakfast and lunch to school-age children.
by Kirsti Marohn

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MN's schools closed for learning, but open for emergency personnel child care, planning

MN's schools closed for learning, but open for emergency personnel child care, planning

Most states in the country have or are planning to close schools to slow the spread of COVID-19. Minnesota’s governor — a former teacher — is instructing districts to open their doors to the children of health care and emergency workers.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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In moment of coronavirus, Duluth distillery turns spirits into sanitizer

In moment of coronavirus, Duluth distillery turns spirits into sanitizer

Tucked away in the back of the Vikre Distillery building, past the empty cocktail room and copper stills and fermenters, the company has set up its makeshift hand sanitizer production area.
by Dan Kraker

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Coronavirus' economic impact will be felt widely, but unevenly

Coronavirus' economic impact will be felt widely, but unevenly

Few sectors will escape economic pain from the coronavirus outbreak. Some economists, however, are hopeful things can return to normal by the end of the year.
by Martin Moylan

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Advice from France to avoid ibuprofen for COVID-19 leaves experts baffled

Advice from France to avoid ibuprofen for COVID-19 leaves experts baffled

A weekend tweet by France's health minister suggesting ibuprofen might exacerbate COVID-19 doesn't have strong evidence behind it, say the WHO and other infectious disease doctors and researchers.
by Maria Godoy

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Frustration and questions among some who are still in the workplace

Frustration and questions among some who are still in the workplace

While many Minnesotans are now working from home in the effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, a lot of people are still required to go to a place of employment. And many of them express their concerns.
by Euan Kerr

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