Play4min 37sec‘We can’t even say goodbye’: Judge lost to COVID-19 remembered for wit, compassionMay 13, 2020 4:00 AMBy Kirsti MarohnAs a rural lawyer and judge, Steven Anderson never sought the limelight. On April 17, he became the first Mille Lacs County resident to die from the coronavirus.
Volunteers deliver thousands of masks to Hennepin HealthcareMay 12, 2020 3:23 PMBy Brandt WilliamsThe masks are being distributed to emergency room patients and nonmedical staff at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Play4min 18secMay 12 update on COVID-19 in MN: 614 dead; full 'battle plan' may take weeksMay 12, 2020 5:30 AMBy MPR News StaffThe latest numbers come as Gov. Tim Walz nears a decision nears this week on whether to extend his stay-at-home order in some form beyond Monday.
Three teens charged in attack at St. Paul light rail stationMay 11, 2020 5:54 PMBy Nina MoiniThe Ramsey County Attorney’s Office said Monday that a Metro Transit Police Department investigation found no indication that an attack last week against a woman at a St. Paul light rail station was racially motivated.
Play4min 17secAs Minnesota retailers reopen, they're navigating a new way of doing businessMay 11, 2020 8:00 AMBy Lauren Rosenthal Monday marks one week since many “nonessential” retailers in Minnesota were allowed to reopen — with limitations. Those stores and service providers had to take safety precautions and minimize their contact with customers, navigating a new way of doing business.
Play4min 51secMay 11 update on COVID-19 in MN: 13 more deaths; stay-at-home decisions loomMay 11, 2020 5:00 AMBy MPR News StaffMinnesota’s COVID-19 toll marched on Monday, with the Health Department reporting 591 deaths and 453 people currently hospitalized. Gov. Tim Walz must decide this week whether to extend or modify his stay-home order, or let it expire.
Nurses plan march to Capitol to demand more access to PPEMay 10, 2020 5:02 PMBy Kirsti MarohnA union representing Minnesota nurses is planning a march in St. Paul to demand more personal protective equipment, after a nurse at United Hospital was fired for violating policy by wearing hospital-issued scrubs.
May 10 update on COVID-19 in MN: Death toll in Minnesota climbs to 578May 10, 2020 10:26 AMBy MPR News StaffMinnesota reported 20 more confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Sunday. The number of confirmed cases in the state has climbed past 11,000, while more than half of Minnesotans who've been diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered to the point where they no longer need to be in isolation.
Minnesota American Legion cancels 2020 baseball seasonMay 9, 2020 6:29 PMBy Hannah YangThis summer — for the first time in more than 90 years — there won't be an American Legion baseball season in Minnesota.
Play2min 00secMinnesotans lace up their sneakers for #IRunWithMaudMay 9, 2020 5:33 PMBy Evan FrostRunners across the country, including in Minnesota, laced up their shoes Friday to run exactly 2.23 miles to remember Ahmaud Arbery, the Georgia man killed while jogging near his home. He would have turned 26 Friday.