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Minnesota News

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Nov. 20 update on COVID-19 in MN: 6,800 new cases, 68 deaths; hospitalizations climb

Nov. 20 update on COVID-19 in MN: 6,800 new cases, 68 deaths; hospitalizations climb

The newest numbers come a day after state officials and hospital system executives warned the surge is putting a heavy strain on care workers. The health care system is getting “perilously close” to being overwhelmed, one CEO said.
by MPR News Staff

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CentraCare to make Sauk Centre a COVID-19 hospital

CentraCare to make Sauk Centre a COVID-19 hospital

Central Minnesota’s largest health care provider announced Thursday it will designate its hospital in Sauk Centre to care exclusively for patients with COVID-19.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Restaurants, gyms on the verge of COVID-19 closure worry about employees

Restaurants, gyms on the verge of COVID-19 closure worry about employees

“It sounds really bad, but it’s like mom and dad getting divorced and you’re that kid just sitting there saying what’s going to happen to us. That’s what we feel like,” said one Minneapolis chef.
by Matt Sepic

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ChangeMakers: Brenda and Benay Child, channeling Ojibwe pride from one generation to the next

ChangeMakers: Brenda and Benay Child, channeling Ojibwe pride from one generation to the next

University of Minnesota history professor Brenda Child says her mother taught her to be proud of her Red Lake Ojibwe heritage, something she strives to pass on to her two children. Daughter Benay Child, 20, is taking that love of Ojibwe stories and language to create art and better connect with her ancestors. 
by Christine T. Nguyen

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Nov. 19 update on COVID-19 in MN: 'Dire' conditions threaten to overwhelm care system

Nov. 19 update on COVID-19 in MN: 'Dire' conditions threaten to overwhelm care system

State health leaders say the system is under enormous strain now as COVID-19 sideline health workers as cases skyrocket. “Don’t call health workers heroes if you can’t put a piece of cloth or paper over your face to protect them,” one Minnesota health system executive said Thursday.
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Art Hounds: New play creates space for empathy, virtually

Art Hounds: New play creates space for empathy, virtually

This week: the Empathy Project from Full Circle Theater, All My Relations Arts’ “Bring Her Home: Sacred Womxn of Resistance” exhibit, and Strike Theater’s One Minute Film Festival.
by Emily Bright

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As COVID surges, Minnesota dials it back. Here’s what you need to know

As COVID surges, Minnesota dials it back. Here’s what you need to know

As Minnesota’s COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Gov. Tim Walz has laid out new restrictions for the next four weeks, including a prohibition on social gatherings with people outside the same household. Here’s what else you need to know about the new rules.
by Sara Porter and Dan Kraker

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Majority of MPCA advisory group resigns in protest of agency’s Line 3 decision

Majority of MPCA advisory group resigns in protest of agency’s Line 3 decision

Twelve out of 17 members of an environmental justice group that advises the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency have resigned in protest of the agency’s decision last week to grant a key water quality permit to the controversial Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project. 
by Dan Kraker

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