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COVID-19 cases already closing some Minnesota school buildings
Just three weeks into the start of the academic year, COVID-19 is already changing learning scenarios for Minnesota students, teachers and schools. District administrators say further changes are not a matter of “if,” but “when.”
Invasive vine not reported in North America since 1958 turns up in central Minnesota
An invasive vine not reported in North America for more than 60 years turned up this summer in a small central Minnesota city — a discovery that has local and state officials puzzled as they work to eradicate the plants.
State launches ‘barrier-free’ COVID-19 testing push
State health officials are holding coronavirus mass testing events this week in Grand Rapids, Waseca, Pine City and St. Paul — the first step in a monthlong push to increase testing to try to help slow the community spread of COVID-19.
Native American farm's growth helps to feed community
Dream of Wild Health decided to expand to feed people struggling in the pandemic and produced more than one ton of vegetables, fruit and other goods for donation to people in the Indigenous community.
152-year-old landmark Lanesboro Dam gets a makeover
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Thursday to celebrate the rehabilitation of the Lanesboro Dam, a project that’s been in the works for a decade
Sept. 23 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospital, ICU beds starting to fill again
With hospitalizations and intensive care counts rising, health leaders again implored Minnesotans to do the right things to stem the spread. “We are in a pandemic and we have to pull together to make it through,” the state’s epidemiologist said Wednesday.
APMG president to step down amid calls for racial and gender equity
Jon McTaggart’s decision comes on the same day a group of MPR and APM employees wrote an open letter to listeners and audiences describing a lack of faith in senior leaders. It said the company has “fostered a harmful working environment for women and journalists of color” over its 53-year history.