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Minneapolis school board signs off on district restructure
Officials voted 6-3 Tuesday on a plan to redraw attendance boundary lines for Minneapolis public schools. The vote comes after weeks of discussion and hours of passionate public testimony about the controversial proposal that moves around 14 percent of students to new schools.
Volunteers deliver thousands of masks to Hennepin Healthcare
The masks are being distributed to emergency room patients and nonmedical staff at Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The 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.
As Minnesota retailers reopen, they're navigating a new way of doing business
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.
May 11 update on COVID-19 in MN: 13 more deaths; stay-at-home decisions loom
Minnesota’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 PPE
A 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 578
Minnesota 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.
This summer — for the first time in more than 90 years — there won't be an American Legion baseball season in Minnesota.