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Possible spring COVID surge? Mayo infectious disease expert shares insights

Possible spring COVID surge? Mayo infectious disease expert shares insights

When you look around, it would appear that many people think the pandemic is over. Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious disease expert at Mayo Clinic, says that’s “a deadly and wrong assumption.”
by Cathy Wurzer and Julia Franz

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Twin Cities mosque bombers get more than 14 years in prison

Twin Cities mosque bombers get more than 14 years in prison

Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris had previously pleaded guilty to bombing the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington in 2017. McWhorter allegedly told police he wanted to scare Muslims from the country.
by Matt Sepic

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Coming back to America: U.S.-born children who return from parent's native country face unique hardships

Coming back to America: U.S.-born children who return from parent's native country face unique hardships

Data on how many U.S. citizen children return to a deported parent’s native country is hard to come by. Jordi Garcia Leal is one of an unknown number of young people who decide to return to the U.S.
by Vicki Adame

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Judge reveals three officers charged in Floyd killing recently rejected plea deals

Judge reveals three officers charged in Floyd killing recently rejected plea deals

Judge Peter Cahill revealed during a pre-trial hearing that prosecutors had offered the defendants plea deals in late March, but that none had accepted the deals. Details of the plea offers are being kept confidential by the court.
by Jon Collins

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New book puts history of racial exclusion in Minnesota in 'plain view'

New book puts history of racial exclusion in Minnesota in 'plain view'

For "Whiteness in Plain View: A History of Racial Exclusion in Minnesota," Chad Montrie, a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, researched how white Minnesotans used legal and illegal means to prevent people of color from coming to the state, to drive them out or segregate them. 
by Brandt Williams

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Longer days of classes begin for Minneapolis Public Schools

Longer days of classes begin for Minneapolis Public Schools

Monday is the first day of the new schedule, with an extra 42 minutes being added to each school day as part of a plan to make up 15 days of instructional time lost during the educators' strike in March.
by MPR News Staff

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Duluth on the hunt for summer lifeguards

Duluth on the hunt for summer lifeguards

The city of Duluth and the Duluth Area Family YMCA are struggling to recruit lifeguards to staff the Park Point beach on Lake Superior this summer. Duluth’s struggles are part of a larger nationwide lifeguard shortage that have hit communities in the Twin Cities and beyond.
by Dan Kraker

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COVID cases rise slowly in Minnesota

COVID cases rise slowly in Minnesota

Minnesota ranks 18th in COVID-19 vaccination rate, but 2nd in rate of the percentage of those who are vaccinated who’ve gotten at least one booster.
by Craig Helmstetter and Elisabeth Gawthrop

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‘A lot at risk’: Expanded Willmar lab plays key role in tracking bird flu

‘A lot at risk’: Expanded Willmar lab plays key role in tracking bird flu

The Minnesota Poultry Testing Lab is located in Kandiyohi County for a reason. It’s surrounded by chicken and turkey farms that help make Minnesota one of the top poultry producers in the nation.
by Kirsti Marohn

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