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With less than 72 hours to pivot, Owatonna bars and restaurants are rushing to deplete their beer inventory before they lock their doors for the one month beginning Friday night.
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With the number of COVID cases skyrocketing, Gov. Tim Walz has announced tough new restrictions, limiting bars and restaurants to take out for at least four weeks and closing fitness centers.
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With the number of COVID cases skyrocketing, Gov. Tim Walz has announced tough new restrictions, limiting bars and restaurants to take out for at least four weeks and closing fitness centers.
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With the number of COVID cases skyrocketing, Gov. Tim Walz has announced tough new restrictions, limiting bars and restaurants to take out for at least four weeks and closing fitness centers.
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As the COVID-19 cases in Minnesota continue to climb at an accelerated rate, Allina Health has moved their visitor status to red, meaning no visitors will be allowed in the facilities with very limited exceptions.
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Stories. They matter. And, during a Monday afternoon press conference addressing COVID-19 in Minnesota, the powerful stories shared by Abbot Northwestern Hospital ICU nurse Kelly Anaas took this crisis down to a personal level.
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Waseca Public Schools will switch to COVID-19 status level red and distance learning for kindergarten through 12th grade beginning Monday, Nov. 30 due to rising COVID-19 cases in the county.
The month of November has wrought an unparalleled sp…
The drumbeat of worsening COVID-19 data hit another …
When Deb Purfeerst stood before the Rice County Boar…
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When Deb Purfeerst stood before the Rice County Board of Commissioners a mere four weeks ago, Rice County had registered nine COVID-19 related deaths.
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When Deb Purfeerst stood before the Rice County Board of Commissioners a mere four weeks ago, Rice County had registered nine COVID-19 related deaths.
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Minnesota nonprofits are seeing an increase in demand as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused uncertainty, job losses and food insecurity while traditional in-person fundraising efforts are curbed by the pandemic.
Minnesota nonprofits are seeing an increase in deman…
Minnesota nonprofits are seeing an increase in deman…
Minnesota nonprofits are seeing an increase in deman…
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Though nothing about the past year has been what would be considered “normal” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the mission of the Steele County Toys for Tots has held strong: every child deserves Christmas.
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The fall has come, and as Old Man Winter rears its head, COVID-19 is not dissipating. In fact, it’s seemingly spreading faster than ever, creating major challenges at nursing homes, filling up hospital beds and closing schools.
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Communities could have lost a good time and funding for crucial services following the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train’s cancellation this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the annual event will go virtual.
State health officials joined Gov. Tim Walz Monday t…
The drumbeat of rising COVID-19 caseloads, hospitali…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A registered nurse who cares for …
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The Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton school district has moved seventh through 12th grades to distance learning due to a staff shortage caused by quarantines.
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COVID-19 continues to rage in Minnesota, pushing hospitalizations and deaths higher.
The Republican majority leader of the Minnesota Senate has tested positive for COVID-19, and is facing calls from the DFL minority to resign his leadership post over his handling of a COVID outbreak affecting the GOP caucus.
Following the lead of City Administrator Tim Murray …
Despite some mild temperatures predicted for early n…
While cities in Steele County have been able to use …
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Minnesota’s COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage unabated.
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A fifth Steele County resident has died of COVID-19 as local numbers continue to rise at a rapid rate.
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COVID-19 cases continue to rapidly increase in Rice County as the entire state and nation sees a dangerous increase in cases and virus-related deaths.
COVID-19 cases continue to rapidly increase in Rice …
COVID-19 cases continue to rapidly increase in Rice …
Le Sueur-Henderson School District’s remaining fall …
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As COVID-19 cases throughout the region skyrocket, Faribault Public Schools on Wednesday morning announced a district-wide shift to distance learning beginning next week.
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With the number of COVID-19 cases rising dramatically across the state and five deaths reported locally just today, Faribault is joining the state of Minnesota in pulling back from some of its measures to reopen the state.
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Nicollet County Health and Human Services and the Minnesota Department of Health will offer free COVID-19 testing on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the St. Peter Community Center. Testing is free and available to anyone who wants to be tested.
While pandemic cases continue to rise locally and st…
The Health Department on Wednesday reported 56 more …
As COVID-19 cases reach new peaks in Nicollet County…
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With just over $900,000 available to the city for pandemic-related costs in federal CARES Act funding, leaders are eyeing business relief.
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As COVID-19 cases in the community spike, Tri-City United students will be learning from home until next year.
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COVID-19 continues its grim November ascent. State health officials on Tuesday reported 4,906 newly confirmed or probable cases, and 23 more deaths.
An increase in COVID-19 cases and COVID-like symptom…
McKinley Elementary School is switching to distance …
Northfield Public Schools won’t receive approximatel…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz said Monday that he plans to announce new restrictions that target active spreaders of COVID-19 in an effort to bring the coronavirus under control as cases have surged to dangerous levels in recent weeks.
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Minnesota reported nearly 4,000 newly confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 on Monday. That’s down from Sunday record, but it still wasn’t good news.
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After a season which was unorthodox but reached an unprecedented number of people, St. Olaf College’s Institute for Freedom & Community is wrapping up its 2020 lecture series with a discussion around the COVID-19 pandemic.
Due to record high numbers of positive COVID-19 case…
Faribault Public Schools administration understands …
This fall, there has been a surge of COVID-19 infect…
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A bad week continues to worsen in Minnesota’s COVID-19 pandemic.
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Another day, another set of grim records broken in Minnesota’s COVID-19 pandemic.
In this July 15, 2020, file photo, job seekers exercise social distancing as they wait to be called into the Heartland Workforce Solutions office in Omaha, Neb. For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers are facing higher unemployment than midcareer workers, according to a study re…
For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers…
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has …
Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers continue to paint a dau…
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The city of Dundas received more than $118,300 in federal coronavirus relief funding in September, dollars city officials have since put to use in a number of ways.
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An explosion of COVID-19 cases that turned October into one of Minnesota’s worst months in the pandemic is spilling over into November.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul, Minn., Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
During a record-breaking year for early voting in Mi…
During a record-breaking year for early voting in Mi…
During a record-breaking year for early voting in Mi…
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During a record-breaking year for early voting in Minnesota, Thursday’s appellate court decision to segregate absentee ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day is weighing heavy on the minds of local election officials.
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During a record-breaking year for early voting in Minnesota, Thursday’s appellate court decision to segregate absentee ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day is weighing heavy on the minds of local election officials.
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During a record-breaking year for early voting in Minnesota, Thursday’s appellate court decision to segregate absentee ballots received after 8 p.m. on Election Day is weighing heavy on the minds of local election officials.
During a record-breaking year for early voting in Mi…
During a record-breaking year for early voting in Mi…
COVID-19 case counts in Le Sueur County may be on tr…
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Minnesota’s grim week of COVID-19 records continued Friday as the Health Department reported more than 3,100 newly confirmed cases of the disease, the first time the daily report has topped 3,000 in the pandemic.
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Hilltop Elementary closed due to emergency on Oct. 29 after the Le Sueur-Henderson School District reported that a case of COVID-19 was detected in a member of the school community over the past week. The district reports that they have talked with the positive case and are working with the …
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A COVID-19 outbreak at Three Links Care Center in Northfield has recently infected 42 residents and staff members.
A COVID-19 outbreak at Three Links Care Center in No…
As winter approaches and society continues to travel…
A COVID-19 outbreak at Three Links Care Center in No…
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A COVID-19 outbreak at Three Links Care Center in Northfield has recently infected 42 residents and staff members.
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COVID-19 continued its grim October ascent in Minnesota. The Health Department Thursday reported nearly 2,900 new cases — a daily record in the pandemic — and 32 more deaths, the state’s second-highest daily toll.
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Another Steele County resident has died from COVID-19, bringing the county’s death toll to three, while the number of COVID-19 related deaths in Rice County was at 10 as of Wednesday.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has …
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has …
Another Steele County resident has died from COVID-1…
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Another Steele County resident has died from COVID-19, bringing the county’s death toll to three, while the number of COVID-19 related deaths in Rice County was at 10 as of Wednesday.
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With the homestretch of 2020 in sight, the Lighted Holiday Parade – an annual Owatonna tradition that takes place the Thursday after Thanksgiving – is the latest event to be canceled.
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Another Steele County resident has died from COVID-19, bringing the county's death toll to three, while the number of COVID-19 related deaths in Rice County was at 10 as of Wednesday.
After two rounds of small business grants by the cit…
The St. Peter School District, like any other, is fe…
COVID-19’s toll in Minnesota continued its grim asce…
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Halloween is spookier than ever this year because there is a real threat: COVID-19.
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Minnesota reported nearly 1,600 new COVID-19 cases Monday, continuing an October where average new counts of more than 1,000 a day. The trend line of new daily cases appears to have flattened, although at a high level.
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Friday’s COVID-19 data delivered more evidence that the pandemic is trending for the worse in Minnesota.
Minnesota has reported nearly 130,000 positive COVID…
COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing in Le Sueur County a…
Taking a quick break between votes, U.S. Sen. Amy Kl…
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Friday’s COVID-19 data delivered more evidence that the pandemic is trending for the worse in Minnesota.
Minnesota has reported nearly 130,000 positive COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, with more than 2,300 deaths. (Adobe Stock)
COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing in Le Sueur County and the state of Minnesota this November. Two weeks in and Le Sueur County has seen 384 cases, dwarfing confirmed cases in every other month. (Adobe Stock)
Taking a quick break between votes, U.S. Sen. Amy Kl…
Taking a quick break between votes, U.S. Sen. Amy Kl…
Wednesday’s COVID-19 data offered a grim reminder of…
FILE — In this July 15, 2020, file photo, job seekers exercise social distancing as they wait to be called into the Heartland Workforce Solutions office in Omaha, Neb. For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers are facing higher unemployment than midcareer workers, according to a s…
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Minnesota’s COVID-19 data continues to trend the wrong way.
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With barely two weeks to go to Election Day, six local candidates for state legislature shared their views on Monday in a forum sponsored by the Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, Owatonna Noon Rotary Club and Owatonna People’s Press.
With barely two weeks to go to Election Day, six loc…
With barely two weeks to go to Election Day, six loc…
Minnesota’s COVID-19 caseload continues to climb, wi…
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Steele County had an increase of 30 new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period on Friday, the same amount that it usually has in an entire week.
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Nothing good has come from Minnesota’s COVID-19 data this week. That unhappy trend continued Friday.
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A day after reporting 29 COVID-19 deaths — the highest single-day death count in months — Minnesota health officials returned Thursday with an equally grim statistic — 19 more deaths. The two-day total is the worst for the state since early June.
Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers continue to head in the…
After reaching a high of new cases of COVID-19 in Au…
Minnesota’s steep climb in new COVID-19 cases contin…
As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to make Steele County’s vulnerable population even more vulnerable, help has arrived in the form of grant checks to the local agencies that provide crucial human services.
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Minnesota officials on Thursday reported the second-highest number of new COVID-19 hospital admissions in a single day in the pandemic, suggesting that some of the recent surge in newly confirmed cases is surfacing now in hospital beds.
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Waseca County’s COVID-19 case rate per 10,000 climbed for the seventh straight week last Thursday when the state released new data for the two-week reporting period from Sept. 9-19, but Waseca County Public Health Director Sarah Berry has started to see a downward trend in case count followi…
Elmo Wisted enjoys visiting and talking about his fa…
Elmo Wisted enjoys visiting and talking about his fa…
President Donald Trump waves from the Blue Room Balc…
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The 2020-21 school year was never going to be a “normal” one, but as the full student population returns to Gustavus Adolphus College and some in-person classes resume, students, teachers and faculty are enjoying what feels a little more like the true college experience.
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Medford is considering ways to dole out $96,737 in federal coronavirus funding before the Nov. 15 deadline to spend the money arrives.
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4-H is known as a hands-on organization working with livestock, agriculture, healthy living, civic engagement, photography and more, but with COVID-19, hands-on took on a different approach.
Medford is considering ways to dole out $96,737 in f…
As concern over the medical impacts posed by COVID-1…
Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers continue to show cases …
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Thursday’s COVID-19 numbers showed more than 1,000 newly confirmed cases of the disease in Minnesota, a fact that pushed the state’s total caseload in the pandemic past 100,000.
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The Waseca Neighborhood Service Center offers household necessities, clothing, knick knacks, toys and other items at affordable prices for the community of Waseca. Due to the pandemic, the thrift store closed for six months with only the food shelf open, but on Monday, Oct. 5 the Neighborhoo…
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As concern over the medical impacts posed by COVID-19 continue, a nationally known health care consultant is sounding the alarm that the decision by many patients to delay surgeries could jeopardize public health in the years to come.
Days after Minnesota’s COVID-19 death toll passed 2,…
A Minnesota-based research team led by Gustavus Adol…
Many in Waseca spent Friday and Saturday nights walk…
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Friday’s COVID-19 data delivered more evidence that the pandemic is trending for the worse in Minnesota.
Minnesota has reported nearly 130,000 positive COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, with more than 2,300 deaths. (Adobe Stock)
COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing in Le Sueur County and the state of Minnesota this November. Two weeks in and Le Sueur County has seen 384 cases, dwarfing confirmed cases in every other month. (Adobe Stock)
Taking a quick break between votes, U.S. Sen. Amy Kl…
Taking a quick break between votes, U.S. Sen. Amy Kl…
Wednesday’s COVID-19 data offered a grim reminder of…
FILE — In this July 15, 2020, file photo, job seekers exercise social distancing as they wait to be called into the Heartland Workforce Solutions office in Omaha, Neb. For the first time in nearly 50 years, older workers are facing higher unemployment than midcareer workers, according to a s…
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Minnesota’s COVID-19 data continues to trend the wrong way.
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With barely two weeks to go to Election Day, six local candidates for state legislature shared their views on Monday in a forum sponsored by the Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, Owatonna Noon Rotary Club and Owatonna People’s Press.
With barely two weeks to go to Election Day, six loc…
With barely two weeks to go to Election Day, six loc…
Minnesota’s COVID-19 caseload continues to climb, wi…
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Steele County had an increase of 30 new COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period on Friday, the same amount that it usually has in an entire week.
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Nothing good has come from Minnesota’s COVID-19 data this week. That unhappy trend continued Friday.
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A day after reporting 29 COVID-19 deaths — the highest single-day death count in months — Minnesota health officials returned Thursday with an equally grim statistic — 19 more deaths. The two-day total is the worst for the state since early June.
Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers continue to head in the…
After reaching a high of new cases of COVID-19 in Au…
Minnesota’s steep climb in new COVID-19 cases contin…
As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to make Steele County’s vulnerable population even more vulnerable, help has arrived in the form of grant checks to the local agencies that provide crucial human services.
spotlight
Minnesota officials on Thursday reported the second-highest number of new COVID-19 hospital admissions in a single day in the pandemic, suggesting that some of the recent surge in newly confirmed cases is surfacing now in hospital beds.
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Waseca County’s COVID-19 case rate per 10,000 climbed for the seventh straight week last Thursday when the state released new data for the two-week reporting period from Sept. 9-19, but Waseca County Public Health Director Sarah Berry has started to see a downward trend in case count followi…
Elmo Wisted enjoys visiting and talking about his fa…
Elmo Wisted enjoys visiting and talking about his fa…
President Donald Trump waves from the Blue Room Balc…
spotlight
The 2020-21 school year was never going to be a “normal” one, but as the full student population returns to Gustavus Adolphus College and some in-person classes resume, students, teachers and faculty are enjoying what feels a little more like the true college experience.
spotlight
Medford is considering ways to dole out $96,737 in federal coronavirus funding before the Nov. 15 deadline to spend the money arrives.
spotlight
4-H is known as a hands-on organization working with livestock, agriculture, healthy living, civic engagement, photography and more, but with COVID-19, hands-on took on a different approach.
Medford is considering ways to dole out $96,737 in f…
As concern over the medical impacts posed by COVID-1…
Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers continue to show cases …
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Thursday’s COVID-19 numbers showed more than 1,000 newly confirmed cases of the disease in Minnesota, a fact that pushed the state’s total caseload in the pandemic past 100,000.
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The Waseca Neighborhood Service Center offers household necessities, clothing, knick knacks, toys and other items at affordable prices for the community of Waseca. Due to the pandemic, the thrift store closed for six months with only the food shelf open, but on Monday, Oct. 5 the Neighborhoo…
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As concern over the medical impacts posed by COVID-19 continue, a nationally known health care consultant is sounding the alarm that the decision by many patients to delay surgeries could jeopardize public health in the years to come.
Days after Minnesota’s COVID-19 death toll passed 2,…
A Minnesota-based research team led by Gustavus Adol…
Many in Waseca spent Friday and Saturday nights walk…