“Anybody with any common sense, I think, should get one,” he said. “Anybody that’s worried about their neighbors should get one. I can’t think of any reason why a person would not get one unless they have some allergic response to a shot. It’s entirely safe and I highly recommend everybody get one.”
Jenna Ritter, Registered Nurse, talks to patients who have parked in a waiting area Wednesday, Jan. 27, after receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby. Patients were asked to remain in their cars for 15 minutes to insure they would have no side effects from the vaccine. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
Hope raised for in-person learning as more COVID-19 vaccine becomes available for school staffers
Many staff members at schools in Brainerd, Pequot Lakes and Crosby-Ironton have either received a COVID-19 vaccine recently or are scheduled to do so. 7:27 pm, Jan. 22, 2021 ×
The state started rolling out vaccines to school districts Monday, Jan. 18, but there was a limited supply. In Crow Wing County, that meant Brainerd Public Schools qualified for 20 doses, while Pequot Lakes got six, and Crosby-Ironton got five. But later a call brought the news that more vaccine would be available. Photo illustration Metro Newspaper Service
Karen Swanhorst is an early childhood educator who hasn’t been able to do her usual home visits with families since last March.
Crosslake: Council agrees to continue to pursue local option sales tax
Tax would fund capital improvement projects. City initiated plans for approval of tax in 2020, but plans stopped because of COVID-19 Written By: Nancy Vogt | ×
The Crosslake City Council met Monday, Jan. 11, including council members Marcia Seibert-Volz (left) and Aaron Herzog, Mayor Dave Nevin and council member John Andrews. Council member Dave Schrupp attended online via Zoom. Screenshot / Nancy Vogt
The Crosslake City Council agreed to again pursue a half cent local option sales and use the tax to fund specific capital improvements.
Projects include wastewater plant projects and extending city sewer service to the County State Aid Highway 66/Moonlite service area and Daggett Lake service area.
Walz orders flags at half-staff in honor of paramedic who died on duty
By FOX 9 Staff
Toby Rowan, a paramedic, suffered a medical incident at the scene of a call and passed away.
(Cuyuna Medical Center)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Governor Tim Walz is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff at federal and state government buildings on Thursday in honor of a Minnesota paramedic who died while on duty last week.
Toby Rowan was responding to a medical call when he collapsed at the scene and later passed away, according to the Mille Lacs County Sheriff s Office. Rowan worked as a paramedic for the Mille Lacs Health System in Onamia and Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby.
Snowmobiler injured in Cross Lake crash
Crow Wing County Dispatch received a call of a snowmobile crash with injuries occurring on the north end of Cross Lake Monday, Jan. 11 Written By: PineandLakes Echo Journal | 5:00 am, Jan. 14, 2021 ×
Sheriff Scott Goddard reports that on Monday, Jan. 11, at approximately 1:26 p.m., Crow Wing County Dispatch received a call of a snowmobile crash with injuries occurring on the north end of Cross Lake, east of the Wharf channel.
The driver, Peter King, a 59-year old male from Andover, struck an ice ridge on the lake, causing the snowmobile he was operating to roll over. King was riding near a marked trail system on the lake, but not on it. King sustained a possible leg injury because of the crash, and was transported via North Ambulance to Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby.