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While Minnesota’s current upswing in COVID-19 is relatively mild compared to earlier surges, state officials are warning that the pandemic is not over yet and that those who are not vaccinated are especially vulnerable to a rapidly growing variant of the disease. Briefing reporters for the first time in nearly two months, state public health leaders didn’t unveil any new policy changes but they placed a heavy emphasis on the need to boost vaccinations to head off the highly contagious...

Minnesota is better than U.S. average in vaccination in most of the state, but not in outer suburbs.

Minnesotas Backyard: Climbing, cacti and purebred bison at Blue Mounds State Park Our 20-park visit to Minnesotas Backyard begins in the southwest corner of the state, where the stereotypical pines and lakes are replaced by rolling tallgrass prairie, a dramatic quartzite cliff and a massive herd of bison. Blue Mounds State Park offers much of the magic of South Dakotas Black Hills, just five hours closer to home. 7:20 am, May 6, 2021 × The bison herd at Blue Mounds State ...

The Wild Warmup is presented by Bryant Heating and Cooling   With six games remaining in the regular season, the time is now for the Wild to make its move if it hopes to win the West Division.  Following a come-from-behind 4-3 win in overtime against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night, the Wild was able to keep pace with the first-place Vegas Golden Knights, who come to St. Paul for the first of two games on Monday at Xcel Energy Center. Minnesota trails Vegas by six points with six to pla...

Orlando Brown Jr. Trade Chatter Is Back 1 3 minutes read For about two weeks, the trade hubbub for the Minnesota Vikings and Orlando Brown was only conducted via whisper — at least among fans. General Manager Rick Spielman has no tried-and-true left tackle on the roster, although Ezra Cleveland could be moved back from right guard to left tackle if called upon. Cleveland could do so as he played left tackle at Boise State. Minnesota moved him to the RG spot in 2020 because, well, the existin...

"It was my understanding that I was to do the treatment, then be released," says Mike Whipple, who recently participated in a 14-day hunger strike at the Minnesota Sex Offender Programs facility in Moose Lake. "Twelve years later, Im still here, doing the same thing, over and over and over." So far the civil commitment program has incarcerated Whipple three times longer than the prison sentence he served. The hunger strike, which involved a dozen of the programs 737 "clients," ended last week a...

Minnesotas independent clinics struggle to get COVID-19 vaccine Providers say focus on large health systems left them behind  January 30, 2021 — 12:02pm Text size Copy shortlink: While Minnesotas large health care systems are wrapping up COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees, some independent providers say they are still waiting for the shots despite being in the states high priority group. Six weeks after the first COVID-19 va...

The Minnesota DNR Will Pay You For Your Extra Pine Cones Enter your number to get our free mobile app Its not too often the trees in your yard can make you money, but thats the case now if you have an excess of pine cones. Im a big tree fan, but Ill admit, while they can provide a lot of shade, those lovely trees in your yard or on your property can sometimes be expensive to maintain. But heres a chance to actually MAKE some money from your trees, courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Natural...