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Created: August 03, 2021 04:22 PM As the Delta variant continues to spread, so do calls from companies for their employees to get vaccinated. In the last week, a number of companies have begun mandating the vaccine, causing concern among employees who do not want to get their shot. Walmart announced on their corporate website that they are requiring all employees get vaccinated by October 4th, unless they have approved exception. WDIO-TV Google too, is pushing for vaccines. In a blog post, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, said their vaccine mandate would apply to U.S. offices in the c...

HIBBING — The Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging, in cooperation with HealthForce Minnesota, Essentia Health, Fairview Range, Blue Jacket Career Academy, and Rock Ridge Public Schools, will host an in-person SCRUBS Camp for area high school students on Wednesday, Aug. 4, at Hibbing Community College. The Hibbing camp is geared toward high school level students from Chisholm, Deer River, Floodwood, Grand Rapids-BigFork, Greenway, Hibbing, Hill City, Mesabi East, Mountain Iron-Buhl, Nashwauk-Keewatin, Northland Community School, St. Louis County Schools, and Rock Ridge Public Schools. Scrubs C...

Itasca County saw hopeful signs this week after three months of climbing rates of COVID-19 spread and last week’s news of the Brazil variant being found in the county. While still very high, Itasca County’s 14-day average per 10,000 residents dropped from the mid-80s last week to 73.8 this week (compared to a low of 14 in February).  During the past seven days, 120 Itasca County residents tested positive for COVID and 200 did the week before.  Itasca County saw two additional COVID-related deaths this week, a man in his 80s and a woman in her 60s. “Itasca County’s ca...

“Can you imagine if we had another set of twins?” joked Gavin Robinson, upon finding out that his wife, Liz, was pregnant. A few short weeks later, the couple heard these words for the second time in two years: “Congratulations! It’s twins!” Both Liz and Gavin were in disbelief. It wasn’t that long ago that they were naming two other little ones. In August 2018, Liz delivered Thalia and Champion, a fraternal set of girl and boy twins. While twins run on both sides of the family, both Liz and Gavin were astounded by a second pair. Two sets of twins in two years? W...

HIBBING — Filling a skills gap among workers from across Minnesota, especially in rural parts of the state, has been growing focus of high school and local business on the Iron Range with legislative funding to forge ahead on their initiatives. For school districts, that means challenging the traditional curriculum and providing students with a more academy-based model that emphasizes skills training as an alternate path from the four-year degrees once prioritized by educators. Hibbing High School’s Bluejacket Academy has worked to do just that and was one of six schools this year a...