Minn. bets big on Fairgrounds in push to inoculate hardest-hit
Copy shortlink: It was the text message that Michael Elder, a stay-at-home father of five, had been waiting months for — and it had the potential to save his life. A shot of the COVID-19 vaccine was available for him. All he needed to do was get to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights. Before dawn on Wednesday, Elder woke and readied his children, ages 1 to 13, for school and day care before loading his backpack with water and asthma medication for his journey to the vaccine site. And then, as the sun rose over his home in St. Paul's Dayton's Bluff neigh...