Many Minnesotans choose to stay masked after mandate’s end Joe Carlson, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune/Star Tribune/TNS Stephanie and Cory Lake with their daughter, Odette, 7, in their Minnetonka home. We will continue to wear masks in any indoor setting, Stephanie Lake said. Stephanie and Cory Lake know what it's like to spend days and nights at their daughter's bedside, watching the young girl take in oxygen with machine support while hoping she would start breathing on her own again. Twice before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Odett...