Increasing Number Of ICU COVID-19 Patients Has MDH Officials Concerned
An increasing number of COVID-19 specific Intensive Care Unit patients has Minnesota Health officials concerned. "We had our largest single-day increase of 41 from Sunday to Monday for ICU patients," said Kris Ehresman from the Minnesota Department of Health. "We're [...]
Minnesota National Guard Testing Over the Weekend Produces Better Than Expected Test Numbers
This past weekend, the Minnesota National Guard conducted COVID-19 testing at six armories around the state. MDH Commissioner Jan Malcom says the number of tests provided to Minnesotans was better than expected. "The Guard provided close to ten thousand tests [...]
One Minnesota COVID-19 Metric Moving in the Right Direction
One metric related to COVID-19 in the state of Minnesota is continuing to move in the right direction. "We are now at 16 days to double, which is lengthening a bit over the last couple of weeks," said MDH Commissioner [...]
Proposed Recall Petition Filed Against Governor Walz, Political Analyst Says Recall Threshold “Almost Impossible” To Reach
A proposed recall petition has been filed with the Minnesota Secretary of State's office against Governor Walz. Hamline University political science professor David Schultz says the constitutional bar for removing a Governor is very high. "The Supreme Court is going [...]
Waseca Woman Injured In Monday Afternoon Accident
A Waseca woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident at Highway 14 and County Road 56 Monday afternoon. The Minnesota State Patrol says 37-year-old Debra Selthun was transported to the Mankato emergency room with non-life threatening injuries. Authorities say around [...]
COVID Cases Rise by 652 in MN (May 26)
Situation Update for COVID-19 Subscribe: COVID-19 updates Sign up to receive email or mobile alerts when this data is updated, as well as other periodic COVID-19 updates. Updated May 26, 2020 Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as [...]
Mayor Frey reacts to man’s death at hands of Mpls police
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is speaking out against the death of a black man at the hands of Minneapolis police Monday. "All I keep coming back to is this: this man should not have died. What we saw is horrible. [...]
Sen. Klobuchar responds to reports of being possible Biden VP candidate
Amid reports that she's being vetted as a potential running mate for Democrat Joe Biden's presidential campaign, U-S Senator Amy Klobuchar says... "Vice President Biden was a really good vice president and he did that job with Barrack Obama for [...]
Fire Causes $100,000 to Home in Skyline
Mankato-Public Safety responded to the report of a structure fire at 10:29 p.m. last night (May 25) at 115 South Skyline Drive, Skyline. Upon arrival crews found fire coming from the structure's roof and extinguished it. Occupants in the home [...]
