December 18, 2020

County preps to distribute state COVID-19 relief funds

Close to half of the funds set aside by the Minnesota Legislature in a relief package passed by both chambers Monday night, Dec. 14, will […]
December 18, 2020

State cracking down on bars and restaurants opening against order

A few customers were eating and drinking inside the Shafer Saloon Bar and Grill just outside Taylors Falls, Minn., Thursday afternoon when the phone rang. […]
December 18, 2020

Additional Minnesota bar defies COVID-19 restrictions

Minnesota public safety officials have issued another liquor license suspension notice as more businesses are defying Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order barring indoor service at […]
December 18, 2020

The Latest: Coronavirus vaccine provided to US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The justices on the U.S. Supreme Court are being provided with doses of the coronavirus vaccine. That is according to a letter by […]
December 18, 2020

Asia Today: Beds in short supply as SKorea sees another jump

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has reported 1,062 new cases of the coronavirus, its third straight day of over 1,000, as authorities in Seoul […]
December 18, 2020

Minnesota's top attorney sues bars that defied restrictions

MINNEAPOLIS — Two Minnesota bars are facing lawsuits from the state attorney general’s office and suspensions of their liquor licenses after serving customers indoors in […]
December 17, 2020

Minnesota AG sues bars that defied Walz ban on dine-in service

A day after Alibi Drinkery co-owner Lisa Monet Zarza opened her business in defiance of state orders for bars and restaurants to remain closed to […]
December 17, 2020

Xcel residential rates to remain the same in 2021

Xcel Energy’s residential customers will see no electricity rate hikes for the second consecutive year in 2021, as regulators decided Thursday not to look at […]
December 17, 2020

Team among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester

In February, a team of five health care staff members donned personal protective equipment and prepared to care for a Mayo Clinic patient considered to […]
December 17, 2020

Nursing at Mayo Clinic in Rochester awarded Magnet designation for sixth time

On Dec. 16, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) notified the Department of Nursing in Rochester that it had achieved its sixth designation as a […]