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Deja Roxanne Goodwin May 13, 1994 - April 5, 2020 Deja Roxanne Goodwin, "Proud Woman". Born May 13, 1994, Journeyed to the Spirit World on April 5, 2020. She is survived by daughter, Kimimila Symouksavanh; son, Chante Wasteya Symouksavanh; mother, Kristy Graves; father, Collin Goodwin (Lydia); grandmothers, Valerie Lussier, Sandra Mason; siblings, Jordan, Mekal, Collin, Christian, Landry, Joey, Adriana, Joyner, Jaycia, Roland, Jaelynn and Alex; special uncles, Harold Graves Jr., Landry Goodwin...
To minimize the risk of COVID-19 exposure to our Firefighters, the Red Lake DNR is restricting all open burning on the Red Lake Reservation. All existing burning permits will be suspended and no new permits will be issued until further notice. Prescribed burning projects will continue to be implemented by the Fire Program and managed by trained firefighting staff, to mitigate the potential for larger and more dangerous wildfire. Please contact the Red Lake Wildland Fire Center for further...
Gov. Tim Walz is extending a statewide stay-at-home order to May 4 to push back the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic into the summer - and to buy time for hospitals to stock up on supplies and for researchers to develop tests and treatments against the novel coronavirus. The existing two-week stay-at-home order has already put Minnesota on a trajectory for a lower rate of cases than states such as New York and Louisiana, where hospitals have struggled to meet the demand of severely ill patients,...
DULUTH – St. Louis County officials said Wednesday an uptick in confirmed COVID-19 cases has been tied to St. Ann’s Residence, an assisted-living facility in Duluth. “These are the kind of situations we’ve been preparing for, but it is still concerning, and a grim reminder of the seriousness of COVID-19, and how quickly it can spread,” Amy Westbrook, St. Louis County’s public health director, said in a news release. https://www.startribune.com/uptick-in-covid-19-cases-in-st-louis-county-linked-to-assisted-living-facility/569...
State officials say they have seen a troubling surge in traffic fatalities even though Gov. Tim Walz's stay-at-home order last month targeting the coronavirus has sharply reduced travel by motorists across Minnesota. There have been 24 fatal crashes in Minnesota since March 16, when Walz's initial imposition on commerce took effect, through Tuesday, according to the state Office of Traffic Safety. https://www.startribune.com/fatal-crashes-surge-despite-sharp-drop-in-traffic-a...
The city of St. Paul said Wednesday night that it is closing playgrounds, sports courts and skate parks to help combat the spread of COVID-19. In a news release, the city said the closures come in response to the recent increased demand for use of recreational amenities on warm-weather days, combined with a concern for public safety because social distancing cannot be managed at such sites. https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-closes-playgrounds-sports-courts-skate-parks/56949...
Mac Baird is enlisting with retired doctors and nurses across the country as they rush to support the front lines of medicine. Despite being at an age that puts Baird at risk of contracting COVID-19, the 71-year-old family physician wants to help Minnesota's health care system as it struggles with the biggest public health crisis in a century. https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-medical-retirees-respond-to-covid-19/569492542/...
WASHINGTON - The Strategic National Stockpile is nearly out of the N95 respirators, surgical masks, face, shields, gowns and other medical supplies desperately needed to protect front-line medical workers treating coronavirus patients. The Department of Health and Human Services told the Associated Press Wednesday that the federal stockpile was in the process of deploying all remaining personal protective equipment in its inventory. https://www.startribune.com/hhs-federal-sto...
Coronavirus has pulled the rug out from under demand for pork belly and ribs, driving hog prices to their lowest level in nearly two decades. Amid simmering concerns the nation's meatpacking capacity could tighten as workers get sick and plants close, hog farmers now also face major losses on every pig they raise and sell. https://www.startribune.com/with-restaurants-closed-a-bacon-backup-is-building-in-minnesota-and-prices-are-plunging/569470222/...
GENEVA - In a heartfelt plea for unity, the World Health Organization's chief sought Wednesday to rise above sharp criticism and threats of funding cuts from U.S. President Donald Trump over the agency's response to the coronavirus outbreak. The vocal defense from the WHO director-general came a day after Trump blasted the U.N. agency for being "China-centric" and alleging that it had "criticized" his ban of travel from China as the COVID-19 outbreak was spreading from the city of Wuhan....
The 2020 general election has begun - kind of. With the withdrawal Wednesday of Sen. Bernie Sanders from the Democratic race, Joe Biden and President Donald Trump have no remaining opponents but each other. The two men have already drawn clear battle lines for the campaign, framing the election as a choice between Biden's sturdily traditional conception of U.S. presidential leadership and Trump's proudly divisive approach. https://www.startribune.com/with-bernie-sanders-out-e...
Margaret Seelye Treuer was resolute. Her determination helped her go from humble beginnings on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation to become the first American Indian female attorney in Minnesota and then the first Indian female judge in the country. "My mother was a trailblazer," said son Anton Treuer, an author and professor at Bemidji State University. https://www.startribune.com/margaret-seelye-treuer-minnesota-s-first-ojibwe-judge-dies-at-76/569487652/...
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Gov. Tim Walz revisited the the state's coronavirus mitigation efforts on Wednesday, April 8, in an extraordinary press conference that was one part stay-at-home-extension pep talk, one part crash-course in epidemiology, and one part every-state-for-itself admonition that the federal government has not only failed to come to the state's aid where it was required to by law, it has begun to prevent the state from helping itself. The hour began with a hopeful chart, continued...
ST. PAUL - Minnesota lawmakers are on their way to passing legislation ensuring public schools' hourly employees continue to get paid throughout the COVID-19 pandmic, but some question whether the move is necessary. In a Wednesday, April 8, video conference hearing, members of the House Education Policy Committee passed by a 12-5 vote House File 4415, which would require school districts to pay hourly employees like bus drivers or janitors their hourly rates for days they were unable to work...
April 8, 2020 (SAINT PAUL) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued the following statement in response to Governor Tim Walz’s announcement that he has signed Executive Order 20-33, which extends his Stay At Home order until May 4: “I support Governor Tim Walz’s Executive Order 20-33 that extends the Stay At Home order until May 4, and will vote to approve it as a member of the Executive Council. As Minnesota’s chief legal officer, the Governor’s authority to issue this Executive Order is firmly rooted in Minnesota law, as I have stat...
I, Tim Walz, Governor of the State of Minnesota, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and applicable statutes, issue the following Executive Order: The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to our State. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Despite efforts to contain COVID-19, the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) indicate that it is expected to spread. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota are rapidly increas...
BEMIDJI, Minn. – (2:30 p.m.) The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced the closure of Hwy 220 from Highway 1 to Highway 11 due to water over the road. Use caution and obey road signs posted in the area. Highways that remain closed: • Highway 1 from Oslo to CR 17 • Highway 2B Sorlie Bridge in East Grand Forks • Highway 220 north of Oslo, between Highway 1 and Highway 11 • Highway 317 between Highway 220 and North Dakota border • Highway 102 northwest of Fertile from Hwy 32 to CR 44 When a road is closed it is illegal to travel in t...
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced today that it has awarded $50 million in emergency health care grants to nearly 350 provider organizations across the state for preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. MDH awarded grants to a variety of providers including ambulance services, health care clinics, tribal health organizations, pharmacies, hospitals, assisted living facilities and health systems. MDH received more than 1,600 grant requests for the available $50 million, requesting a total of more than $300 million....
St Paul, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced today that the agency received final guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor to be one of the first states to make $600 additional compensation payments to people receiving unemployment benefits. These payments were authorized by Congress in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), which was signed into law on March 27, 2020. “As soon as the CARES Act became law, our team at DEED got to work putting the technology in...
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon unveiled legislation Wednesday to expand mail-in voting and reduce in-person polling places during the coronavirus pandemic, which could stretch into the summer and fall elections. Simon's proposal, presented during a virtual meeting of the Minnesota House Subcommittee on Elections, would make "temporary, one-time" changes that would automatically send registered voters mail-in ballots and allow extra time for election administrators to process the...
Getting Minnesotans the benefits they deserve as quickly as possible: The COVID-19 pandemic has turned people’s lives upside down – and at DEED, we’re focused every day on helping Minnesotans navigate this unprecedented and challenging time, and finding ways to get people the benefits they need as soon as possible. I know that many of you are wondering about the CARES Act, which was passed by Congress and signed into law in late March. Here’s what you should know: Today, we’re excited to announce that DEED authorized the first payments...
Washington, D.C. — Representative Collin Peterson is leading a bipartisan effort to urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move quickly to approve an emergency ventilator alternative design to help American patients and health care professionals nationwide respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rep. Peterson and Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr., (NJ) co-wrote a letter to Stephen Hahn, FDA commissioner, to review and authorize a new device to supply hospitals and health care facilities during this global pandemic. The letter was co-signed by 43 m...
As reported by KKCQ Sports Radio, top seed and defending state champion Minneota (31-1) scored the first seven points of the game and didn't look back, securing a 57-37 win over Red Lake (21-10) on Thursday in the 2020 MSHSL Class A Girls Basketball Tournament quarterfinals played at Maturi Pavilion on the campus of the University of Minnesota. The Vikings, seeking their third state title since 2013 and making their ninth state tournament run, will head to the state semifinals to face the...
As reported by KKCQ Sports Radio, top seed and defending state champion Minneota (31-1) scored the first seven points of the game and didn't look back, securing a 57-37 win over Red Lake (21-10) on Thursday in the 2020 MSHSL Class A Girls Basketball Tournament quarterfinals played at Maturi Pavilion on the campus of the University of Minnesota. The Vikings, seeking their third state title since 2013 and making their ninth state tournament run, will head to the state semifinals to face the...
FROM KKCQ SPORTS The Red Lake Warriors overcame foul trouble and a halftime deficit to win their third Section 8A championship in the last four years. With the Warriors trailing 21-20 at halftime, they scored the first six points of the second half to take a 26-21 lead, a lead they would not give up. Junior Kelanna McClain fouled out with 3:01 left in the game, but the Warriors were able to hold off a late charge by the Gators. Autumn Holthusen connected on four three pointers as Red Lake...
