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Joshua Beaulieu December 30, 1992 - July 10, 2020 Joshua Beaulieu, age 27, of Fargo, ND, died unexpectedly Friday, July 10, 2020, at his home. Service details are pending. Please feel free to sign the guestbook, send condolences and view other opportunities which may be available to the public due to COVID-19 restrictions....
George Libby Jr. February 11, 1975 - July 11, 2020 George Libby Jr, age 45, of Mahnomen, MN, died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 11, 2020, near White Earth, MN. A public Graveside Service will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, July 17, 2020, at the Calvary Cemetery, White Earth, MN. Following all safety protocols due to COVID-19 restrictions, all individuals are encouraged to wear a mask. Please feel free to sign the guestbook, send condolences and view other opportunities which may be available...
Maureen Gina Williams September 29, 1959 - July 11, 2020 Maureen Gina Williams, age 60, of Flandreau, South Dakota Journeyed to the Spirit World on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was born on September 29, 1959 in Flandreau, South Dakota the daughter of Maynard & Darlene (Bernard) Herrick. Maureen was an Executive Council Member of The Flandreau Sioux Tribe. Survived by a son: Carlton Williams; daughters: Samantha Williams and Cyndi Lee Williams; eight grandchildren; a brother: Maynard...
Replacing the Third Precinct police station in south Minneapolis will cost an estimated $10 million, according to figures showing the damages to public infrastructure during the riots against the police killing of George Floyd. The figures, shared by Hennepin County on Monday, are the first valuations of the damage to the police station, which was looted and torched by protesters after officers abandoned their post May 28. The city is estimating $13.8 million in losses, damages and overtime...
The Minnesota State High School League took two urgent steps Tuesday to address extraordinary challenges that threaten the 2020-21 sports year for tens of thousands of state athletes. The league's board of directors established a task force to implement return-to-play scenarios to match what likely are three options for the 2020-21 school year under consideration by Gov. Tim Walz and education leaders: A return to full classroom use, a continuation of distance-learning started in the spring, or...
The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people's immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday -- as the shots are poised to begin key final testing. "No matter how you slice this, this is good news," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's top infectious disease expert, told The Associated Press. The experimental vaccine, developed by Fauci's colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., will start its most important step...
Millions of dollars are pouring into the primary race for Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District, where opposition to Minneapolis U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is fueling an unprecedented surge in donations to her top Democratic opponent, political newcomer Antone Melton-Meaux. Melton-Meaux, a mediation lawyer who emerged on the DFL scene late last year to challenge Omar, told the Star Tribune he raised a staggering $3.2 million between April and the end of June, with $2 million cash left in the bank b...
BOSTON - Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. U.S. District Judge Allison...
Attorneys representing two former Minneapolis police officers charged with killing George Floyd accused Attorney General Keith Ellison of contempt of court: One asked him to be sanctioned and the other called for his arrest. Earl Gray, who is representing Thomas Lane, and Robert Paule, who is representing Tou Thao, filed separate motions Tuesday objecting to Ellison issuing a news release Monday about the case after Judge Peter Cahill issued a gag order prohibiting either side from discussing...
A collaboration between 3M and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could lead to a faster, cheaper way to detect COVID-19 - one with results measured in minutes rather than days. In other words, it would likely be a big deal, if it works. 3M announced Tuesday its "antigen" testing effort received "phase 1" approval from a recently created federal effort to accelerate the deployment of COVID-19 testing technology. But 3M still must pass "phase 2" and receive regulatory approval for the...
Luggable Loos. SheWees, GoGirls and Tinkle Belles. Suddenly, portable camping potties and female funnels have become must-have products, selling out at camping stores and back-ordered online. "We have seen a noticeable uptick in hygiene and sanitation categories," said Melissa Paul, a merchandising manager at REI, where sales of the Luggable Loo and Go Anywhere portable toilets are double what they were last year. https://www.startribune.com/how-risky-is-using-a-public-restro...
BILLINGS, Mont. - It was meant to be a last line of defense to protect the most vulnerable as the coronavirus spread across the United States: Montana officials offered free testing in May for staff and residents at assisted living and long-term care facilities. But not all of them followed through, according to state data, including a facility in Billings, Montana's largest city, that cares for people with dementia and other memory problems. The virus has infected almost every resident there...
Commissioner Petersen Statement on Approval of Minnesota Hemp Plan St. Paul, MN: Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the State of Minnesota’s hemp production plan. The plan governs the production and regulation of hemp in Minnesota and needed federal approval as part of the USDA’s U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program. While the plan is now approved, Minnesota will continue to operate under the state’s pilot program. Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen issued the following statement regarding USDA’s approva...
Following the advice of public health experts, Governor Tim Walz today extended the COVID-19 peacetime emergency that gives the state flexibility in responding to critical issues stemming from COVID-19. COVID-19 continues to present an unprecedented and rapidly evolving challenge to our state. The peacetime emergency has provided us tools to save lives and mitigate the impacts of this pandemic. And we are not alone - 49 out of 50 states currently have a peacetime emergency in place. Since the Governor declared a peacetime emergency, Minnesota...
The Minnesota Department of Human Services, through its Economic Assistance and Employment Support Division, Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO or STATE), is seeking proposals from qualified responders to provide emergency shelter services and/or outreach to unsheltered individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the state of Minnesota. The Request for Proposals (RFP) seeks eligible entities (nonprofit organizations and local units of government) to provide emergency shelter and/or unsheltered street outreach services to youth,...
The Justice Department has put to death Daniel Lee, 47, marking the first federal execution since 2003, after a chaotic overnight series of court rulings. Lee had been convicted of killing three people, including a child, as part of a broader racketeering scheme to fund a white supremacist cause. He had waited more than 20 years on federal death row in Terre Haute, Ind. Lee, strapped to a gurney and connected to an IV in his left arm, said: "I didn't do it. I've made a lot of mistakes in my life but I'm not a murderer," according to a pool...
Civil liberties advocates are urging Attorney General William Barr to name a special prosecutor to investigate possible violations of protesters' rights during the June 1 crackdown in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., NPR has learned. Federal officers deployed tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray and smoke canisters to scatter the mostly peaceful group of demonstrators, clearing the way for President Trump to pose for pictures in front of the historic St. John's Episcopal Church. The...
President Donald Trump has spent the past two weeks demanding - often in all caps on Twitter - that American schools reopen this fall. But America's biggest school systems are rejecting the president across the country, with one city and county after another opting for virtual education or just a few days a week in school. And the president has little power to do anything about it. The Los Angeles and San Diego school districts announced Monday they will start the upcoming school year with full...
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced backlash Monday for demanding that schools reopen for full-time in-person instruction in the fall -- even in places where the virus is surging in the American South and West and without offering a specific plan on how to do so safely -- and doubling down on a threat to cut funding to schools that don't. "American investment in education is a promise to students and their families. If schools aren't going to reopen and not fulfill that promise, they...
New York parents and educators got some long-awaited answers to their back-to-school questions Monday, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying schools will be allowed to open in areas where the coronavirus is under control and education officials outlining a raft of guidance for whether that happens in-person, remotely or a combination of both. Each of the state’s 700 school districts has until the end of this month to detail school-by-school reopening plans. Cuomo said they will be able to move forward with them in regions that are both in phase four o...
DETROIT (AP) - Summer classes for hundreds of Detroit students opened Monday, despite a protest by critics who blocked a bus yard and said the coronavirus makes in-person learning too risky. Protesters held signs and placed tree branches on the ground to try to prevent buses from leaving to pick up children. WWJ-AM quoted two bus drivers as saying they quit on the spot. It wasn't immediately clear how many students, if any, couldn't get to school because of the protest. Meanwhile, the...
While school districts across California are choosing remote learning to start the school year, the Orange County Board of Education is going a different route. On Monday night, the conservative-leaning board voted on its own guidelines for schools: a return to the old ways, before the coronavirus pandemic. That means on-campus instruction. No face masks. No keeping 6 feet apart. The lone dissenting vote was Trustee Beckie Gomez, also the only board member to wear a mask during the meeting. https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07...
On one side are parents saying, let kids be kids. They object to masks and social distancing in classrooms this fall — arguing both could hurt their children’s well-being — and want schools to reopen full time. On the other side are parents and teachers who call for safeguards that would have been unimaginable before the coronavirus pandemic: part-time school, face coverings for all or a fully online curriculum. The impassioned tug-of-wars have put educators in the middle of an increasingly politicized debate on how best to reopen schoo...
A public safety-minded police chief and truth-telling scientist frantically warn of a deadly, unseen menace. A bungling, economically concerned mayor ignores the threat and encourages people to enjoy the summer. With paralleling themes of mortal danger versus hubris, and reason versus demagoguery, it’s clear why some have compared the 1975 film classic "Jaws" with the coronavirus experience. But in the debate over reopening schools, there’s an updated plot twist: Despite mounting dead bodies and unmitigated peril, the mayor has not only dem...
July 14, 2020 (SAINT PAUL) — In a dramatic reversal, the Trump Administration today rescinded its own rules that would have required international students, including thousands in Minnesota, to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Trump Administration pulled its recently-announced rules in the face of multiple lawsuits, including a lawsuit filed by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison together with a coalition of 17 other attorneys general. That lawsuit, which decr...
