Isolated but not immune: Pandemic reaches Lake of the Woods County

BAUDETTE, MINN. – The distant sound of boats filled in gaps in conversations on a packed patio overlooking the Rainy River on a recent summer night. The parking lot was full of cars from Iowa, Michigan and beyond.

What pandemic?

Lake of the Woods County was the last place in Minnesota to record its first confirmed COVID-19 infection in July, a full 142 days after the state's first case arrived. Since then infections have twice doubled - to four - as visitors pack resorts and summer homes here in the self-proclaimed walleye capital of the world.

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