GOV. TIM WALZ ON FRIDAY IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND VACCINE ELIGIBILITY TO ALL MINNESOTANS 16 AND OLDER NEXT WEEK FOLLOWING A PROMISED INCREASE IN WEEKLY DOSES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNOR’S SPOKESMAN SAYS THE EXPANSION IN ELIGIBILITY WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON TUESDAY. THE STATE’S WEEKLY ALLOTMENT IS EXPECTED TO JUMP TO ABOUT 304,000 DOSES BY EARLY APRIL.
MINNESOTA REPORTED SOME 1800 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 YESTERDAY, THAT’S THE MOST IN A SINGLE DAY SINCE MID-JANUARY.
MINNESOTA HEALTH CENTERS WILL RECEIVE 44.6 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FOR COVID-19 RESPONSE FUNDING. THEY’LL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND COVID-19 VACCINATION, TESTING, AND TREATMENT FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
GOVERNOR WALZ WILL DELIVER HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS ON SUNDAY. HE WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO DO SO ON MARCH 21, BEFORE THEN NEEDING TO COMPLETE A QUARANTINE AFTER CLOSE CONTACT WITH A STAFF MEMBER WHO HAD TESTED POSITIVE.
MINNESOTA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL TO 4.3 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY, DOWN FROM 4.5 IN JANUARY.
THE ROSEAU COUNTY BOARD HAS APPROVED AN ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WIDSETH, SMITH AND NOLTING FOR A QUIET ZONE PROJECT IN WARROAD AND LAKE TOWNSHIP FOR CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD. A QUIET ZONE MEAN TRAINS DO NOT NEED TO SOUND THEIR HORN WHILE APPROACHING HIGHWAY GRADE RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER IN ROSEAU HAS BEEN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP ONE HUNDRED CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
LIFECARE IS ONE EIGHT IN MINNESOTA EARNING THAT RECOGNITION.
THERE ARE 1375 CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS IN THE U.S.
LIFECARE HAS MADE THE TOP ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
A PUBLIC VISITATION, FOLLOWING MN STATE COVID GUIDELINES, FOR JORDAN MCKINNON OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD FRIDAY AT ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WARROAD. A PRAYER SERVICE WILL START AT 7 PM. JORDAN MCKINNON WAS 29.
A PUBLIC VISITATION, FOLLOWING MN STATE COVID GUIDELINES, FOR WAYNE KNUTSON OF WARROAD WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (4-7 PM) WITH A 7:00 PRAYER SERVICE AT HELGESON FUNERAL HOME IN WARROAD. A PRIVATE SERVICE WILL FOLLOW. WAYNE KNUTSON WAS 72.
AN ALL-OUT BLITZ THAT STARTED IN FEBRUARY HAS STATE TROOPERS TEAMING WITH COUNTY SHERIFFS AND LOCAL POLICE TO CRACK DOWN ON LEAD-FOOTED DRIVING. SPEEDERS ARE THE BIGGEST MENACE ON THE ROADS, SAID MIKE HANSON, DIRECTOR OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY’S OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY. TROOPERS HAVE ISSUED MORE THAN 15,400 CITATIONS AS OF MARCH 11. THAT’S ABOUT 2,700 MORE THAN AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR — A 21% INCREASE. THEY SAY IT’S ALL PART OF AN EFFORT TO SET THE TONE PRIOR TO THE BUSIER TRAVELING SEASON.
Last modified: 03/26/2021
