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Nov. 8 update on COVID-19 in Minnesota: State ends week of grim records with another daily high

Nov. 8 update on COVID-19 in Minnesota: State ends week of grim records with another daily high

As Minnesota heads into another week, health officials expect confirmed cases to regularly exceed 4,000 per day. That record pace also means more people hospitalized and more deaths.
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Nov. 7 update on COVID-19 in MN: 'Our behavior is driving this'

Nov. 7 update on COVID-19 in MN: 'Our behavior is driving this'

Public health leaders have been warning for more than a month that the disease was spreading rampantly. A grim week of record-breaking daily cases and deaths put that in sharp focus. One key state health official implored Minnesotans: “You have got to make changes.”
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High voter turnout a sign of fraud? Not really

High voter turnout a sign of fraud? Not really

Some charges circulating on social media say high voter turnout in specific areas of Minnesota is evidence of election fraud favoring Joe Biden. Actually, the turnout numbers are not unusual, and there were similar high turnouts in places where President Donald Trump won a big share of the vote.
by David H. Montgomery

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During the pandemic, Minnesota school levy requests hit a 24-year low

During the pandemic, Minnesota school levy requests hit a 24-year low

Minnesota K-12 districts received low voter approval on school funding requests in an unprecedented presidential election year. Already cash-strapped schools are worried about the potential for more financial strain.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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'The wave is coming up upon us': Critical care doctors already feeling effects of COVID surge

'The wave is coming up upon us': Critical care doctors already feeling effects of COVID surge

As COVID-19 cases surge around the state, Minnesota hospitals are nearly full. Doctors working on the front lines of the pandemic say it’s just a matter of time before the system is in crisis.
by Catharine Richert

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COVID-19 in MN: Record daily cases, deaths, tests; hospitalizations top 1K

COVID-19 in MN: Record daily cases, deaths, tests; hospitalizations top 1K

Friday’s numbers offered a startling confirmation of the repeated warnings from public health authorities over the past month that the disease was spreading rampantly. One key state health official implored Minnesotans: “You have got to make changes.”
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Longtime Rep. Jim Ramstad, a champion for addiction help, has died

Longtime Rep. Jim Ramstad, a champion for addiction help, has died

Jim Ramstad, a nine-term Minnesota congressman who retired in 2009, died at age 74. He was known as a political moderate and a champion for people coping with alcoholism and addiction.
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Collin Peterson defeat brings 30 years as a self-styled congressional maverick to a close

Collin Peterson defeat brings 30 years as a self-styled congressional maverick to a close

After 30 years in Congress, Minnesota Democrat Collin Peterson has been defeated by voters in western Minnesota's sprawling 7th Congressional District. He lost to former state senator and lieutenant governor, Republican Michelle Fischbach.
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