Mayor: Officer who put knee on man’s neck should be charged
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis says criminal charges should be filed against the white police officer seen on video kneeling against the neck of a handcuffed black man who died in police custody. Mayor Jacob Frey said Wednesday [...]
MDH Says COVID-19 ICU Patients at Highest Level Since Start of the Pandemic, Still Calling For a Late June Into Early July Peak
Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcom says there were some mixed numbers in Wednesday's COVID-19 report. "We see relative stability in the growth pattern towards what will still expect to be the peak in late June or even into [...]
Walz, Malcom Sound Off On the State’s Practice of Placing COVID-19 Positive Patients Back Into Long-Term Care Facilities
A published report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on May 20th said Minnesota was taking positive COVID-19 patients and placing the patients back into long-term care facilities. Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcom was asked about the practice Wednesday. [...]
North Mankato Still Holding Out Hope They Can Open Their Swimming Pool This Summer
North Mankato Mayor Mark Dehen is still holding out hope the city can open its swimming pool this summer. "We're hoping to do that," said Dehen. "We may have to do social distancing but we were able to put 1500 [...]
27 Residents and 20 Staff at Oak Terrace in North Mankato Have Tested Positive for COVID-19
Nicollet County Public Health is reporting a coronavirus outbreak at a long-term care facility. "In the last two weeks, 27 residents and 20 staff members at Oak Terrace in North Mankato have tested positive for COVID-19," said Nicollet County Health [...]
Mankato Area Public Schools’ fourth-grade students to receive book donation and read poetry
Mankato-Fourth-grade students at Mankato Area Public Schools will receive a copy of "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein through the Olseth Family Foundation in partnership with the Greater Mankato Area United Way. Join some of the students online at [...]
COVID Deaths Rise By 33 in MN (May 27)
May 27 Situation Update for COVID-19 Updated May 27, 2020 Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day. Data is for cases that were tested and returned positive. All data is preliminary [...]
Medical Researchers, Life Science Companies and COVID-19 Survivors Launch National Campaign to Drive Blood Plasma Donation
“The Fight Is In Us” Campaign Seeks to Mobilize COVID-19 Survivors to Accelerate the Development of Potentially Lifesaving Therapies A coalition of world-leading medical and research institutions, blood centers, life science companies, technology companies, philanthropic organizations, and [...]
Use of force expert on video of George Floyd killing
A police training expert says all sides must be considered, but adds that after seeing the video of a Minneapolis Police Officer killing George Floyd... "When a person is calling out that they can't breathe, and then now all of [...]
