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The Hen and The Hog Rises, Serves Up Comfort in Albertville

STMA's newest eatery has navigated the waters to offer Minnesota Wontons, mac and cheese and much more.

February 17, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

It was an idea that, like many great ideas, sprung from a night around a kitchen table. Out of the ashes of a pandemic that has left many businesses without a rudder, take the leap. And open a restaurant. Wait. Open a restaurant? “It was a few people from the service industry sitting around the […]

Tagged With: Albertville, new business, restaurant, The Hen and The Hog

Restaurants, Crowds Get a Boost for Holiday Weekend

With Valentine's Day dates and President's Day weekend on tap, extended hours OK'd by state officials.

February 12, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

Tim Walz

As hospitalizations and the COVID-19 positivity rate continue to decline and the state makes progress in vaccinating those most vulnerable, Governor Tim Walz today signed Executive Order 21-07 to continue supporting Minnesota’s economic recovery and make adjustments to COVID-19 mitigation measures. “Our small businesses have made enormous sacrifices for the health of their employees and […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, Gov. Tim Walz, Restaurants, Valentine's Day

Restaurants Get Another Reprieve as Governor Turns MN Dial

Spectators will also be allowed at sporting events, including youth hockey.

January 6, 2021 By Mike Schoemer

While the United State Capitol descended into turmoil, the State of Minnesota seems to have emerged from its latest COVID-forced shutdown, as Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday, Jan. 6 that he would ease restrictions on dining establishments, bars, entertainment venues, and even sporting events. “Minnesota, we’ve asked a lot of you, and you have delivered,” […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, dials, Restaurants, Walz

Stellis Health Docs, Nurses Get First Round of Coronavirus Vaccine

The local frontline workers were among the first Minnesotans to receive the Pfizer vaccine.

December 30, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Frontline workers at Stellis Health are now getting the vaccine protection they need against COVID-19. Vaccinations started at the clinics – located in Albertville, Monticello and Buffalo, earlier this month. “We’re vaccinating frontline caregivers with the highest risk of being exposed to COVID-19 first so they can continue to provide critical care to others who […]

Tagged With: COVID, Stellis Health, vaccine

Stellis’ Hanson Named Top Health Care Leader

Monticello's Douglas Hanson recognized for leadership, innovation.

December 29, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Douglas Hanson, CEO of Stellis Health, has been named one of 100 Most Influential Health Care Leaders in 2020 by Minnesota Physician. Deemed by their peers to be highly influential in terms of leadership and impact, the 100 leaders are known for making health care in Minnesota a global model of excellence. “Our people are what […]

Tagged With: Douglas Hanson, Stellis Health, Top 100

Neighbors Restaurant Group Among Those Sued by MN Attorney General

The Princeton location was open Wednesday, Dec. 17 in defiance of the Governor's Executive Order.

December 17, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

The owner of the Neighbors Eatery and Saloon in Albertville is now facing a citation from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office after choosing to open the Princeton location of the chain – Neighbors on the Rum – on Wednesday, Dec. 16, two days prior to the expiration of Gov. Tim Walz’s Executive Order requiring restaurants […]

Tagged With: Albertville, Gov. Tim Walz, Joe Holtz, Neighbors

Four Businesses Form ‘The Well on Main,’ Set to Move to Downtown St. Michael

November 27, 2020 By Meghan Gutzwiller

An Otsego business called Eating, Elevated is moving to downtown St. Michael next summer, along with three other health-conscious tenants, to create The Well on Main. They will soon break ground on the new building, which will be located just south of Main Street Farmer Eatery. Eating, Elevated owner, Ellie Anderson, said their business seeks […]

Tagged With: eating, Elevated, St. Michael businesses, The Well on Main

Minnesota Dials Back: Walz Curbs Restaurants, Sports as Numbers Overwhelm Hospitals

On a day when Minnesota's Mayo Clinic reported hundreds of sick workers, 'hard' restrictions were put into place via the Governor's action.

November 18, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

As COVID-19 continues to climb around Minnesota, residents are now going to feel the pinch. For the second time in less than 10 months, restaurants will transition to take-out service only and youth/high school sports will grind to a halt. Executive order 20-99 will bring several things to a halt at 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, dial back, Gov. Tim Walz

St. Michael Cinema Announces Plans to Keep Public ‘At the Movies’

Following the success of late-summer drive-in movies, the theater is innovating once again.

November 16, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Innovation is the name of the game for St. Michael Cinema these days. Movie theaters were darkened throughout the COVID-19 “Spring” earlier this year, and while the federal financial support helped, the money ran dry in June. That led to some creative thinking at the local theater, which painted the outside wall of its gigantic […]

Tagged With: rentals, St. Michael Cinema

COVID Numbers Skyrocketing in Wright County as Fall Wave Hits

Schools, families adapt as coronavirus cases are hitting new highs all over Minnesota.

November 10, 2020 By Mike Schoemer

Colder weather, large gatherings – including weddings, and school events have led to a large increase in COVID-19 cases around the Minnesota, and Wright County is breaking records with new cases. Over the last two weeks alone, more than 1,000 people have tested positive for the disease associated with the coronavirus pandemic. That’s according to […]

Tagged With: COVID-19, Gov. Tim Walz, schools

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