The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today announced the new variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus first detected in the United Kingdom was identified by genomic sequencing in positive specimens […]
Stellis Health Docs, Nurses Get First Round of Coronavirus Vaccine
The local frontline workers were among the first Minnesotans to receive the Pfizer vaccine.
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. […]
Walz, Minnesota Department of Ed Push for Students’ Return to Schools
The Governor announced Wednesday a plan to have elementary schools at least partially open in January.
Governor Tim Walz signed Executive Order 20-82 to implement Minnesota’s Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School Year. This plan uses a localized, data-driven approach that allows school districts and […]
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.
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 […]
Walz Turns Dials Back on Bars, Minnesota’s Young Adults ‘Disproportionately’ Sick
Restrictions on bars and restaurants, social gatherings and even wedding receptions set to roll out, take aim at state's fastest-growing COVID population.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday, Nov. 10 that bars and restaurants will need to abide by an earlier closing time for in-person service, while wedding venues and gathering spaces […]
COVID Numbers Skyrocketing in Wright County as Fall Wave Hits
Schools, families adapt as coronavirus cases are hitting new highs all over Minnesota.
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 […]
ISD 728 Announces Model Change, Elementary Students to Hybrid in November
The COVID curve continues to push area schools to a new brink.
With the school district’s communities now breaking barriers put in place last August by the Minnesota Department of Health, ISD 728 leaders decided it could no longer put off a […]
COVID-19 Cases Lead STMA Football into Another Top 10 Battle
After looking like it would be sidelined this week, the No. 4 Knights will now host No. 5 Champlin Park this afternoon.
The pandemic, like the Lord, works in mysterious ways. After looking like it would be benched for the week when the St. Michael-Albertville football program had to cancel practices due […]
Community COVID-19 Testing Event to be Held in Monticello
Wright County Health and the Minnesota Department of Health will team to provide testing for anyone next week at the Great River Soccer Facility.
BUFFALO, MN – The Minnesota Department of Health is partnering with local public health officials to give people a chance to get a COVID-19 test if they would like to […]
State Health Department can Supersede STMA’s Reopening Plans, Superintendent Says
Wright County’s COVID-19 case counts per 10,000 residents have thus far continued to stick firmly in the second-tier range for Minnesota’s Safe Learning Plan, which allows for elementary students to […]