Anoka County turns to $145K body scanner to reverse surge in jail drug smuggling
Device can expose drugs, weapons that pat-downs and metal detectors miss.
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Minnesota hospitals worry despite operating profits
Q3 operating income didn't fully make up for losses earlier this year.
Daily COVID-19 deaths in US reach highest level since May
the highest level since the calamitous spring in and around New York City.
DNR's killing of tame turkey upsets some in Bloomington
Turkey made friends at 90th and Penn, but some said he was getting too aggressive.
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District judge orders the counting of 318 misplaced Ramsey County ballots
Ramsey County judge rules the votes, though unlikely to affect outcomes, are to be tallied before certification.
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Complaints against Wisconsin officer who killed 3 dismissed
A suburban Milwaukee police and fire commission has voted to dismiss the complaints filed against a police officer by the families of three men he shot while on duty over a five-year period.
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Study: Sturgis motorcycle rally sparked Minnesota virus cases
Minnesota officials counted 86 cases that they said were related to the rally — 51 people who went to Sturgis and 35 who came into contact with those people later. Most did not suffer serious illnesses, but four were hospitalized and one died.
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68 new COVID-19 deaths, 6,812 new cases in Minnesota
As counts of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to set records nearly every day, health officials are warning that the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday could accelerate spread of the virus.
Ramsey County sheriff criticized for high-speed chase he streamed on Facebook
In a statement Friday, Fletcher defended himelf and said that car thieves are emboldened because they think police won't chase them.
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Wisconsin health agency says it's committed to vaccines
The leader of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services assured Republican lawmakers in a letter this week that the agency is committed to expanding the popular SeniorCare program to cover vaccines as required under a state law passed in April as part of a coronavirus relief package.
It's not too late: Last-minute Thanksgiving takeout options around Duluth
There's still time to order ahead.
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November on track to be state's deadliest month for COVID-19
Minnesota is averaging 33 deaths a day and has reached unseen death counts six days this month. November already accounts for 20% of the 3,082 deaths so far.
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Minnesotans set a Give to the Max Day record, giving $30 million
Despite the pandemic, Give to the Max donations soared past last year's tally.
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