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CROOKSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL POLICY MEETING WILL REVIEW MINOR CHANGES TO POLICIES

The Crookston Public Schools Policy Review committee met on Friday to review minor language changes and tweaks to school policy suggested by the Minnesota School Board Association. Superintendent Jeremy Olson said the board also established a review cycle for all policies, which the district had previously been lacking. “First of all, we went through our review cycle,” said Olson. “The committee wanted to develop a review cycle that allowed us to review our policy every three years which is what we have to do according to policy and to review those policies that need to be reviewed every year.  Then we headed into the 300s and 400s, which are our policies on administration and staff.  Most of those were just reviewing minor language tweaks from the MSBA.”

Olson added that a major component to policy review is ensuring that the practice within the district meshes with the policy. “As we went through this a majority was just learning time,” said Olson.  “Obviously, policy gets very lengthy, so it was more or less reviewing the policy so that our policy and practice are together.  That was the major thrust of the meeting.”  

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NORTH DAKOTA REPORTS 57 NEW COVID-19 CASES, 34 IN GRAND FORKS COUNTY

The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in North Dakota has risen to 585, with the biggest jump coming in northeastern North Dakota, where a wind turbine plant has been temporarily idled during an outbreak of COVID-19. The North Dakota Department of Health on Sunday reported 34 new cases in Grand Forks County, where the LM Wind Power facility is based in Grand Forks. Health officials did not report how many of the new cases are connected to the plant, where 110 cases were reported in early testing. North Dakota also reported one new death, a woman in her 70s from Cass County with underlying medical conditions, bringing the state’s total to 10.

Coronavirus Cases

Last updated: 4/19/2020 at 11:00 AM

585 Positive Cases
13045 Negative tests
13630 Total tested
189 Recovered
15 Currently Hospitalized
51 Total Hospitalized
10 Deaths

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MN DEPT. OF HEALTH REPORTS 134 COVID-19 DEATHS, POLK COUNTY HAS 3 CASES, NORMAN COUNTY 4, MARSHALL COUNTY HAS FIRST POSITIVE TEST

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The Minnesota Department of Health has released the latest COVID-19 test numbers and the total deaths in the state rose 13 to a total of 134.
Polk County has another reported positive test for a total of three.  Marshall County (Warren area) reported the first positive test.  Norman County (Ada area) now has four positive cases.  Beltrami County (Bemidji and Red Lake area) have reported five cases and Clearwater County has three positive cases.  Red Lake, Mahnomen, Kittson, and Roseau Counties all have one case each.  The only counties in the northwest corner of the state that hasn’t had a positive case are Pennington (Thief River Falls area), and Lake of the Woods.  All the numbers are below. 

Counties of residence of these new cases: Hennepin (52), Nobles (23), Ramsey (4), Olmsted (17), Clay (7), Winona (4), Dakota (3), Freeborn (3), Anoka (8), Carlton (2), Crow Wing (2), Norman (2), Rice (2), Scott (2), Wright (2), Dodge (1), Douglas (1), Marshall (1), Morrison (1), Polk (1), Sherburne (1), Mower (1),  Otter Tail (1), St. Louis (2), Washington (2), Wilkin (1).

A total of 574 COVID-19 cases have been hospitalized in Minnesota to date. Currently, 228 cases are hospitalized, with 116 in intensive care.

Today’s update includes another 13 COVID-19 deaths, for a new statewide total of 134. The age range and county of residence of today’s announced deaths is as follows:

  • Dakota County resident in their 60s
  • Five (5) Hennepin County residents in their 90s
  • Hennepin County resident in their 80s
  • Mille Lacs County resident in their 60s
  • Olmsted County resident in their 60s
  • St. Louis County resident in their 70s
  • Washington County resident in their 80s 
  • Winona County resident in their 80s
  • Winona County resident in their 100s

There were 10 deaths in long-term facility care residents.

Nobles County/JBS plant update: MDH is investigating 69 potential cases in Nobles County: Interviews with 32 people have been completed and found 26 employees, 5 family members, and 1 person who works for a plant in Iowa. Staff from the Department of Labor and Industry (OSHA) and MDH will be visiting the JBS site on Monday to observe health screening processes and continued implementation of social distancing practices. MDH, DLI, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture are coordinating with local officials.

Meridian Manor final update: A total of 47 residents of Meridian Manor assisted living facility in Wayzata were relocated yesterday because a majority of the staff and administrators are ill with COVID-19 and unable to care for residents. Seven residents were taken to hospitals, 13 residents went to family, friends or relatives, the remainder went

Data is for cases that were tested and returned positive. Numbers are cumulative since Jan. 20, 2020. All data are preliminary and may change as cases are investigated. Not all suspected cases of COVID-19 are tested, so this data is not representative of the total number of people in Minnesota who have or had COVID-19.

Updated April 19, 2020.
Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.
Data for April 12 was as of 8 p.m. the previous day.

Dates provided are those when the case, hospitalization, or death was first posted in this situation report.

Testing

Total approximate number of completed tests: 45,716

  • Total approximate number of completed tests from the MDH Public Health Lab: 10,104
  • Total approximate number of completed tests from external laboratories: 35,612

Testing data table

Minnesota Case Overview

Total positive: 2,356

Graph of confirmed cases of COVID-19, data in table below.

Positive case data table

  • Patients no longer needing isolation: 1,160

Patients no longer needing isolation in Minnesota, data in table below

No longer needing isolation data table

  • Deaths:134

Deaths of confirmed cases in Minnesota, data in table below

Deaths data table

Hospitalization

Total cases requiring hospitalization: 574

  • Hospitalized as of today: 228
    • Hospitalized in ICU as of today: 116

Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations , data in table below

Hospitalization data table

Case Demographics

Age

Age Groups for confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota, data in table below.

Age group data table

More age data: Age median and range (all cases, non-hospitalized, hospitalized and deaths)

Gender

  • 51% female, 49% male, 0% other, <1% unknown/missing

Percentages have been rounded.

Race & Ethnicity

Race and ethnicity for confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota: data in table below.

Race and ethnicity data table:
Including race and ethnicity of deaths

Cases can have more than one race.

Likely Exposure

Likely exposure for confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota: data in table below.

Likely exposure data table

Cases by County of Residence

County of residence is confirmed during the case interview. At the time of this posting not all interviews have been completed. The county residence data may not equal the total number of reported positive cases.

County of residence data table:
Including county of residence of deaths

More about location data

How to use the interactive map

Residence Type

Residence type for confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota: data in table below.

Residence type data table

Care Facilities

Congregate Care Facilities with Exposures, by County

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UMC VOLLEYBALL SIGNS DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST FROM TARTAN HIGH SCHOOL

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The University of Minnesota Crookston volleyball program announced the signing of Madison Klimek (DS, 5-5, Oakdale, Minn./Tartan H.S.) to a National Letter of Intent.

Madison Klimek (DS, 5-5, Oakdale, Minn,./Tartan H.S.)
Klimek played club volleyball for Kokoro Volleyball and competed as a prep at Tartan High School. She had 130 digs and 27 service aces as a senior at Tartan High School. Klimek had 15 digs against Roseville High School Aug. 29, 2019. She recorded 11 digs in a 3-1 win over Mounds View High School Sept. 10, 2019, and had 10 digs at New Life Academy Sept. 7, 2019. As a junior, Klimek had 106 digs and added 25 service aces for the Titans. She competed on varsity for Tartan High School as a sophomore, junior, and senior. Klimek competed for the Kokoro 18-1 squad in 2019-20.

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CHARGES FORWARDED AFTER GUN DISCHARGES IN GRAND FORKS APARTMENT

On Saturday, April 18, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Grand Forks Police were notified of a discharge of a firearm within an apartment.  The renter of the apartment notified police that he had mishandled a handgun inside the residence when a round was discharged.  The round went through a few walls in the apartment, and into an adjoining apartment where the round was found, lodged in a wall. Nobody was injured during the incident. The suspect is identified as Giovanni Clark, a 30-year-old Grand Forks resident. Charges for Discharge of a Firearm within City Limits and Reckless Endangerment will be forwarded to Prosecutors.

The Grand Forks Police Department responds to several of these calls per year and would like to remind people to properly check and unload their firearms prior to handling.

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NORTH DAKOTA REPORTS 68 NEW COVID-19 CASES, 19 IN GRAND FORKS COUNTY

North Dakota has 68 new cases of COVID – 19 in Grand Forks County. The uptick in cases at the LM Wind Power facility in Grand Forks led to the drive-thru screening of 424 people who were identified as having had close contact with some of the infected workers. A hospital administrator says about 2,500 people are at risk of the spread. Dr. Steven Weiser, president of Altru Health System, calls it a “big deal” and says the outbreak could overwhelm the healthcare system.

“We were hoping to avoid something like this, but we’ve planned and prepared for it,” said Mayor Michael R. Brown. “We’ve identified and are isolating the problem and are doing everything we can to mitigate the spread so we don’t overwhelm our health care system. This virus is highly contagious and potentially fatal. I urge our community to follow the CDC recommendations.” 

“Altru Health system is working with state and local Public Health officials as we address the spike in positive COVID-19 cases in Grand Forks County,” shared Dr. Steven Weiser, President of Altru. “While we are confident in the plans we’ve put in place to accommodate a surge in our hospital, we urge the community to follow the recommendations of physical distancing, now more than ever. Controlling the continued spread of COVID-19 in our community is imperative in maintaining a strong healthcare response.”

“We really need to emphasize why this news is so significant and why our message of staying home and physically distancing is so critical. This virus is different than seasonal flu,” urges Director of Public Health Debbie Swanson “There is no vaccine for COVID – 19 which is why it is so important to adhere to the guidelines and recommendations that we have emphasized.”

The recommendations, which continue to evolve as we understand the impact of COVID-19, currently include the following:
– Practice physical distancing
– Practice good hygiene; Wash your hands for 20 seconds.
– Avoid touching your face.
– Disinfect frequently used items and surfaces.
– Stay home if you are sick
– Wear a face covering when in public

For questions related to COVID-19, the public can call the NDDoH hotline at 1-866-207-2880 from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., 7 days/week or Grand Forks Public Health at 701-787-8100, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday. Individuals experiencing symptoms, such as a fever, cough or difficulty breathing, can call Altru’s 24/7screening hotline at 701-780-6358, or call your healthcare provider prior to going to the healthcare facility.

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TRINITY AND ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN AND FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FAMILIES TAKE PART IN 1 WORD/1 VERSE

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Recently the church families of Trinity Lutheran, First Presbyterian, and St. Paul’s Lutheran took part in a challenge called “One Word/One Verse”. Households were asked to select a key WORD that brought them hope and encouragement during this time of uncertainty. They were asked to take it a step further and select a Bible verse that correlated to the word. Then they decorated a posterboard, added it to their window with the hearts and bears or simply wrote it on a piece of paper and took a picture with their “One Word/One Verse”. We would love for anyone in the community to take part in the “One Word/One Verse” Challenge to continue to spread the positivity and light within our community! May it help to bring you and your family strength and encouragement during this time!  The pictures submitted are below – 

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MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RELEASES COVID-19 NUMBERS (April 18)

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The Minnesota Department of Health has released the latest COVID-19 numbers (April 18).  There have been 121 reported deaths in the state.  Polk and Norman Counties have two positive tests. Kittson and Roseau Counties now have one positive test each.  Mahnomen and Red Lake County have a positive test each and Clearwater County (Bagley area) has three positive tests while Beltrami (Bemidji and Red Lake area) has five positive tests.  All the numbers are below.

The Minnesota Department of Health today announced the confirmation of another 143 COVID-19 cases, for a new total of 2,213 cases in the state.

Counties of residence of these new cases: Hennepin (69), Nobles (23), Ramsey (14), Olmsted (4), Clay (4), Dakota (3), Freeborn (3), Anoka (2), Carlton (2), Fillmore (1), Goodhue (1), Stearns (2), Jackson (1), Kittson (1), McLeod (1), Mower (1), Murray (1), Otter Tail (1), Pine (1), St. Louis (1), Pipestone (1), Washington (1), Wilkin (1), Winona (1). The county of residence data was not immediately available for three cases.

A total of 561 COVID-19 cases have been hospitalized in Minnesota to date. Currently, 239 cases are hospitalized, with 111 in intensive care.

Today’s update includes another 10 COVID-19 deaths, for a new statewide total of 121. The age range and county of residence of today’s announced deaths is as follows:

  • Anoka County resident in their 70s
  • Hennepin County resident in their 90s
  • 2 Hennepin County residents in their 80s
  • 2 Hennepin County residents in their 70s
  • 2 Hennepin County residents in their 60s
  • Hennepin County resident in their 50s
  • St. Louis County resident in their 80s

All but the Anoka County resident were in long-term care facilities.


Data is for cases that were tested and returned positive. Numbers are cumulative since Jan. 20, 2020. All data are preliminary and may change as cases are investigated.
Not all suspected cases of COVID-19 are tested, so this data is not representative of the total number of people in Minnesota who have or had COVID-19.

Updated April 18, 2020.
Updated daily at 11 a.m., with data current as of 4 p.m. the previous day.
Data for April 12 was as of 8 p.m. the previous day.

Dates provided are those when the case, hospitalization, or death was first posted in this situation report.

Testing

Total approximate number of completed tests: 44,368

  • Total approximate number of completed tests from the MDH Public Health Lab: 9,981
  • Total approximate number of completed tests from external laboratories: 34,387

Testing data table

Minnesota Case Overview

Total positive: 2,213

Graph of confirmed cases of COVID-19, data in table below.

Positive case data table

  • Patients no longer needing isolation: 1,118

Patients no longer needing isolation in Minnesota, data in table below

No longer needing isolation data table

  • Deaths:121

Deaths of confirmed cases in Minnesota, data in table below

Deaths data table

Hospitalization

Total cases requiring hospitalization: 561

  • Hospitalized as of today: 239
    • Hospitalized in ICU as of today: 111

Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations , data in table below

Hospitalization data table

Case Demographics

Age

Age Groups for confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota, data in table below.

Age group data table

More age data: Age median and range (all cases, non-hospitalized, hospitalized and deaths)

Gender

  • 51% female, 48% male, 0% other, <1% unknown/missing

Percentages have been rounded.

Race & Ethnicity

Race and ethnicity for confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota: data in table below.

Race and ethnicity data table:
Including race and ethnicity of deaths

Cases can have more than one race.

Likely Exposure

Likely exposure for confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota: data in table below.

Likely exposure data table

Cases by County of Residence

County of residence is confirmed during the case interview. At the time of this posting not all interviews have been completed. The county residence data may not equal the total number of reported positive cases.

County of residence data table:
Including county of residence of deaths

More about location data

How to use the interactive map

Residence Type

Residence type for confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota: data in table below.

Residence type data table

Care Facilities

Congregate Care Facilities with Exposures, by County

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UMC JUNIOR KIMIE SHIOZAWA PRESENTED WITH 2020 JOSEF MESTENHAUSER STUDENT AWARD

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Junior Kimie Shiozawa was presented with the 2020 Josef Mestenhauser Student Award for Excellence in Campus Internationalization this spring for her contributions to international education at the University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC). Shiozawa is actively involved in promoting inclusivity and building community for students from around the world. She continues to work hard towards promoting excellence in campus internationalization.

Originally from Japan, Shiozawa came to UMC to study English as a second language (ESL).  It was difficult for her to get used to her new home and way of life since the language was entirely different from her mother tongue. 

After her first semester taking only ESL classes, Shiozawa decided to challenge herself, and step outside of her comfort zone by signing up for a Forestry class. When she first signed up, she did not know much about natural resources, but as the course progressed, she found herself completely engrossed. 

Nevertheless, her love for natural resources was at times halted because of the language barrier, “I understood 50 percent of the classes, but it got easier with time, and it helped to have recorded lectures that I could re-watch on my own time” mentioned Shiozawa.

At first, when she lived in Tokyo, she did not truly realize her passion for flora and fauna, but she found and honed her love for it in Crookston. Moreover, Associate Professor in the natural resources and agriculture department, Phil Baird, was always willing to lend Shiozawa a helping hand and helped her stay in the major she loved and overcome the language barrier. 

Theresa Helgeson, a lab coordinator in Natural Resources, worked closely with Shiozawa and was continually awestruck by her dedication and care, “This young woman not only met my expectations, but she exceeded them. Kimie had very little experience, but she excelled at every task given to her. In fact, I had several detail-oriented tasks with the campus vegetable garden and our butterfly garden that I only trusted her to do. Kimie outworked my other student workers each and every day. Without knowing it, Kimie showed her fellow American Students in the small town of Crookston, Minnesota, how capable and brave a person has to be to become an international student.”  

Shiozawa found that she thrived when stepping out of her comfort zone and highly encourages other international students to do so as well. In doing so, she discovered a passion for natural resources, and now brings cultures and people together through it. 

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MINAKWA GOLF COURSE STILL A WEEK OR TWO FROM OPENING DUE TO SNOW, STANDING WATER

On Friday, Gov. Tim Walz signed executive order 20-38, which expands allowable outdoor recreational activities, including golf.  Rick Leach, owner of Minakwa Golf Course in Crookston, said that was welcome news. “That is good news,” said Leach.  “We’re looking forward to getting outside again and having some summer fun.  We need something to look forward too, I guess.”

Leach said the course still has snow in some areas and standing water, but all things considered, the course looks good. “There is still some snow out there, standing water in our usual places,” said Leach. “All things considered, as wet as it was last fall going into winter, it’s looking pretty good.  We’ll probably let walkers go as soon as when we can, soon as we feel they could go.  Carts might be a little bit yet.”

Leach anticipated it will still take a week or two for Minakwa to be ready to open. “I think next week is probably out of the question,” said Leach.  “It depends on the weather, a day like today with a little bit of wind blowing that’s helping to dry things out a little bit.  I think within the next week or two, we could be looking at it.”

Leach said he’ll review the governor’s order and talk with some other courses about how they are going to handle operations as they open up. “We’re kind of waiting to see about that yet, what we’re going to need to do to open up,” said Leach.  “What we’ve heard talking to people in other states we have some ideas in case they won’t allow people in the clubhouse and collecting money and things like that.  We have to figure that stuff out right now, but the main thing is we want to get the course open and let people get out there again.”