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TRI-VALLEY OFFERS INSULIN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MNSURE

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On April 15th, 2020, Governor Tim Walz signed into law the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act which created the Minnesota Insulin Safety Net Program.

The overall program, which begins July 1, allows eligible individuals to apply for an “urgent need” supply (30-days) of insulin with a valid prescription (the Urgent Need Insulin Safety Net Program). These eligible individuals can also apply for the Continuing Need Insulin Safety Net Program which provides up to 12 months of insulin. 

For more information about the Insulin Assistance Program, contact certified MNsure Navigators Nancy Ramon at 800-820-7263, or Mitch Bakken at 800-584-7020 or visit https://mn.gov/boards/pharmacy/insulinsafetynetprogram/.

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POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WARNS RESIDENTS OF A ROAMING BLACK BEAR

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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have received calls of black bear in and around Fertile and Erskine.  At this time there are no reports of the bears being threatening to people or pets. However, the bears are enjoying garbage cans, grills, and bird feeders.  Please contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office if needed and do not approach the bears.  Here is a list of do’s and don’ts that will help keep bears away: 

Do:

  • Remove bird feeders in the spring. If you persist in feeding birds during the summer, remove seed, suet and hummingbird feeders at night. You can also hang bird feeders from a cable out of a bear’s reach: 10-12 feet off of the ground and 10 feet from any other trees.
  • Store your trash can in a secure area, such as a sturdy shed or garage, and put it out on the morning of garbage pickup, not the night before. Alternately, contact your trash hauler service about bear-proof garbage can options.
  • Wash garbage cans regularly to reduce odors. Rinse food cans and wrappers before disposal.
  • Store meat scraps and fish entrails in the freezer until trash pickup day.
  • Limit compost piles to grass, leaves and garden clippings, and turn piles regularly.
  • Immediately cover composting food scraps with 6 inches or more of brown materials, like leaves or 4 inches of green materials like fresh mowed grass.
  • Harvest garden produce as it matures.
  • Pick up and remove ripe fruit from fruit trees and surrounding grounds. If your fruit crop is too abundant to clean up, consider protecting your fruit trees with energized fencing.
  • Clean grills and store them in a secure location, such as a sturdy shed or garage.
  • Keep doors and windows shut when you are not in your home or cabin. Bears have pushed in screen doors and windows to enter cabins to find food sources when people are not around.

Don’t:

  • Ever feed bears! It teaches them to associate you or your space with food and they will return. You may be comfortable with wildlife in close proximity to your home, but your neighbor may not. Feeding bears can create conflict between neighbors. Bears may be killed if they become a safety threat to people or pets, or cause property damage.
  • Leave pet food outside
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POLK COUNTY LICENSE CENTER STILL USING MODIFIED OPERATIONS FOR COVID-19

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With the Polk County Government Center phasing in reopening to the public, some questions still remain over how to use the License Center. Appointments are being taken for driver’s licenses and title work but renewals, including tabs, should use the dropbox said Director of Property Records Michelle Cote. “Renewals and registrations, we are still utilizing our dropbox which is actually very efficient,” said Cote. “So, if you drop your renewals in the dropbox ensuring that you have your insurance information and the correct payment. And we process them the same or next-day depending on what time they go in the mail and you have them within two or three days.

The License Center is only open by appointment, scheduled online, for licenses and title work explains Cote. “We are open to the public in a modified form,” said Cote. “In order for us to control how many people we have within the license, we are utilizing an appointment-based system for driver’s licenses and title transfers. We’re also doing agricultural truck quartering that way as well. There is a link on the main page of our website that takes you to our scheduling software. You can pick whatever service you need, and it will show you the available appointments.  You click on that and it will schedule you an appointment. We are asking that when people arrive, they text into the number in the confirmation email and then we escort them to a different door. We are trying to limit some of the traffic that is coming in through the main door.”

Cote said the appointments are being done to ensure social distancing by limiting the number of people in the license center to avoid lines and the main door is being staffed as well to provide masks for those who want them. “This is the only way we can control how many people are in the license center,” said Cote. “We do have someone stationed just inside the main doors. We are not doing any specific health screenings. We do have masks available if anybody wants to utilize one. But if someone says – hey I’m here to renew my tabs – we’ll direct them right around to the dropbox.”

Appointments are the only way to get into the License Center, and those are being exclusively managed online said, Cote. “That is correct,” said Cote. “There is a link on the main page of our website that will take them right to the scheduling software. Or if they have questions they can email licensecenter@co.polk.mn.us and we’ll give them the direct link to the software. Also, in the software, it will tell them the things they need to bring. So, if they are going to apply for an enhanced driver’s license it’s going to list out the details that they need to bring with.”

Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, officers were giving a grace period for expired tabs. Polk County Chief Deputy Mike Norland said that at this point officers aren’t necessarily pulling people over for expired tabs but because ways to get tabs have become available if tabs are expired people need to be able to show they’re trying to get them. “As far as I know we haven’t been pulling people over for expired tabs,” said Norland. “Not to say that we won’t start here at some point. I know things were closed down, but I think everybody can do it online too. Obviously, if we ask them a question about tabs, they have to show they at least tried to get their tabs. If they purchased them and it’s a delay getting them, they have to at least have something showing they purchased them.”

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NEW CASES OF COVID-19 INCREASE TO 419, DEVIATING FROM DOWNWARD TREND IN MINNESOTA

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The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 419 new cases of COVID-19, doubling the less than 200 new cases on Tuesday. There were also 12 new deaths. All the numbers are below –

Updated June 17, 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 and may change as cases are investigated. Many data points are collected during case interviews. Data presented below is for all cases, regardless of interview status. Data for cases pending interview may be listed as “unknown/missing.”

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. Cumulative numbers are since Jan. 20, 2020.

Daily Update:

Because all data is preliminary, the change in number of cumulative positive cases and deaths from one day to the next may not equal the newly reported cases or deaths.

31,296
Total positive cases (cumulative)
419
Newly reported cases		 12
Newly reported deaths
Newly reported cases detail
County Newly reported cases
Anoka 17
Benton 2
Big Stone 1
Blue Earth 5
Carlton 1
Carver 4
Chippewa 1
Chisago 1
Clay 6
Clearwater 1
Cottonwood 4
Crow Wing 1
Dakota 18
Dodge 2
Douglas 3
Faribault 2
Freeborn 13
Goodhue 2
Hennepin 100
Houston 2
Kandiyohi 4
Lake 2
Lyon 6
McLeod 2
Mower 73
Norman 1
Olmsted 29
Ramsey 43
Rice 5
St. Louis 3
Scott 5
Sherburne 2
Sibley 1
Stearns 2
Steele 4
Todd 4
Wabasha 3
Washington 23
Watonwan 9
Winona 4
Wright 6
Unknown/missing 2
  • Cases removed*: 5

* Cases are removed for many reasons including residence in another state, duplication of cases, and false positive reports.

Newly reported deaths detail
County of residence Age group Number of newly reported deaths
Anoka  100+ years 1
Dakota  80-89 years 1
Hennepin  60-69 years 1
Hennepin  70-79 years 1
Hennepin  90-99 years 1
Ramsey  70-79 years 1
Ramsey  80-89 years 4
Ramsey  90-99 years 2
Residence type Number of newly reported deaths
Private Residence 2
Long-term care facility/Assisted living 10

Testing

Total approximate number of completed tests: 448,587

Testing data table

Date reported to MDH Completed tests reported from the MDH Public Health Lab (daily) Completed tests reported from external laboratories (daily) Total approximate number of completed tests
3/28 470 1,055 18,082
3/29 245 964 19,291
3/30 156 888 20,335
3/31 176 1,340 21,851
4/1 300 702 22,853
4/2 102 1,881 24,836
4/3 56 1,290 26,182
4/4 108 1,555 27,845
4/5 30 1,432 29,307
4/6 46 1,132 30,485
4/7 90 1,460 32,035
4/8 80 1,373 33,488
4/9 93 1,738 35,319
4/10 107 1,652 37,078
4/11 93 1,533 38,704
4/12 56 1,134 39,894
4/13 39 746 40,679
4/14 128 1,063 41,870
4/15 137 1,559 43,566
4/16 110 1,346 45,022
4/17 126 1,340 46,488
4/18 123 1,359 47,970
4/19 66 1,166 49,202
4/20 124 718 50,044
4/21 214 1,535 51,793
4/22 230 1,900 53,923
4/23 216 2,275 56,414
4/24 296 2,784 59,494
4/25 172 2,443 62,109
4/26 71 2,493 64,673
4/27 149 1,868 66,690
4/28 268 3,078 70,036
4/29 253 6,830 77,119
4/30 429 3,919 81,467
5/1 277 4,208 85,952
5/2 302 3,428 89,682
5/3 70 3,094 92,846
5/4 231 3,837 96,914
5/5 266 2,900 100,080
5/6 323 4,156 104,559
5/7 336 4,679 109,574
5/8 254 4,622 114,450
5/9 232 4,681 119,363
5/10 68 5,232 124,663
5/11 278 5,025 129,966
5/12 355 3,658 133,979
5/13 301 6,995 141,275
5/14 1,074 5,659 148,008
5/15 548 8,578 157,134
5/16 717 7,250 165,101
5/17 232 5,749 171,082
5/18 132 6,256 177,470
5/19 601 5,776 183,847
5/20 531 6,426 190,804
5/21 394 7,885 199,083
5/22 742 8,980 208,805
5/23 1,069 7,826 217,700
5/24 86 6,894 224,680
5/25 86 6,567 231,333
5/26 162 6,780 238,275
5/27 254 9,273 247,802
5/28 652 9,290 257,744
5/29 667 9,714 268,125
5/30 0 8,436 276,561
5/31 0 6,879 283,440
6/1 0 4,177 287,617
6/2 1,061 6,609 295,287
6/3 653 15,247 311,187
6/4 379 10,555 322,121
6/5 930 10,104 333,155
6/6 1,084 9,322 343,561
6/7 731 8,809 353,101
6/8 44 7,720 360,865
6/9 299 8,580 369,744
6/10 673 11,367 381,784
6/11 765 12,637 395,186
6/12 1,031 11,773 407,990
6/13 828 8,968 417,786
6/14 254 4,764 422,804
6/15 22 6,188 429,014
6/16 348 19,225 448,587

Due to delays in deduplication of results data are subject to change.

More about testing data

  • As of 6/5, tests are reported per test instead of per person to account for changes in testing capacity and for individuals who are tested more than once over the course of the pandemic.
  • Due to civil unrest in St. Paul and surrounding areas, the MDH Public Health Lab was closed from 5/30 – 6/1. COVID-19 specimens were not accepted and no tests were run during this time. When possible, samples were re-routed to partner laboratories.
  • Results from 4/29 and 6/3 included a backlog of tests loaded into our system. Previously we were not updating tests reported for past dates; going forward we will be updating that historical data.

Minnesota Case Overview

  • Total positive cases: 31,296
    • Number of health care workers: 3,250

Graph of confirmed cases of COVID-19 by specimen collection date, data in table below.

Positive cases by date specimen collected data table

Specimen collection date Positive cases Cumulative positive cases
3/5 1 1
3/6 0 1
3/7 1 2
3/8 0 2
3/9 3 5
3/10 6 11
3/11 10 21
3/12 22 43
3/13 19 62
3/14 28 90
3/15 38 128
3/16 51 179
3/17 67 246
3/18 23 269
3/19 18 287
3/20 16 303
3/21 24 327
3/22 22 349
3/23 44 393
3/24 51 444
3/25 58 502
3/26 63 565
3/27 75 640
3/28 47 687
3/29 38 725
3/30 98 823
3/31 93 916
4/1 57 973
4/2 83 1,056
4/3 63 1,119
4/4 39 1,158
4/5 59 1,217
4/6 113 1,330
4/7 102 1,432
4/8 102 1,534
4/9 103 1,637
4/10 95 1,732
4/11 74 1,806
4/12 58 1,864
4/13 148 2,012
4/14 153 2,165
4/15 156 2,321
4/16 165 2,486
4/17 182 2,668
4/18 120 2,788
4/19 126 2,914
4/20 276 3,190
4/21 262 3,452
4/22 306 3,758
4/23 512 4,270
4/24 518 4,788
4/25 339 5,127
4/26 385 5,512
4/27 675 6,187
4/28 602 6,789
4/29 680 7,469
4/30 648 8,117
5/1 621 8,738
5/2 335 9,073
5/3 340 9,413
5/4 824 10,237
5/5 644 10,881
5/6 634 11,515
5/7 818 12,333
5/8 712 13,045
5/9 281 13,326
5/10 231 13,557
5/11 827 14,384
5/12 664 15,048
5/13 729 15,777
5/14 793 16,570
5/15 799 17,369
5/16 342 17,711
5/17 311 18,022
5/18 972 18,994
5/19 857 19,851
5/20 767 20,618
5/21 974 21,592
5/22 791 22,383
5/23 391 22,774
5/24 356 23,130
5/25 403 23,533
5/26 787 24,320
5/27 680 25,000
5/28 572 25,572
5/29 456 26,028
5/30 168 26,196
5/31 141 26,337
6/1 578 26,915
6/2 485 27,400
6/3 516 27,916
6/4 401 28,317
6/5 403 28,720
6/6 165 28,885
6/7 136 29,021
6/8 472 29,493
6/9 455 29,948
6/10 393 30,341
6/11 326 30,667
6/12 286 30,953
6/13 132 31,085
6/14 113 31,198
6/15 87 31,285
6/16 6 31,291
Unknown/missing 5 31,296

Due to the need to confirm reports and reporting delays, current week data may be incomplete.

More about positive cases

As of 5/13/2020, total case data is represented by the date of specimen collection.

Patients no longer needing isolation

  • Patients no longer needing isolation: 27,404
More about patients no longer needing isolation

Patients no longer needing isolation represents individuals with confirmed COVID-19 who no longer need to self-isolate. As of 5/18/2020 patients no longer needing isolation does not include those who have died; the cumulative number was adjusted to reflect that change.

Deaths

  • Deaths: 1,325
    • Deaths among cases that resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities: 1,051
  • Probable COVID-19 Deaths*: 32
    * COVID-19 listed on death certificate but a positive test not documented for the person.

Deaths of confirmed cases in Minnesota, data in table below

Deaths data table

Date reported Newly reported deaths (daily) Total deaths
3/21 1 1
3/22 0 1
3/23 0 1
3/24 0 1
3/25 0 1
3/26 1 2
3/27 2 4
3/28 1 5
3/29 4 9
3/30 1 10
3/31 2 12
4/1 5 17
4/2 1 18
4/3 4 22
4/4 2 24
4/5 5 29
4/6 1 30
4/7 4 34
4/8 5 39
4/9 11 50
4/10 7 57
4/11 7 64
4/12 6 70
4/13 0 70
4/14 9 79
4/15 8 87
4/16 7 94
4/17 17 111
4/18 10 121
4/19 13 134
4/20 9 143
4/21 17 160
4/22 19 179
4/23 21 200
4/24 21 221
4/25 23 244
4/26 28 272
4/27 14 286
4/28 15 301
4/29 18 319
4/30 24 343
5/1 28 371
5/2 24 395
5/3 24 419
5/4 9 428
5/5 27 455
5/6 30 485
5/7 23 508
5/8 26 534
5/9 24 558
5/10 20 578
5/11 13 591
5/12 23 614
5/13 24 638
5/14 25 663
5/15 20 683
5/16 17 700
5/17 22 722
5/18 9 731
5/19 17 748
5/20 29 777
5/21 32 809
5/22 33 842
5/23 10 852
5/24 17 869
5/25 12 881
5/26 18 899
5/27 33 932
5/28 35 967
5/29 29 996
5/30 30 1,026
5/31 14 1,040
6/1 10 1,050
6/2 22 1,072
6/3 14 1,086
6/4 29 1,115
6/5 33 1,148
6/6 22 1,170
6/7 16 1,186
6/8 11 1,197
6/9 20 1,217
6/10 19 1,236
6/11 13 1,249
6/12 25 1,274
6/13 9 1,283
6/14 15 1,298
6/15 6 1,304
6/16 9 1,313
6/17 12 1,325
More about deaths
  • Deaths are for those who have died from COVID-19.
  • Probable COVID-19 Deaths have COVID-19 listed on death certificate but a positive test not documented for the person. Because there was no positive test, these individuals are not included in total positive cases.

Hospitalization

Total cases requiring hospitalization: 3,689

  • Hospitalized as of today: 351
    • Hospitalized in ICU as of today: 181

Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations, data in table below

Hospitalization data table

Date reported Hospitalized in ICU (daily) Hospitalized, not in ICU (daily) hospitalizations ICU hospitalizations
3/19 1 6 7 1
3/20 2 3 7 2
3/21 4 2 12 4
3/22 5 5 12 5
3/23 5 7 21 5
3/24 7 8 25 7
3/25 12 14 35 12
3/26 13 18 41 13
3/27 17 17 51 17
3/28 13 17 57 17
3/29 16 23 75 24
3/30 24 32 92 25
3/31 26 30 112 32
4/1 27 27 122 40
4/2 38 37 138 49
4/3 40 46 156 32
4/4 42 53 180 69
4/5 48 58 202 77
4/6 57 58 223 90
4/7 64 56 242 100
4/8 64 71 271 105
4/9 63 82 293 119
4/10 64 79 317 131
4/11 69 76 340 138
4/12 74 83 361 146
4/13 74 83 361 146
4/14 75 102 405 155
4/15 93 104 445 175
4/16 103 110 475 188
4/17 106 117 518 202
4/18 111 128 561 215
4/19 116 112 574 226
4/20 126 111 602 241
4/21 117 120 629 253
4/22 107 133 660 262
4/23 104 164 712 274
4/24 111 167 756 281
4/25 109 179 797 291
4/26 115 170 829 301
4/27 122 170 861 316
4/28 120 194 912 324
4/29 119 201 950 337
4/30 130 235 1,044 358
5/1 118 251 1,096 380
5/2 135 254 1,159 404
5/3 155 218 1,199 426
5/4 166 230 1,271 444
5/5 182 252 1,350 475
5/6 180 263 1,405 488
5/7 182 253 1,459 512
5/8 198 275 1,549 540
5/9 180 296 1,612 556
5/10 199 235 1,657 581
5/11 194 258 1,716 600
5/12 199 297 1,799 625
5/13 199 295 1,851 647
5/14 203 295 1,915 663
5/15 200 298 1,985 679
5/16 225 268 2,039 700
5/17 221 266 2,090 716
5/18 229 259 2,128 731
5/19 229 316 2,221 750
5/20 212 338 2,308 773
5/21 229 337 2,380 787
5/22 233 301 2,432 806
5/23 215 353 2,534 832
5/24 207 346 2,588 841
5/25 248 357 2,676 869
5/26 258 312 2,709 886
5/27 260 338 2,796 902
5/28 242 364 2,880 924
5/29 259 333 2,936 938
5/30 263 326 3,011 960
5/31 257 298 3,047 971
6/1 253 296 3,086 981
6/2 248 289 3,134 1,003
6/3 254 283 3,203 1,022
6/4 244 268 3,253 1,033
6/5 220 258 3,289 1,044
6/6 206 267 3,336 1,044
6/7 199 251 3,367 1,043
6/8 198 254 3,401 1,052
6/9 199 256 3,441 1,068
6/10 193 234 3,482 1,083
6/11 196 215 3,522 1,091
6/12 191 212 3,557 1,093
6/13 191 199 3,581 1,104
6/14 186 183 3,610 1,110
6/15 186 167 3,630 1,121
6/16 185 172 3,658 1,128
6/17 181 170 3,689 1,136

Case Demographics

Age

Age group data table:
Including age group of deaths

Age Group Number of Cases Number of Deaths
0-5 years 641 0
6-19 years 2,403 0
20-29 years 5,958 2
30-39 years 6,353 9
40-49 years 4,993 14
50-59 years 4,410 62
60-69 years 2,702 154
70-79 years 1,529 258
80-89 years 1,456 455
90-99 years 800 346
100+ years 44 25
Unknown/missing 7 0

Gender

Gender data table

Gender Number of Cases
Male 15,077
Female 15,645
Other 11
Unknown/missing 563

Race & Ethnicity

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

Race # of Cases # of Deaths
White 11,602 936
Black 6,807 95
Asian 2,247 41
American Indian 269 17
Native Hawaiian 78 1
Multiple races 637 7
Other 4,087 18
Unknown/missing 5,569 210
Ethnicity # of Cases # of Deaths
Hispanic 7,044 39
Non-Hispanic 18,125 1,009
Unknown/missing 6,127 277

Likely Exposure

Likely exposure data table

Likely Exposure Number of Cases
Travel 1,102
Congregate Living Setting (staff or resident) 6,940
Health Care (staff) 2,026
Community (known contact with confirmed case) 9,373
Community (no known contact with confirmed case) 6,969
Unknown/missing 4,886

Not all cases among health care workers have a likely exposure as health care staff.

Residence

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.

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

County Cases Deaths
Aitkin 13 0
Anoka 1,786 91
Becker 49 0
Beltrami 23 0
Benton 195 3
Big Stone 14 0
Blue Earth 169 2
Brown 20 2
Carlton 81 0
Carver 278 2
Cass 11 2
Chippewa 58 1
Chisago 81 1
Clay 512 37
Clearwater 6 0
Cook 1 0
Cottonwood 115 0
Crow Wing 91 10
Dakota 1,776 75
Dodge 61 0
Douglas 51 0
Faribault 30 0
Fillmore 20 1
Freeborn 235 0
Goodhue 97 7
Grant 6 0
Hennepin 10,415 727
Houston 7 0
Hubbard 5 0
Isanti 50 0
Itasca 59 12
Jackson 48 0
Kanabec 13 1
Kandiyohi 552 1
Kittson 1 0
Koochiching 9 0
Lac qui Parle 3 0
Lake 4 0
Lake of the Woods 0 0
Le Sueur 53 1
Lincoln 6 0
Lyon 229 2
McLeod 56 0
Mahnomen 6 1
Marshall 12 0
Martin 147 5
Meeker 50 1
Mille Lacs 28 1
Morrison 54 1
Mower 733 2
Murray 43 0
Nicollet 95 11
Nobles 1,620 6
Norman 18 0
Olmsted 810 12
Otter Tail 83 1
Pennington 51 0
Pine 96 0
Pipestone 14 0
Polk 67 2
Pope 10 0
Ramsey 4,079 199
Red Lake 4 0
Redwood 12 0
Renville 12 0
Rice 701 3
Rock 25 0
Roseau 6 0
St. Louis 127 14
Scott 546 4
Sherburne 272 3
Sibley 26 2
Stearns 2,111 19
Steele 179 0
Stevens 1 0
Swift 20 1
Todd 379 2
Traverse 5 0
Wabasha 24 0
Wadena 10 0
Waseca 34 0
Washington 826 37
Watonwan 108 0
Wilkin 15 3
Winona 89 15
Wright 390 2
Yellow Medicine 10 0
Unknown/missing 59 0

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.

More about location data

We will not release specific locations for any patients being tested in order to protect patient privacy.

Residence Type

Residence type data table

Residence Type Number of Cases
Private residence 22,191
Hotel/Motel 51
Long-term care facility/Assisted living 3,319
Residential behavioral health 485
Homeless (sheltered) 91
Homeless (unsheltered) 31
Jail/Prison 343
College/University/Camp Dormitory 4
Work dormitory 4
Other 59
Unknown/missing 4,718

Weekly Report

Care Facilities

Congregate Care Facilities with Exposures, by County

Exposure is defined as a person diagnosed with COVID-19 who either visited, worked, or lived at a congregate care facility while they were contagious.

County Facility
Anoka Arbor Oaks Senior Living
Anoka Autumn Glen Senior Living
Anoka Blaine White Pine I
Anoka Blaine White Pine II
Anoka Camilla Rose Care Center LLC
Anoka Cherrywood Advanced Living – Andover
Anoka Crest View Lutheran Home
Anoka Crest View on 42nd
Anoka Crest View Senior Communities Blaine
Anoka Edgemont Place Alzheimer’s Special Care Center
Anoka Edgewood Blaine LLC
Anoka Epiphany Assisted Living
Anoka Homestead at Anoka
Anoka Landmark of Fridley
Anoka New Perspective Columbia Heights
Anoka River Oaks of Anoka
Anoka Royce Place Assisted Living
Anoka Select Senior Living of Coon Rapids
Anoka The Estates at Fridley
Anoka The Estates at Twin Rivers
Anoka The Farmstead
Anoka The Harbors Senior Living
Anoka The Homestead at Coon Rapids
Anoka Walker Methodist Plaza
Blue Earth Cottagewood Senior Community Mankato
Blue Earth Pillars of Mankato
Benton Good Shepherd Lutheran Home
Brown St. John Lutheran Home
Carver Auburn Meadows Assisted Living
Carver Nagel Assisted Living
Carver River Oaks at Watertown
Carver SummerWood of Chanhassen
Chippewa Clara City Care Center
Clay Eventide Lutheran Home
Clay Lilac Homes Assisted Living
Clay Lilac Homes Assisted Living & Memory Care Dilworth
Clay Moorhead Rehab and HCC
Cottonwood Good Samaritan Society Windom
Cottonwood The Lodge at Mountain Lake
Crow Wing Good Samaritian Society Bethany
Crow Wing Minnesota Teen Challenge
Dakota Augustana Health Care Center of Apple Valley
Dakota Arbors at Ridges
Dakota Benedictine Living Community Northfield
Dakota Brookdale West St. Paul
Dakota Centennial House of Apple Valley
Dakota Eagan Pointe Senior Living
Dakota Emerald Crest Burnsville
Dakota Inverwood Senior Living
Dakota Lilydale Senior Living
Dakota Orchard Path
Dakota Sanctuary at West St. Paul
Dakota Southview Acres Healthcare Center
Dakota The Commons on Marice
Dakota The Moments of Lakeville
Dakota The Rosemount Senior Living at Steeple Center
Dakota The Rivers
Dakota Vista Prairie at River Heights
Dakota Woodlyn Heights Healthcare Center
Dodge Fairview Care Center Dodge Center
Douglas Grand Arbor
Faribault Friendship Court
Freeborn Fountain Centers
Freeborn Good Samaritan Society Albert Lea
Freeborn St. John’s Lutheran Assisted Living
Freeborn St. John’s Lutheran Home
Freeborn St. John’s Lutheran The Woodlands
Goodhue The Gardens at Cannon Falls
Goodhue Valentines Assisted Living
Hennepin Augustana Assisted Living
Hennepin Augustana Chapel View Care Center
Hennepin Augustana Emerald Crest
Hennepin Aurora on France
Hennepin Benedictine Senior Living at Steeple Pointe
Hennepin Benedictine Health Center of Minneapolis
Hennepin Brookdale Plymouth
Hennepin Brookview a Villa Center
Hennepin Bywood East Health Care
Hennepin Catholic Eldercare on Main
Hennepin Castle Ridge Care Center
Hennepin Cedars at St. Louis Park A Villa Center
Hennepin Centennial Gardens
Hennepin Champlin Shores
Hennepin Cherrywood Pointe of Plymouth
Hennepin Copperfield Hill – The Lodge
Hennepin Cornerstone Assisted Living
Hennepin Covenant Living of Golden Valley
Hennepin CSL Rose Arbor LLC
Hennepin Deephaven Woods
Hennepin Ebenezer Care Center
Hennepin Ecumen Prairie Lodge
Hennepin Eden Prairie Senior Living
Hennepin Edenbrook of Edina
Hennepin Friendship Village of Bloomington
Hennepin Global Pointe Senior Living
Hennepin Good Samaritan Ambassador
Hennepin Good Samaritan Specialty Care
Hennepin Harrison Bay Senior Living
Hennepin Havenwood of Richfield
Hennepin Heathers Manor
Hennepin Heritage of Edina Inc
Hennepin Homeward Bound Inc. Brooklyn Park
Hennepin Hopkins Health Services
Hennepin Jones Harrison Residence
Hennepin Long Lake Assisted Living
Hennepin Mainstreet Village
Hennepin Martin Luther Care Center
Hennepin Meadow Ridge Senior Living
Hennepin Meadow Woods
Hennepin Meridian Manor
Hennepin Minnehaha Senior Living
Hennepin Minnesota Masonic Home Care
Hennepin Mission Nursing Home
Hennepin MN Adult and Teen Challenge
Hennepin MN Veterans Home Minneapolis
Hennepin Mount Olivet Careview Home
Hennepin New Perspective Carlson Parkway
Hennepin North Ridge Health and Rehab
Hennepin Orchards of Minnetonka
Hennepin Park Health A Villa Center
Hennepin Parks’ Place
Hennepin Parkshore Senior Campus LLC
Hennepin Pillars of Prospect Park
Hennepin Presbyterian Homes – Lake Minnetonka Shores
Hennepin Presbyterian Homes and Services Maranatha
Hennepin Presbyterian Homes of Bloomington
Hennepin Providence Place
Hennepin Richfield A Villa Center
Hennepin Robbinsdale A Villa Center
Hennepin Roitenberg Assisted Living
Hennepin Rose Arbor
Hennepin Saint Terese of New Hope
Hennepin Saint Therese of Oxbow Lake
Hennepin Sholom Home West
Hennepin Sholom Menorah Plaza
Hennepin SilverCreek on Main
Hennepin SummerWood of Plymouth
Hennepin Summit Place
Hennepin Sunrise of Edina
Hennepin Sunrise of Golden Valley
Hennepin The Birches at Trillium Woods
Hennepin The Estates at Bloomington
Hennepin The Encore at Camplin
Hennepin The Estates at Chateau
Hennepin The Estates at Excelsior LLC
Hennepin The Estates at St. Louis Park
Hennepin The Glenn Hopkins
Hennepin The Glenn Minnetonka
Hennepin The Lodge of Eden Prairie
Hennepin The Pillars of Shorewood Landing
Hennepin The Pines Senior and Assisted Living
Hennepin The Sanctuary at Brooklyn Center
Hennepin The Villa at Bryn Mawr
Hennepin The Villa at Osseo
Hennepin The Villa at St. Louis Park
Hennepin The Waterford
Hennepin The Waters of Eden Prairie
Hennepin The Waters of Edina
Hennepin The Waters of Plymouth
Hennepin The Waters on 50th
Hennepin Tower Light
Hennepin Tradition
Hennepin Trails of Orono
Hennepin Trouvailee Memory Care Suites
Hennepin Vernon Terrace
Hennepin Victory Health and Rehab Center
Hennepin Village Shores
Hennepin Walker Methodist Care Suites
Hennepin Walker Methodist Health Center
Hennepin Wayzata Bay Senior Housing Inc. – Folkestone
Hennepin Wealshire of Medina
Hennepin Wellstead of Rogers
Hennepin Willows of Arbor Lakes
Hennepin York Gardens Senior Living
Isanti Rosewood Senior Living
Itasca The Emeralds at Grand Rapids
Jackson Good Samaritan Society Jackson
Kandiyohi Bethesda Grand
Kandiyohi GlenOaks Senior Living Campus
Koochiching Good Samaritan Society -International Falls
Lyon Minneota Manor Health Care Center
Mahnomen Mahnomen Health Center
Martin Temperance Lake Ridge
McLeod River Oaks at Shady Ridge
McLeod Woodstone Senior Living
Meeker Meeker Manor Rehab Center LLC
Morrison Diamond Willow Assisted Living
Morrison St. Otto’s Care Center
Mower Primrose Retirement Community
Mower Sacred Heart Care Center
Mower St. Mark’s Lutheran Home
Murray Maple Lawn Senior Care
Nicollet Oak Terrace Assisted Living
Nobles Parkview Manor Nursing Home
Nobles South Shore Care Center
Nobles Worthinton Golden Horizons
Olmsted Arbor Terrace
Olmsted Charter House
Olmsted Cottagewood Senior Community Rochester
Olmsted Madonna Towers of Rochester
Olmsted Meadow Lakes
Olmsted Rochester East Health Services
Olmsted Rochester Rehabilitation and Living Center
Olmsted Shorewood Commons
Otter Tail Woodland Lodge
Pennington Oakland Park Communities
Pennington Valley Assisted Living
Polk Pioneer Memorial Care Center
Polk Prairie Pines Community
Ramsey Bel Rae Senior Living
Ramsey Benedictine Health Center Innsbruck
Ramsey Brightondale Memory Care
Ramsey Capitol View Transitional Care Center
Ramsey Cardigan Ridge Senior Living
Ramsey Carondelet Village
Ramsey Cerenity Marian St. Paul
Ramsey Cerenity Senior Care Humboldt
Ramsey Cerenity Senior Care White Bear Lake
Ramsey Chandler Place Senior Living
Ramsey Cherrywood Pointe at Lexington
Ramsey Cherrywood Pointe of Roseville (on Cleveland) LLC
Ramsey Dellwood Gardens
Ramsey Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood
Ramsey Emeralds at St. Paul LLC
Ramsey Episcopal Church Home of Minnesota
Ramsey Episcopal Homes of Minnesota – The Gardens
Ramsey Galtier A Villa Center
Ramsey Hayes Residence
Ramsey Little Sisters of the Poor
Ramsey Lyngblomsten Care Center
Ramsey New Perspective Roseville
Ramsey Maple Hill Senior Living
Ramsey Maplewood Care Center
Ramsey New Brighton A Villa Center
Ramsey New Brighton Care Center
Ramsey New Perspective Highland Park
Ramsey Prelude Homes and Services White Bear Lake
Ramsey Presbyterian Homes of Arden Hills
Ramsey Ramsey County Care Center
Ramsey Rose of Sharon A Villa Center
Ramsey Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East
Ramsey Shores Of Lake Phalen
Ramsey Shoreview Senior Living
Ramsey St. Anthony Health and Rehabilitation
Ramsey Suite Living of Little Canada
Ramsey Sunrise of Roseville
Ramsey The Alton Memory Care
Ramsey The Encore at Maplewood
Ramsey The Estates at Lynnhurst
Ramsey The Estates at Roseville LLC
Ramsey The Pillars of White Bear Lake
Ramsey The Waters of Highland Park
Ramsey The Waters of White Bear Lake
Ramsey Waverly Gardens
Ramsey Willows of Ramsey Hill
Redwood Valley View Manor
Renville RenVilla Health Center
Rice Faribault Senior Living
Rice Northfield Care Center Inc
Rice Pleasant Manor
Rice Three Links Care Center
Rock Good Samaritan Society Luverne
St. Louis At Home Living Wesley Residence
St. Louis St. Ann’s Residence
St. Louis Superior View Apartments
Scott Emerald Crest Shakopee
Scott McKenna Crossing
Scott Shakopee Friendship Manor
Scott St. Gertrude’s Health and Rehabilitation Center
Sherburne Benedict Homes
Sherburne CentraCare St. Benedict’s Community
Sherburne Elk River Senior Care LLC
Sherburne Guardian Angels Care Center Elk River
Sherburne Nature’s Point Assisted Living
Sherburne St. Scholastica Convent
Sherburne The Sanctuary at St. Cloud
Sibley Oak Terrace Health Care Center
Stearns Belgrade Nursing Home
Stearns CentraCare Health Sauk Centre
Stearns CentraCare Melrose
Stearns Mother of Mercy Senior Living
Stearns Skylight Gardens Assisted Living
Stearns Sterling Park HCC
Steele Medford Senior Care
Steele Prairie Manor Care Center
Steele Valleyview Assisted Living
Todd CentraCare – Long Prairie Care Center
Todd CentraCare – Long Prairie Meadow Place
Todd Lakewood Manor
Wabasha St. Elizabeth’s Health Care Center
Washington Good Samaritan Society Stillwater
Washington New Perspective – Woodbury
Washington Norris Square
Washington Oak Park Senior Living
Washington Oak Ridge Place
Washington Peaceful Lodge
Washington Prelude Homes and Services – Woodbury South
Washington Saint Therese of Woodbury
Washington St. Andrew’s Village
Washington Stonecrest
Washington The Encore at Hugo
Washington The Encore at Mahtomedi
Washington The Gables of Boutwells Landing
Washington Woodbury Health Care Center
Washington Woodbury Villa
Watonwan Good Samaritan Society St. James
Wilkin St. Francis Home
Winona Lake Winona Manor
Winona Sauer Health Care
Wright Park View Care Center
Wright Riverview Landing
Wright The Estates at Delano LLC

This list is cumulative and facilities may not have ongoing transmission. Facilities with fewer than 10 residents will not be listed.

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UMC SOCCER ANNOUNCES THE SIGNING OF ANOTHER TRANSFER

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The University of Minnesota Crookston women’s soccer program announced the addition of the University of Illinois Springfield transfer Alyssa Pavlacic (D, 5-9, St. Charles, Mo./University of Illinois Springfield). Pavlacic is the seventh signee for the Golden Eagles in the 2020 class joining Jacqueline Calderon (MF, 5-3, Indio, Calif./La Quinta H.S.), Alexia Chairez (D, Cleburne, Texas/Northeast Texas College), Elizabeth Hurley (D, 5-4, Stewartville, Minn./Stewartville H.S.), Hannah Hust (D/F, 5-11, Kuna, Idaho/Kuna H.S.), Abby Olsen (GK, 5-6, Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park H.S.), and Madelyn Teplansky (MF, 5-3, Apple Valley, Calif./Apple Valley H.S.).

Alyssa Pavlacic (D, 5-9, St. Charles, Mo./University of Illinois Springfield)
Pavlacic played one season at NCAA Division II University of Illinois-Springfield. She appeared in seven games with two shots during her freshman season for the Prairie Stars. Pavlacic helped Illinois-Springfield to an 8-10 mark. She was an All-State Second Team pick for St. Charles West H.S. in 2018. She was a three-time All-Conference selection, including First Team All-Conference accolades as a junior and season. Pavlacic earned All-District and All-Region honors. In addition, she was a Missouri Athletic Club all-star player. Pavlacic helped her team win four district championships. She recorded 10 goals and 17 assists in her career. Pavlacic competed for the Saint Louis Scott Gallagher club soccer team. She also lettered in cross country and swimming. Pavlacic was a two-year captain for St. Charles West H.S.
“Alyssa is a huge addition to our program and team,” said Head Coach Kyle Halfpop. “She is a very good technical player that is comfortable on the ball and makes really good decisions. She has a high soccer IQ and can read the game very well. Her positioning is great and she is always looking for the ball. Alyssa is good with both feet and she’s good in the air. My expectations for Alyssa are high and I think she will come into our program and have a big impact right away. I’m really excited for Alyssa to get here and start working with her.”
She is the daughter of Cecilia and David Pavlacic. Her father David Pavlacic competed in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary in speed skating. She was a member of the UIS Dean’s List and earned a 4.0 GPA as a freshman. Pavlacic also speaks French.

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CRITICAL BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT A COVID-19 PREPAREDNESS PLAN BY JUNE 29

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, some businesses have been defined “Critical Businesses” based on federal guidance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). These businesses were able to continue operations – with safety protocols in place – due to the essential nature of their work in areas such as healthcare, public safety, food and agriculture, energy, manufacturing, transportation and more.

In the weeks and months since Governor Walz first declared a peacetime emergency and Stay at Home order in Minnesota, we’ve now seen tens of thousands of businesses begin to safely reopen across our state. Businesses that are reopening are now required to adopt a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan to explain the policies, practices and conditions that the business will take to protect the health and safety of their workers and customers. 

Critical Businesses have always been required to follow the same MDH and CDC guidelines and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards as non-Critical Sector businesses, but they had not previously been required to adopt and implement a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan.

Governor Walz and state leaders have recognized that a more consistent approach across industries and businesses in Minnesota was important – and that workers at Critical Businesses deserve the same clarity about their employers’ plans to protect health and safety as those at non-Critical Sector businesses. To ensure that happens, Executive Order 20-74 requires that by June 29, 2020, all businesses – including Critical Businesses – fully adopt and implement a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. 

Our state agency partners at the Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) and the Department of Health (MDH) have created a template COVID-19 Preparedness Plan that any business may use – it is not required, but all businesses must address a variety of components outlined in the template.  

In addition, the State of Minnesota has created industry-specific guidance for several industries that have unique work environments, may pose higher risks for potential virus transmission, or that employ more vulnerable workers, including:

For other industries and businesses, the General Guidance for All Businesses should be sufficient for writing and developing a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. Minnesota OSHA is also prepared to assist any business with the development of their COVID-19 Preparedness Plans – if you need help, you can contact MNOSHA Workplace Safety Consultation at 651-284-5060 or OSHA.compliance@state.mn.us. You can find more information about Critical Sector exemptions and Executive Order 20-48 here.

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President Trump Signs Executive Order On Police Reform

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said would encourage better police practices, this coming after weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd.

Trump met privately with the families of several black Americans killed in interactions with police before his Rose Garden signing ceremony, and said he grieved for the lives lost and families devastated. He devoted most of his public remarks to a need to respect and support “the brave men and women in blue who police our streets and keep us safe,” characterizing the officers who have used excessive force as a “tiny” number of outliers among “trustworthy” police ranks.

“Reducing crime and raising standards are not opposite goals,” Trump said, flanked by police officials. Trump’s executive order would establish a database that tracks police officers with excessive use-of-force complaints in their records. Many officers who wind up involved in fatal incidents have long complaint histories. Those records are often not made public, making it difficult to know if an officer has such a history.

Trump signs executive order on policing mid mounting pressure over lethal incidents

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Arrest/Fire Report – Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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The Northwest Regional Corrections Center announced the arrests of the following individuals:

Evan James Chaput, 26 of Thief River Falls, for misdemeanor domestic assault.

Maria Francis Parker, 20 of Crookston, for misdemeanor contempt of court for willful disobedience of a court mandate. Released on personal recognizance.

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Google Bans Two News Sites From Ad Platform Due To Protest Coverage

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The far-right news sites ZeroHedge and The Federalist will no longer be able to generate revenue from any advertisements served by Google Ads. The two sites were found to be in violation of  Google’s policies on content related to race when they pushed unsubstantiated claims about the Black Lives Matter protests sparked in recent weeks by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on May 25.

“We have strict publisher policies that govern the content ads can run on and explicitly prohibit derogatory content that promotes hatred, intolerance, violence or discrimination based on race from monetizing,” a Google spokesperson said. “When a page or site violates our policies, we take action. In this case, we’ve removed both sites’ ability to monetize with Google.”  Both ZeroHedge and The Federalist were flagged for violations related to their comment sections that they did not do enough to mitigate.

Google informed ZeroHedge about their violation several days ago and The Federalist was informed Tuesday.

Google bans two websites from its ad platform over protest articles

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Howard Stern Responds To Controversy Surrounding Resurfaced Blackface Performance

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Howard Stern is speaking out after a television special from 1993 resurfaced in which the radio host appears in blackface and repeatedly used racist language. 

Stern, 66, addressed the controversial performance on his SiriusXM show, saying: “The sh*t I did was f***ing crazy. I’ll be the first to admit. I won’t go back and watch those old shows; it’s like, who is that guy? But that was my shtick, that’s what I did and I own it. I don’t think I got embraced by Nazi groups and hate groups. They seemed to think I was against them too. Everybody had a bone to pick with me.”  The offensive sketch is from a pay-per-view New Year’s Eve special in which Stern and his longtime co-host, Robin Quivers satirized a Friar’s Club Roast of Whoopi Goldberg in 1993 where Ted Danson, who was then dating Goldberg, had dressed in blackface.

Stern went on to say that if he had a chance to do it all over again he wouldn’t have worn blackface. “If I had to do it all over again, would I lampoon Ted Danson, a white guy in blackface? Yeah, I was lampooning him and saying, I’m going to shine a light on this. But would I go about it the same way now? Probably not. Not probably, I wouldn’t.”  He did not apologize for the skit, but Stern said he and his comedy have “evolved.”

Howard Stern Responds to Backlash Over Resurfaced Video of Him in Blackface, Using N-Word

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Howard Stern has addressed his use of blackface and the N-word in a New Year’s Eve special…
 

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