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Gary Lee Steinbrink – Obit

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Gary Lee Steinbrink, 65, of Grand Forks, ND, passed away at the Altru Hospital in Grand Forks early Saturday morning, December 5, 2020.

Gary was born in Crookston on June 29, 1955 and was the son of the late Ralph and Luverne (Jasper) Steinbrink. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and graduated from Crookston’s Central High School in 1972. Gary was a career over-the-road trucker traveling hundreds of thousands of miles throughout the United States until his retirement.

He leaves a son, Todd (Bridget) Peterson and children, MaKenna and Easton, of Crookston, MN; brother and sister-in-law, Duane and Judi Steinbrink of Crookston; sister, Arlene Jorgensen of Buxton, ND; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Luverne Steinbrink.

A memorial service for Gary Steinbrink will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, December 14, 2020, in the Stenshoel-Houske Funeral Home, Crookston, with The Rev. Greg Isaacson, officiating. Visitation with the family will be for one hour prior to the service. Inurnment will take place in the Oakdale Cemetery at Crookston. The service will be live-streamed by logging on to www.stenshoelhouske.com, bringing up  Gary’s obituary, and scrolling to the bottom of that page to click on the prompt for viewing the funeral.

Online registry:  www.stenshoelhouske.com

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NSIC REVISES BASKETBALL SCHEDULES – MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS TO PLAY IN SEPERATE LOCATIONS

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The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) announced revised schedules for the 2020-21 season. The NSIC will now have single-gender sites as guided by the NCAA SSI Resocialization of Collegiate Sport Guidance.

The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle men’s and women’s basketball teams will now play the same opponents each weekend, but with one team hosting at Lysaker Gymnasium and one on the road.

Here are the updated 2020-21 schedules. Game times will be announced at a later date.

Minnesota Crookston Women’s Basketball Schedule
Jan. 2 – at Concordia St. Paul
Jan. 3 – at Concordia St. Paul
Jan. 8 – at MSU-Moorhead
Jan. 9 – at MSU-Moorhead
Jan. 16 – host Northern State
Jan. 17 – host Northern State
Jan. 22 – at Minot State
Jan. 23 – at Minot State
Jan. 29 – host Mary
Jan. 30 – host Mary
Feb. 5 – host UM-Duluth
Feb. 6 – host UM-Duluth
Feb. 12 – at St. Cloud State
Feb. 13 – at St. Cloud State
Feb. 19 – host Bemidji State
Feb. 20 – host Bemidji State 

Minnesota Crookston Men’s Basketball Schedule
Jan. 2 – host Concordia St. Paul
Jan. 3 – host Concordia St. Paul
Jan. 8 – host MSU-Moorhead
Jan. 9 – host MSU-Moorhead
Jan. 16 – at Northern State
Jan. 17 – at Northern State
Jan. 22 – host Minot State
Jan. 23 – host Minot State
Jan. 29 – at Mary
Jan. 30 – at Mary
Feb. 5 – at UM-Duluth
Feb. 6 – at UM-Duluth
Feb. 12 – host St. Cloud State
Feb. 13 – host St. Cloud State
Feb. 19 – at Bemidji State
Feb. 20 – at Bemidji State

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CROOKSTON HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES COLLECTING DONATIONS TO PURCHASE GIFT CARDS FOR THOSE IN NEED

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A few weeks ago it was announced the Crookston Community Food Baskets were canceled because of COVID-19.  The food baskets are given to people and families in need.  After the cancelation of the food baskets, a Crookston High School student-athlete recently came up with another way for students to help those in need.

Crookston High School Activities will be collecting donations over the next week and will be used to purchase gift cards to go to families and people who need them in the Crookston community.

Crookston Activities Director Greg Garmen said Crookston Pirate Girls’ basketball player Amelia Overgaard (pictured right) came up with the idea to help out the community. “Last week Darin Zimmerman (Girls’ Basketball Coach) came to me and one of his players had come up with an idea to replace part of it,” said Garmen. “We are trying to find names of people in need and I put it out to our coaches and advisors. It’s not only our athletic teams but I happened to have a timely meeting this morning with Speech, One-Act Play, and Dance, so we’ve included everyone who is hopefully going to have a season this winter. It’s another way to help and thank goodness for kids with good ideas.”

Because the school is currently in distance learning, the district doesn’t want students going out to collect donations. Instead, they’ll accept donations at the high school office. “Each of the coaches are working with their teams,” said Garmen. “And basically, if you want to, you can bring a donation to the high school office through Wednesday, December 16. There will be a match of up to $3,000, so if we can get a good turnout with our teams that would certainly help.”

The high school office will be open each day Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. There is a challenge between each of the winter activity teams with who can raise the most money.  When you drop off a donation, let them know which team you want it to go towards. The gift cards will be distributed to community members in need before Christmas.

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MN Reports 2,985 NEW CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19, 22 DEATHS, POLK 13 NEW CASES, 3 DEATHS IN KITTSON COUNTY

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The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 2,985 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 175 probable cases from antigen testing and 22 deaths. The confirmed cases were the result of 24,743 completed tests for a positive rate of 12.1 percent.

Polk County reported the most cases in northwest Minnesota with 13, Roseau County-10 cases, Pennington County-8 cases, Lake of the Woods-6 cases, Kittson County-5 cases and 3 deaths (one was 100+ years old, one was 90-94 years, and one was 80-84 years), Mahnomen County-2 cases, Marshall County-2 cases, Red Lake County-2 cases, and Norman County-1 case.

Updated December 8, 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.”

Positive PCR test results are considered confirmed cases. Positive antigen test results are considered probable cases.

All probable cases get the same public health follow up and recommendations as cases confirmed by PCR tests.

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.

Total positive cases (cumulative) 359,203
Total confirmed cases (PCR positive) (cumulative) 350,413
Total probable cases (Antigen positive) (cumulative) 8,790
Newly reported cases 3,080
Newly reported confirmed cases 2,905
Newly reported probable cases 175
Newly reported deaths 22

Testing

Total approximate completed tests (cumulative) 4,650,726
Total approximate number of completed PCR tests (cumulative) 4,519,051
Total approximate number of completed antigen tests (cumulative) 131,675

Testing data table

Total approximate number of people tested (cumulative) 2,679,221
More about testing data

Minnesota Case Overview

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

Total positive cases (cumulative) 359,203
Total confirmed cases (PCR positive) (cumulative) 350,413
Total probable cases (Antigen positive) (cumulative) 8,790

Positive cases by date specimen collected data table

Total number of health care workers (cumulative) 26,168
More about positive cases

Patients no longer needing isolation

Patients no longer needing isolation (cumulative) 314,957
More about patients no longer needing isolation

Deaths

Deaths of confirmed cases in Minnesota, data in table below

Total deaths (cumulative) 4,027
Deaths from confirmed cases (cumulative) 3,933
Deaths from probable cases (cumulative) 94
Deaths among cases that resided in long-term care or assisted living facilities (cumulative) 2,660

Deaths data table

Total non-laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 deaths (death certificate) (cumulative) 59
More about deaths

Hospitalizations

Minnesota COVID-19 hospitalizations, data in table below

Total cases hospitalized (cumulative) 18,594
Total cases hospitalized in ICU (cumulative) 4,063

Hospitalization data table

More about hospitalizations

Case Demographics

Age

Age group data table:
Including age group of deaths

More about age

Gender

Gender data table

More about gender

Race & Ethnicity

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

More about race and ethnicity

Likely Exposure

Likely exposure data table

More about likely exposure

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

More about location data

Residence Type

Residence type data table

Weekly Report

This report includes more detailed information on testing, demographics, syndromic surveillance, and more. Updated every Thursday.

Facilities with Cases & Exposures

Cases in Pre-K through Grade 12 School Buildings, by County

Congregate Care Facilities with Exposures, by County

Other Statistics

Data in the data tables is correct as of 11 a.m. daily. Dynamic images and maps will update shortly after 11 a.m. daily and will not work if your browser is in compatibility mode.

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90-year-old woman in the U.K. Is First To Receive Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

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A 90-year-old grandmother became Patient A on Tuesday morning as she was the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine outside a clinical trial.

Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, received the shot — the first of 800,000 doses — at University Hospital Coventry in central England at 6:31 a.m., as part of a mass immunization program rolled out across the United Kingdom, according to a press release from the country’s publicly-funded health care system, the National Health Service (NHS), 

Keenan said she feels “so privileged to be the first person.” She will receive a booster injection — re-exposure to the immunizing antigen after initial vaccination — in 21 days “to ensure she has the best chance of being protected against the virus,” according to the press release.

Last week, the U.K. became the first country in the world to authorize emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. The potentially life-saving vaccine was shown in late-stage clinical trials to be more than 95% effective in preventing COVID-19.

U.K. grandmother, 90, gets the 1st dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine

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As New COVID-19 Restrictions Begin In California, New York Prepares For Potential Shutdowns

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that New York is just days away from a second lockdown if coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to surge upward during the holiday season. Cuomo said during a Monday press conference in New York City, “If you overwhelm the hospital capacity, you will have to go back to shutdown. There are no options.”

Hospitalizations across New York are rising over the last month, as New Yorkers gathered for the holidays despite warnings from health officials. To combat the new wave, Cuomo revealed a series of new restrictive mandates that could go into effect as soon as Friday. Cuomo said if hospitalization rates do not stabilize in the next five days, indoor dining will have a 25 percent occupancy limit across the state—and will shut down entirely in New York City. 

The plan is similar to that of California, where a new stay-at-home order took effect on Sunday for Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley, after ICU  capacity dipped below 15 percent. San Francisco has also gone into lockdown, with the mayor imposing a separate set of orders. California’s new stay-at-home order affects around 85% of the state’s 40 million people, and will be in place for at least three weeks.

Many Californians under new pandemic curbs; New York readies fresh restrictions

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Much of California on Monday faced a raft of new restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of…
 

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Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant Join Netflix Comedy Event ‘Death to 2020’

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On Monday, Netflix announced on social media that Samuel L. Jackson and Hugh Grant have joined the Netflix comedy event Death to 2020.  Lisa Kudrow, Kumail Nanjiani, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Leslie Jones, Diane Morgan, Cristin Milioti and Joe Keery will also appear in the special from the creators of Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.  Black Mirror moved to Netflix in Season 3 and released its fifth season in 2019.

Death to 2020 is a documentary-style special that will combine footage of real-life events from this year with commentary from fictitious “renowned” experts. Netflix said in an official synopsis: “Death to 2020 is a comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is?” 

Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow to Feature in Netflix Comedy Event ‘Death to 2020’

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Stars including (“Pulp Fiction”), Hugh Grant (“The Undoing”) and Lisa…
 

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Arrest/Fire Report – Tuesday, December 8, 2020

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

Bobby James Vonesh, 18 of East Grand Forks, for felony 5th-degree drug possession.

The Crookston Fire Department responded to the following call on 12/7/2020:

At 3:42 p.m., the CFD reported to North Acres Estates for a trailer house fire. Upon arrival, smoke was coming out of the trailer. CFD extinguished the fire, and upon investigation, it was found that the owner was thawing water pipes and caught the installation on fire, and caught the bottom of the trailer on fire. There was minor fire damage, some smoke damage, with no injuries reported. 

 

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Gwen Stefani Drops New Single “Let Me Reintroduce Myself”

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Gwen Stefani has released her first pop song in four years, dropping “Let Me Reintroduce Myself,” the first non-holiday solo tune Stefani has released since 2016.

A press release teases more new material is on the way from Stefani in the near future, though it did not confirm whether ‘Let Me Reintroduce Myself’ is part of a new solo album. Stefani said in a statement:  “This song is a way of saying I’m back with new music. It’s a fun, lighthearted song, because I got inspired and hopefully to bring a little bit of joy. The idea was to write a song that had a bit of a nostalgic feeling to it, so I think musically it reminds you of back in the day, going back to where I started musically which was with ska and reggae. I’m still the same me but here’s something a little bit new in case you feel like hearing a little bit more of me.”

Take a listen to ‘Let Me Reintroduce Myself’ at the link: here.

Gwen Stefani Debuts ‘Let Me Reintroduce Myself,’ Says It’s ‘Not a Comeback’ – Listen Now!

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GOVERNOR WALZ AN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DISCUSS COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLAN ON TUESDAY

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On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, Governor Tim Walz will join the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to discuss Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan. He will then hold an in-person media availability with state legislative leaders at the Minnesota Department of Revenue.  The press conference will be held at 1:30 p.m. and you can listen to it live on KROX Radio. 

WHAT: Press conference addressing Minnesota’s COVID-19 vaccine plan followed by an in-person media availability at the Minnesota Department of Revenue

WHO:
Press conference: Governor Walz; MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm; MDH Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann; Dr. Jill Amsberry
Media Availability: Governor Walz; MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm; MDH Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann; Dr. Jill Amsberry; State Legislative Leaders

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