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Church identified as hate group gets permit in Minnesota

December 10, 2020

Jim Monk,

MURDOCK, Minn. – The city council in a small Minnesota farming community has voted to grant a permit that allows a Nordic heritage church that has been identified as a white supremacist group to gather at an abandoned church. The vote Wednesday night came after the council in the Swift County community of Murdock was advised by the city attorney…

Minnesota truck driver will be featured on Jones Soda bottles as part of Unsung Heroes Campaign

He, like many truck drivers, has had to continue to work during the pandemic in order to provide for his family.

December 9, 2020

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SEATTLE (KVRR) – Seattle company Jones Soda will be featuring a Minnesota truck driver on their soda bottles as part of the company’s Unsung Hero Campaign. At first glance, this image can be portrayed as just a father carrying his daughter while in front of a truck. What the picture doesn’t tell is that it was going to be two…

Minnesota can expect phase one of vaccine distributions as early as next week

Even with a vaccine in site, the governor insists precautionary measures still must be taken.

December 8, 2020

Aaron Walling,

MINNESOTA – Governor Tim Walz discusses Minnesota’s plan for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations in the state. “Exactly how long we’re going to need to be keeping six feet apart and avoiding close crowds and wearing masks – we don’t know any of that yet,” says Minnesota Health Department Commissioner Jan Malcolm. What we know is the state of Minnesota…

Minnesota face mask makes Time Magazine’s 2020 best invention list

Breathe99 designed a B2 mask they say filters 99% of common contaminants and reduces filter cost and waste by half.

December 8, 2020

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This is the lastest model of the B2 mask.MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota Company is recognized by Time Magazine as having one of the best inventions of 2020. The idea to design a mask came years before the pandemic hit when Max Bock-Aronson was studying abroad in Singapore in 2013. “I started to notice that when I would go on runs…

Name of high school honoring Minnesota’s first governor will be changed

December 8, 2020

Jim Monk,

Henry SibleyMENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. – A Twin Cities-area high school will no longer be named after Henry Sibley, Minnesota’s first governor. The West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area School Board voted Monday evening to drop the name, following complaints by community members and alumni about Sibley’s treatment of the state’s Dakota people. Sibley, who commanded troops in the U.S.-Dakota War, established…

WATCH: Walz announces Minnesota’s vaccine plan

December 8, 2020

Jim Monk,

ST. PAUL (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz is detailing Minnesota’s plans for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine. Categories: Coronavirus, Local News, Minnesota News Tags: COVID-19, GOV. TIM WALZ, minnesota

Nearly 12,000 acres to be returned to Leech Lake Band

December 8, 2020

Jim Monk,

CASS LAKE, Minn. – A bill passed by Congress and headed to President Trump’s desk will return nearly 12,000 acres of land in the Chippewa National Forest to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. The government illegally seized the land from the tribe more than 70 years ago. Rep. Betty McCollum, who sponsored the legislation in the House, says passage…

Gov. Walz hopes new quarantine period will make Minnesotans more compliant

Minnesotans who are exposed to COVID-19 can shorten their quarantine from 14 days to 10 or 7 days in some cases.

December 7, 2020

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MINNESOTA – Minnesotans who are exposed to COVID-19 can shorten their quarantine from 14 days to 10 or 7 days in some cases. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says a 14 day quarantine period still remains the optimal time you should isolate. With the new CDC guideline of a 10-day recommended quarantine, Walz believes people will be more compliant. “The belief…

Line 3 opponents gather near pipeline construction site in northern Minnesota

December 7, 2020

Jim Monk,

PALISADE, Minn. (KVRR) – Activists opposed to the construction of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline gathered near one of the construction sites in northern Minnesota Monday. RISE Coalition organizer Nancy Beaulieu says members of the Red Lake, White Earth and Leech Lake Tribes were among those participating. Demonstrators lit a campfire and played Native American music. There were no reports…

Minnesota regulators deny request to stop Line 3 pipeline

December 4, 2020

Jim Monk,

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota regulatory panel has denied a request by two northern Minnesota tribes to prevent Enbridge Energy from moving forward with its contentious Line 3 oil pipeline replacement. The Red Lake and White Earth Bands of Chippewa asked the Public Utilities Commission to stay its order allowing construction, citing pending litigation in the Minnesota Court of Appeals and…