In addition: HealthPartners has called for the reopening of the Minneapolis clinic; epidemic of moths affecting Minnesota pines; Wisconsin reports more than 900 new COVID-19s; And more.
This AP thing, “Sturgis is underway. The message was posted on social media when South Dakota, which has noticed an increase in coronavirus infections in recent weeks, is preparing to receive thousands of motorcyclists for the 80th edition of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally: more than 250,000 people are expected to scold in western South Dakota… The event from 7 to 16 August, possibly the largest to date of the pandemic, will give the collection companies the chance to make up for the losses. coronavirus, but for many Sturgis, a city of about 7,000 more people, overflowing bars and bacchanals will not be a pandemic.
In the Star Tribune, Christopher Snowbeck writes: Union staff and an LDF lawmaker are asking HealthPartners to reopen their clinic in Cedar-Riverside, a Minneapolis community that has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Arrangement… The permanent closure, which after a transient closure this spring due to COVID-19, unexpected due to the spread of coronavirus and also worrying due to the lack of physical attention among immigrants from Somalia and Ethiopia living nearby, said DFL representative Mohamud Noor, who represents the community.
In MPR, John Enger says: “If you live near red pines, and in much of Minnesota, there’s a smart possibility: you’ve probably seen dead brown spots on the upper branches this summer. They are evidence of a moth epidemic like the state has not experienced in more than 20 years. The red butterflies of pine shoots are regularly quite rare. Rachael Nicoll is a forest conditioning specialist in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and before this summer, I had never seen an adult maturity in the wild. Now, she says, three-quarters of all the red pines in her area, north of Brainerd, are infested.
For Bloomberg, Alister Bull writes, “Rising U.S. savings rate means the country can help Americans fired by the coronavirus pandemic, while a ‘hard’ blockade may allow for a faster economic recovery,” a senior Federal Reserve official said Sunday. Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Neel Kashkari told CBS’s Face the Nation that Americans are saving more because they don’t faint so much during the pandemic and therefore would be less eager to borrow abroad to finance more finance. Help.Array .. Kashkari said the economy’s trajectory would be fortunate enough to control the pandemic, and warned that while very unpopular, a strict economic blockage may be the least of two ills to repair expansion and contract faster, rather than waiting for the eventual arrival of a vaccine. »»
In Pioneer Press, Katrina Pross writes: “In less than a week, censors will begin to knock on local doors to ensure that certain Minnesotaans complete the 2020 census. The census takes position once every 10 years, but protocols and deadlines have had to be relocated this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Arrangement… For those who have not yet completed the census form, staff will be knocked on doors in Minneapolis on August 6 and the rest of the state will receive begins on August 11, but with new guidelines.
For WEAU-TV in Wisconsin, Katrina Henning reports: “The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is offering a new update on Wisconsin’s position with COVID-19. On Sunday, 922 new COVID-19 instances reported, for a total of 54,924. There was another death, which raised the wisconsin total to 948. 80% of all instances were recovered, or 43,964. 904,666 other people tested negative for the virus. Eau Claire County reported an accumulation of 18 instances on Sunday, bringing the county total to more than 500.”
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A WCCO-TV report says: “The Minnesota State Patrol says a woman died after crossing a structure area and into a hole in the road. Array.. Officials say Michelle Burwell, 51, from Northfield has died. The State Patrol stated that she was not wearing a seat belt and had been drinking before the accident.
In the Star Tribune, Matt McKinney states: “The shift to the blank force promises a primary replacement in the St. Croix River Valley at the end of this decade, when Xcel Energy’s Allen S. King coalpower plant in Oak Park Heights will stop, potentially in 2028: a closure that would open a giant expanse of land with nearly a mile from the river bank for new uses. It is not known without delay what could end up on site after the plant closes. , adding its 4,500-foot coastline, is through the Federal Wild and Scenic River Act.
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