Sons: Sauer negligent in resident’s CoVid death
WINONA, Minn. – The Sauer nursing home, where the first rash of CoVid pandemic [...]
Mayo group aims at “affordable insulin” by 2024
PETERSBURG, Virginia – Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic is part of a partnernship to manufacture low-cost [...]
Solon: Insurance must cover cancer screening
ROCHESTER, Minn. – State Senator Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, is working on a bill to [...]
Cancer diagnosis for powerful state senator
ROCHESTER, Minn. – An influential state senator, .Carla Nelson of Rocheste, has been diagnosed [...]
Medicaid fraud charged against acupuncturist
ST. PAUL, Minn. – An acupuncturist with four Twin Cities offices, Xiaoyan Hu, has [...]
So-called “Freedom Convoy” traverses Minnesota
NODINE, Minn. – Two truck convoys planning to converge on Washington to protest CoVid [...]
Mayo rebounds financially from pandemic
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic’s payroll has climbed to 41,000 in Rochester, according to [...]
Mask guides eased for Winona, Fillmore counties
WINONA, Minn. – The CoVid risk rating for Winona County has been lowered by [...]
School Board: Masking to be optional
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board voted 6-1 to lift its masking requirement [...]
Opioid settlement funds on their way
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that local governments in [...]
Abbott recalls Similac formula lots
STURGIS, Mich. – Abbott Laboratories recalled lots of its Similac PM 60/40 powdered baby [...]
Mayo relaxes hospital visitor max
ROCHESTER, Minn. –As CoVid cases fall, Mayo Clinic is easing restrictions on hospital visitors. [...]
Mayo expanding old Franciscan hospital
LACROSSE, Wis. – Mayo Clinic unveiled plans for a new 70-bed hospital to expand [...]
School Board dawdles on dropping masks
WINONA Minn. – The Winona School Board split on whether to end required face-masking [...]
County may be ending CoVid vaccine clinic
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona County Health Department’s CoVid vaccination clinics this week may [...]
UW campuses’ mask mandate ending
MADISON, Wis. – Face masks will become voluntary in the University of Wisconsin system [...]
UW Health minimum wage to $17
MADISON Wis. – UW Health will raise minimum wages $17 an hour starting in [...]
205 new Winona CoVid cases
WINONA, Minn. – The state Health Department confirmed 205 new CoVid infections in Winona [...]
State: Tainted lettuce a killer
MADISON, Wis. – The state Health Department confirmed one Wisconsin death from listeria-contaminated salad [...]
Winona CoVid morbidity toll now 69
WINONA Minn. – Three new CoVid deaths and 395 newcases were confirmed in Winona [...]
Cotter drops CoVid mask requirement
WINONA, Minn. —Cotter Schools lifted its masking requirement. The president of Cotter, Mary Eileen [...]
School Board acts to ease teacher burn-out
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona School Board added two days to the school calendar [...]
Schools wary about ditching mask rules
WINONA, Minn. – Public school leaders are holding their breaths that new CoVid data [...]
CoVid test kits sourcing in transition
WINONA, Minn. – A shortage of CoVid test kits has significantly reduced testing capacity [...]
State aims to broaden, to better asthma care
ST. PAUL, Minn. --The state Health Department has established a 10-year plan to help [...]
Osseo seeks $5.8 million for city well issues
OSSEO, Wis. – The City of Osseo has applied for $5.8 million in state [...]
Mayo doctor tending to U.S. men’s hockey team
BEIJING -- A Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon Michael Stuart, is on his fourth tour [...]
Winona Schools priority: Avoid shutdown
WINONA, Minn.—The possibility of going again to online learning or shutting down Winna schools [...]
Eyden: Better late than never to mask
WINONA, Minn – City Council member Pam Eyden said she’s prepared to propose a [...]
1,000 new Winona Co-Vid cases in two weeks
WINONA, Minn. – In the past two weeks the CoVid infection count for Winona [...]
WSU urges profs back to online modes
WINONA, Minn. – CoVid infections have accelerated alarmringly at Winona State, prompting the university [...]
CoVid test shops targeted in fraud probe
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A pop-up CoVid testing site locked its doors, apparently going of [...]
CoVid-disabled man flown to Texas hospital
COON RAPIDS, Minn. -- A man suffering CoVid infection and whom doctors wanted to [...]
Trempealeau County CoVid hotbed worsens
WHITEHALL, Wis. – CoVid cases have tripled in largely rural Trempealeau County in the [...]
County Board lacks majority for a mandate
WINONA, Minn. – The chair of the Winona County Board, Chris Meyer, does. not [...]
Winona Health prioritizes to testing
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Health CoVid clinic is shifting resources to more testing [...]
Rochester Council backs mayor’s mask order
ROCHESTER, Minn.-- The City Council voted 6-1 to support Mayor Kim Norton’s emergency order [...]
Mayor defers to county on masking
WINONA, Minn. – Gun-shy after being overruled on a mask mandate in August, Mayor [...]
MIAC sports league adapts rules to new CoVid
BLOOMINGIN, Minn. – The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, od whuch Saint Mart’s is a [...]
SMU spectator sports off limits: Blame CoVid
WINONA, Minn. – With students returning from winter break and many likely carrying CoVid [...]
Duluth mayor invokes indoor masking
DULUTH, Minn. – Mayor Emily Larson issued an executive order for a mask mandate [...]
Judge to hospital: Keep respirator connected
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A judge ordered a suburban Coon Rapids hospital to keep [...]
Round 2: CoVid relief grants to local businesses
WINONA, Minn. –The Winona Chamber of Commerce has another $1 million in CoVid relief [...]
CoVid sidelines Simon; quaranting at home
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Secretary of State Steve Simon has come down with CoVid. [...]
Med school honors Winona physician assistant
IOWA CITY, Iowa – A Winona Health physician assistant, Denver Brown, has received the [...]
Now kindergarteners eligible for $200 for a jab
‘ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz announced that the state’s “Kids Deserve a [...]
Ellison positive for CoVid at Europe airport
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Attorney General Keith Ellison learned he was infected with CoVid [...]
CoVid precaution: Edgewood delays new semester
MADISON, Wis. -- Edgewood College, with 1,800 students, announced a one-week delay in its [...]
Marquette’s new CoVid response: One week late
MILWAUKEE, Wis. –Marquette University delayed starting its spring semester by a week in hope [...]
Free flu shots another week at Winona Health
WINONA, Minn. – Free flu vaccinations will continue for walk-ins at Winona Health through [...]
Mayo axes 700 staff for vax non-compliance
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The Mayo Clinic is sticking to its vax-or-leave policy and fired [...]
Winona County CoVid inoculation total: 76,000-plus
WINONA, Minn. –The Winona County Public Health Department has administered more than 27,000 CoVid [...]
Winona Schools fall CoVid cases: 204 students
WINONA, Minn. – Autumn data show that Winona public schools had 204 CoVid cases between [...]
Will Mayo fire thousands of un-vaxxed employees?
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The question remains whether Mayo Clinic will enforce its mandate for [...]
Mayo firms up mask rules for entry
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Not just any ol’mask will do at Mayo anymore. Nor a [...]
Police chief: Officers struggle with countless variables
AUSTIN, Minn. – After an apparently deranged man was killed last week by Austin [...]
New Covid threat seen on health-care staffing
WINONA, Minn. – The highly transmissible CoVid Omicron may create a new wave of [...]
To parents: Test kids before school starts up
WINONA, Minn. – Students at Winona Schools have been reminded to test for CoVid [...]
Schultz: Winona Health vax rate 91%
WINONA, Minn. – Everyone working at Winona Health is either vaccinated against CoVid or [...]
Will December CoVid surge put hospital in lurch again?
WINONA, Minn. – The Thanksgiving surge in CoVid hospitalizations has ebbed at the Winona [...]