A Minnesotans two year journey with COVID
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🎧Coming up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with three guests about the many unique holiday traditions in our state, where they came from and why they are important to us.
And at noon, Paul Huttner shares the latest on the winter storm and blizzard, poised to pound our state over the next three days. We talk with Matt Carter, executive director of the Dakota County Historical Society, about the town that never was, "Ninenjer." Plus, Geology Professor Jim Cotter tells the story of Lake Agassiz. Here's what else we have planned today.
Travel conditions will deteriorate as snow moves in Wednesday, and then the winds will kick in blizzard conditions as we move into Thursday and Friday. Winter storm warnings are posted for most of Minnesota starting Wednesday. Get the latest on Updraft. | |
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| | COVID nearly killed him, then the hard part began |
Two years ago, Gabe Pastores was intubated and on last-ditch life saving measures in Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 wing. Many of those patients didn't make it out, but Pastores did. His COVID journey, however, was far from over.
Nearly three years after the first cases of COVID surfaced in the United States, Minnesota and the rest of the world have mostly moved on. Masking is down, vaccinations are at a trickle and the disease that killed nearly 14,000 Minnesotans and made thousands more ill is viewed now as more nuisance than crisis.
But for Pastores and thousands of others, the disease continues to take a toll. Their struggles are real yet fading out of the public consciousness. | |
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Union Hmong Kitchen plans new pop-up restaurant in Minneapolis. A new Hmong restaurant is coming to Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood — for a limited time. From the mind of Chef Yia Vang, known for his restaurant Union Hmong Kitchen, Slurp Pop Up Noodle Shop will open its doors in January.
The Postal Service pledges to move to an all-electric delivery fleet. USPS says it will sharply increase the number of electric-powered delivery trucks — and will go all-electric for new purchases starting in 2026.
A dog, found 1,600 miles away, will be home for Christmas. Zeppelin, a three-year-old German shepherd mix, went missing in October 2021. Now, the friendly pooch is on a cross-country road trip from Kansas to California, back to the family who adopted him as an abandoned puppy.
A federal judge denied bail Tuesday for a Minnesota man authorities say was amassing an arsenal of guns to use against police before his arrest, and had idolized the person who killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado last month.
In a wild twist overnight, former Twins shortstop Carlos Correa has agreed to sign with the New York Mets hours after his pending deal with the San Francisco Giants fell apart, according to media reports.
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