“St. Paul's year-end crime statistics for 2020 showed a notable, double-digit increase for every major category except rape and residential burglary. Property crime is also up 13% for the second straight year, according to preliminary police data released Wednesday.”

Ah, Yes. What could possibly go wrong? “Predictive modeling that guided Minnesota’s initial response to COVID-19 is being “recalibrated” with the latest pandemic data and will offer new forecasts about the spread of the infectious disease.”

“Sen. Karin Housley said the agency has denied or ignored multiple requests for information vital to those in senior care facilities and their families. “

“In what one health official acknowledged was “a disaster,” the test samples from Episcopal Church Home were later ruined because they were not stored in coolers while being transported to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.”

“Despite the devastating death toll, Minnesota nursing homes are still being allowed by state regulators to admit coronavirus patients who have been discharged from hospitals.”

We wondered when this would finally come out. Minnesota has the highest rate of deaths in nursing homes, in the nation.