My wife has all her vaccinations and booster shots and she still caught the latest strain of Covid 19, which was worse than the first infection

As we approach the three year mark - and with three consecutive months of low case levels - St. Louis County has retired their COVID-19 Dashboard. They also offered some interesting local statistics.

Throughout the entire pandemic, I've never personally experienced a surge like we are right now.

As is the case with most things, scammers have found a way to use free COVID-19 tests to take advantage of people.

The COVID-19 test site at the DECC in Duluth will be closing along with three other locations run by the Minnesota Department of Heal

The Minnesota Department of Health is providing one last round of free COVID-19 at-home test kits to state residents before the program ends.

This helps Minnesotans have easy access to clinician care and therapeutic treatments that reduce their risk of serious illness or hospitalization.

The push is on to get COVID-19 tests into Minnesota households ahead of the holiday season so that people can easily test, if needed, before gathering with others.

Minnesotans who have previously received the limit of eight at-home tests can now apply for an additional four tests per household. Anyone who has not applied for the at-home tests can now receive up to 12 tests per household while supplies last.

Did you go to grab an at-home COVID test only to see that it's past the expiration date? There's a good chance that it actually isn't expired.

The federally-funded program that doled out free COVID-19 tests to Americans across the country ends on September 2.

For the preseason opener, quarterback duties will be split by Kellen Mond and Sean Mannion, although head coach Kevin O'Connell hasn't announced the starter.