'You Can't Make This Up': Ellsworth Teens To Be Honored By White House For Nursing Home WorkTwo western Wisconsin high school seniors are heading to Washington D.C. because of their good deed in a nursing home.
'She Needs To Be In A Place Like This': With Mom In COVID-19 Hot Spot Nursing Home, Son Puts Hope In State's New PlanEighty-percent of Minnesota's deaths have been reported in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: State Sen. Housley Calls For Universal COVID-19 Testing For Care Center Residents, StaffState Sen. Karin Housley called on state leaders Tuesday to do more to implement universal testing for all residents and staff at long-term care facilities, and to bring in the National Guard to help if needed.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: Wayzata Assisted Living Facility To Permanently Close After Deadly OutbreakAn assisted-living facility in Wayzata won't reopen after COVID-19 forced it to move residents out of the building.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: Minneapolis Police Widow 'Amazed' By Her 91st Birthday SurpriseBetty Claussen turned 91 years old Sunday. But she did so in quarantine, self-isolating herself in her northeast Minneapolis home.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: Mpls. Chef Brian Yazzie Serving Indigenous Foods To Native Elders During PandemicCommunity leaders says the COVID-19 pandemic is magnifying existing health disparities in the native population. One group is using food to address that, nourishing bodies and souls.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: COVID-19 Survivor Urges Youth To 'Stay Home'A COVID-19 survivor has a message for young people in his community.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: COVID-19 Hits Hard At State's Long-Term Care FacilitiesThe vast majority of Minnesota's COVID-19 deaths are cases associated with long-term care facilities, health officials said Tuesday as they focused attention on how the state is trying to protect some of its most vulnerable residents.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: St. Paul Senior Center Residents Delighted By Minnesota Wild LettersPeople across Minnesota are stepping up to connect with those who are isolated due to COVID-19 concerns.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: State Officials Will Now Release Names Of Outbreak-Hit Care FacilitiesThe Minnesota Department of Health will now release the names and locations of 49 long-term care facilities with confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: Gov. Walz Backs Off From Giving Predictions Of State's COVID-19 PeakGov. Tim Walz and health officials are looking at models to try and determine when the COVID-19 outbreak will peak in Minnesota.
Coronavirus In Minnesota: North Minneapolis Church Serving Seniors Food, Love During CrisisMembers of a north Minneapolis church are making sure seniors in their community can look forward to having hot meals, and a friendly voice.
Local Moving Service Specializes In Helping SeniorsAround 10,000 Americans will turn 65 Wednesday. That statistic is what put a new Twin Cities business into motion. BoxElder Services comes from a longtime family business. The son of the company's founder noticed after years of moving that the needs of a lot of seniors ...
Lunds & Byerlys Hosts Be A Santa To A Senior ProgramLunds & Byerlys in St. Louis Park is hosting the "Be A Santa To A Senior" program. Started in 2006, the goal is to give a gift to a senior who may not otherwise receive one.