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Tony Quinn put his arms around his children, Ryder, 9, and Ruby, 12, at the funeral for their great-grandfather Thursday at Fort Snelling National Cem

Last to see pandemic's pain, funeral directors carry burden

The pandemic is taking a mental and physical toll on the nation's funeral directors, who are stretched to capacity in many areas even as they help families make sense of a new way of mourning.

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Minnesota sticks with its school plans as pressure to reopen grows

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Rising spread of COVID-19 and staffing shortages have sent more than half of Minnesota's public districts and charter schools into full-timedistance learning. And there's little indication that students could be back to schools anytime soon.

State officials suspended the liquor license of Boardwalk Bar & Grill in East Grand Forks, Minn., on Sunday, Dec. 13.

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200 businesses say they'll reopen this week, defying Walz's shutdown order

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Move comes as state suspends liquor license of East Grand Forks bar offering sit-down service

“I will never again assume that a place that calls itself a ‘care center’ will be committed to caring for its patients,” said Laura McCawley,

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How a Minnesota nursing home fell into a COVID-19 black hole

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As COVID-19 raced across the U.S., elderly residents in long-term care faced the gravest peril. But little was done, and the virus savaged care centers plagued for years by poor infection control and lax oversight.

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Live: Latest updates and what you need to know about COVID-19

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As the novel coronavirus spreads across the world, we've answered reader question about what they most want to know about the outbreak.

HCMC paramedics moved a person from Augustana Apartments who was having difficulty breathing to a nearby ambulance and later transported to a hospital

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Minnesota is trending toward a grim holiday milestone with COVID-19 deaths

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Less than two weeks old, December has already become the second-deadliest month for COVID-19 in Minnesota.

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, shown at the White House in August.

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States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says

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The nation's first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning, U.S. officials said Saturday, after the government gave the final go-ahead to the shots needed to end an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.

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