Minnesota marks its first domestically spread case of measles, absentee and mail-in voting begins, and slew of weekend festivals.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM ACROSS MINNESOTA, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
[JAYNE GRIFFITH, M-D-H EPIDEMIOLOGIST: MEASLES PATIENTS OFTEN DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE MEASLES DURING THE FIRST FEW DAYS WHILE THEY’RE INFECTIOUS.]
HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFIRM THE STATE’S FIRST MEASLES CASE TRANSMITTED FROM WITHIN THE U-S... AND.. A RABIES QUARANTINE...
--FILLMORE COUNTY MEASLES--
MEASLES IS NOW OFFICIALLY ACTIVE IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AFTER THE STATE LAB CONFIRMED THE VIRUS IN AN UNVACCINATED ADULT IN FILLMORE COUNTY.
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CURRENTLY TRACING POSSIBLE EXPOSURES... BUT HAVE NOT ANNOUNCED ANY PUBLIC LOCATIONS OF CONTACT.
COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS TRANSMITTED ‘DOMESTICALLY’... WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
MINNESOTA’S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S EPIDEMIOLOGIST JAYNE GRIFFITH SAYS PEOPLE ARE OFTEN INFECTIOUS BEFORE THEY REALIZE THEY HAVE MEASLES..
[JAYNE GRIFFITH/MDH: THE TOTAL INFECTIVITY PERIOD FOR MEASLES IS ACTUALLY NINE DAYS. AND USUALLY, THE FIRST MAYBE THREE TO FIVE DAYS OF THAT INFECTIVITY PERIOD, PEOPLE JUST THINK THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIKE A COLD OR YOU KNOW THE FLU.]
WARNING SIGNS INCLUDE FEVER... COUGH.. RUNNY NOSE... RED OR WATERY EYES... AND A RASH.
PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMS SHOULD STAY HOME... AVOID VISITORS... AND CALL A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
VACCINATION IS THE BEST PROTECTION… ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHEN RISK OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE-SPREAD INCREASES.
LATEST MEASLES CASE NUMBERS AND STATE SCHOOL DISTRICT VACCINATION RATES ARE ON THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE...
--BROWN COUNTY RABIES--
VACCINATION IS ALSO PART OF THE RESPONSE TO A NEW RABIES CASE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NINE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING POST-EXPOSURE TREATMENT AFTER POSSIBLE CONTACT WITH SALIVA FROM AN INFECTED COW IN BROWN COUNTY.
THE HEREFORD HEIFER SHOWED SYMPTOMS BEFORE TESTING POSITIVE... INCLUDING ACTING STRANGELY... VOCALIZING.. AND HEAVY DROOLING.
THIRTEEN COWS ARE QUARANTINED... MORE THAN 40 OTHERS -- UNDER OBSERVATION.
[MUSIC TRANSITION]
--MAIL-IN / ABSENTEE VOTING--
ABSENTEE VOTING – BY MAIL AND IN PERSON - BEGINS TODAY IN MINNESOTA...
A RULING BY THE U-S SUPREME COURT THIS WEEK MEANS MINNESOTA’S VOTING PROCESS AND EXISTING RULES STAY THE SAME... FOR NOW.
MINNESOTA VOTERS DO NOT NEED AN EXCUSE TO VOTE ABSENTEE... BUT BALLOTS MUST ARRIVE BY ELECTION DAY.
FOR ALL ELECTION INFORMATION... AND TO REGISTER TO VOTE.. GO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S WEBSITE.
--EPA ROLLBACK INTRO--
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY .. OR E-P-A... SAYS ROLLING BACK LIMITS ON POWER PLANT POLLUTION RULES WILL SAVE MILLIONS …
BUT A MINNESOTA ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE WARNS CUSTOMERS COULD PAY MORE.
PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE’S MIKE MOEN REPORTS...
--EPA ROLLBACK – PNS PACKAGE--
[MIKE MOEN: FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED A FINAL REPEAL OF MOST OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S GREENHOUSE GAS REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL AND NATURAL GAS PLANTS.
THE EPA SAYS IT'LL LEAD TO MORE THAN $300 BILLION IN SAVINGS FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR, BUT MINNESOTA-BASED JENNA YEAKEL OF THE SIERRA CLUB'S BEYOND COAL CAMPAIGN SEES IT ANOTHER WAY.
JENNA YEAKEL: TRUMP IS SO CLEARLY HANDING COAL AND GAS COMPANIES A FREE PASS TO JUST KEEP POLLUTING, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
MIKE MOEN: SHE SAYS VAST RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SOURCES LIKE COAL PLANTS ARE MORE EXPENSIVE TO RUN THAN RENEWABLES, AND THIS ACTION PAVES THE WAY FOR HIGHER ENERGY BILLS.
I'M MIKE MOEN.]
--FOOTBALL GAMES CANCELLED--
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS HAVE SHIFTED FOR DOZENS OF MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES.
MORE THAN 30-MATCHUPS WERE MOVED.. RESCHEDULED.. OR GIVEN NEW START TIMES BECAUSE OF TONIGHT’S/FRIDAY THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE STATE.
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS STARTED TO MAKE THE CALLS FOR PLAYER AND FAN SAFETY
CHECK YOUR SCHOOL OR THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC SCHEDULE THE LATEST INFORMATION.
--BRAINERD RADAR--
THESE KINDS OF STORM THREATS EXPOSE GAPS IN WEATHER COVERAGE IN SOME NORTHERN MINNESOTA COUNTIES … BUT …
A NEW RADAR IN BRAINERD IS HELPING FORECASTER AND CROW WING COUNTY OFFICIALS MAKE WEATHER-RELATED DECISIONS EARLIER.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST JOE MOORE TELLS AMPERS MEMBER STATION K-A-X-E THAT AREA HAS BEEN HARD TO SEE, BECAUSE BRAINERD SITS …
[MOORE: ALMOST EQUIDISTANT FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS, DULUTH, AND THE RADAR THAT’S WEST OF GRAND FORKS.]
THOSE DISTANT RADARS CAN MISS STORMS CLOSER TO THE GROUND NEAR BRAINERD.
MOORE SAYS THE NEW RADAR WILL FILL IN THAT BLIND SPOT.
--WEEKEND FESTIVALS--
AND FINALLY …
A WEEKEND OF CULTURE AND COMMUNITY ALL ACROSS MINNESOTA.
IN MANKATO … THE 54TH ANNUAL MAHKATO WACIPI … OR POWWOW … HONORING THE MEMORY OF THE 38 DAKOTA MEN HANGED THERE IN 1862 RUNS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
ON SATURDAY … A CELEBRATION OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES IN BEMIDJ… AND SHOPPING, CARS, AND DUCK RACES AT WACONIA’S NICKLE DICKLE DAY
[NAT: FIESTA LATINA MUSIC]
SAINT PAUL’S FIESTA LATINA BRINGS MUSIC, FOOD AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO C-H-S FIELD. AND LASTLY …
[NAT: TURKEY GOBBLE]
IN WORTHINGTON … LIVE TURKEYS RACE DOWN MAIN STREET FOR KING TURKEY DAY.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES, I’M XAN HOLSTON.