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MN Native News: Cultural Lessons for Kids at Home

 Lives are changing drastically due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people are out of work, more and more people are holding work meetings virtually, and everyone is making major adjustments. Students are also home from school. Which means families are trying to find ways to keep the learning going. And for Native students, there are online resources that provide culturally focused learning through language and art.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan & Patina Park: Two MN Leaders Speak About Leading During the Pandemic

Today on the show, Host Leah Lemm explores the question: what have we learned? As we cross the six-month milestone of this pandemic. We hear from two Minnesota Leaders about some of the topics the pandemic has brought to the surface, including health inequities, injustice, and the resiliency of our communities.

How Can You Tell if You Have a Cold, Flu, or COVID-19?

Headache, fever, runny nose, last year this time you might’ve waved off the symptoms with an “Oh, I think I’ve got a cold” or a “I hope this isn’t the flu.”
But those very same, very familiar symptoms are likely to give you pause this season now that COVID-19 is a possibility. How can you tell the difference?

CDC Offers Guidelines for Polling Places, Absentee Ballots Mailing Has Started (September 29)

CDC advises social distancing, hand sanitizer and masks. Absentee ballots began mailing out September 18th for the November General Election. It’s suggested you mail your completed ballot at least seven days before Election Day. But your vote will be tallied as long as your ballot is postmarked on or before Election Day.

Private Social Gatherings Are Infecting People with COVID19

In Minnesota, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a daily fact of life for six months. But the nature of the epidemic continues to evolve.
Jan Malcolm, state health commissioner, says the Minnesota Department of Health is seeing an uptick in the number of Minnesotans getting COVID from community transmission of unknown origin.

Surviving COVID-19 and How Recoved Patients Can Help

Health officials have been repeating the refrain for months: wear masks, wash your hands, keep a distance. But Laurie Stern has the story of one woman who hopes sharing her experience will remind people that lives are at stake.

CDC Offers Guidelines to Safely Celebrate Halloween During the Pandemic

In the federal guidelines, the CDC is advising against participating in many usual Halloween traditions this year, such as children going door-to-door collecting treats. That’s been called a “high-risk” activity during the pandemic.

Game On! for Minnesota High School Football and Volleyball this Fall

Minnesota high school football and volleyball are back on for this fall.

During a recent virtual meeting, the Minnesota State High School League’s board of directors voted to reinstate both seasons.

Governor Walz Defines Criteria for Ending Peacetime Emergency

A half-year since declaring a state of emergency in March over the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has outlined what he believes is needed to end the peacetime emergency, and with it the business and social restrictions implemented to slow the virus.

MDH says, yes, there is an outdoor advantage—up to a point.

Kris Ehresman, director of infectious disease at the Minnesota Department of Health, says, yes, there is an outdoor advantage—up to a point. SHe says being outdoors reduces the risk for infection but does not eliminate it

Election Terms

Steve Downing shares his essay on how the terms “the American people” and “the American way of life” are being loosely tossed around during these election times.

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