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Press release provided by Chisago County Public Health
Press release provided by Chisago County Public Health
Press release provided by Isanti County Public Health
Press release provided by Chisago County Public Health
In an effort to raise awareness, educate our community and assist families who have been touched by Alzheimer’s disease, this month’s article will highlight Minnesota Department of Health’s tips to reduce COVID-19 anxiety.
Isanti County has announced that it has received a grant of $4,970 from the Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation to support the County’s COVID-19 response. The grant will fund the purchase of critical items for Isanti County’s Emergency Operations Center, which is coordinating the efforts …
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The Pie Day Committee meet May 18 and after much discussion has decided that Braham Pie Day will be canceled for 2020.
Press release provided by Chisago County Public Health
Press release provided by Chisago County Public Health
Press release provided by Isanti County
Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday extended Minnesota's stay-at-home order for another two weeks, to May 18, while loosening some restrictions on retail businesses to allow curbside pickup.
The Minnesota State High School league announced Thursday, April 23, that all spring sports and fine arts activities would be canceled for the 2019-2020 season.
Press release provided by Isanti County Public Health
Press release provided by Chisago County Public Health
A subgroup of Isanti County’s “Emergency Operations Center,” in partnership with SAC’s, is working on identifying and updating “food resources” for Isanti County senior citizens.
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Virtual care with Allina Health clinics providers has hit nearly 5,000 per day, almost 60 percent of all scheduled visits. That compares to less than one percent just four weeks ago.
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As Minnesota continues to maintain a stay-at-home order to buy time in the fight against COVID-19, two area companies are doing their part to fabricate parts used to make desperately needed hospital ventilators.
Generous donors from across Minnesota and western Wisconsin have already donated more than 200,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) since Allina Health first put out the call for donations on March 21. Allina Health is extending its call for donated PPE.
As the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted daily life for everyone throughout East Central Minnesota and Western Wisconsin, it’s also had devasting effects on the most vulnerable within the community.
As Minnesotans face the challenges of COVID-19, the role of front-line caregivers has never been more crucial. To keep our health care workers in their roles doing what they do best, the Allina Health team is joining together to support the needs of caregivers at this important time by creat…
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Based on your symptoms
The Minnesota Department of Health has now confirmed a total of four lab cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Isanti County.
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A local state of emergency was declared during an emergency meeting of the Cambridge City Council held March 27 via video conferencing.
Cambridge-Isanti Schools outlined its distance learning plan during a special meeting of the school board held March 26.
The city of Isanti declared a local state of emergency during an emergency meeting of the Isanti City Council held March 25.
In partnership with the Initiative Foundation, the Cambridge Area Community Foundation is activating an Emergency Relief and Recovery Fund to meet critical needs in the community as we face the sweeping and unprecedented effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
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Driving through downtown North Branch, Stacy and Harris, one quickly notices there’s a definite change amid the local restaurant landscape –– gone is the hustle and bustle of customers congregating insides the likes of local eateries like Kaffe Stuga, Merchants Café and Don Julio’s.
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When will East Central Regional Library and its 14 branch locations reopen? In this rapidly changing situation that is COVID-19, they just don’t know yet, as well as when their events and programs will return. They are encouraging community members to watch their website at ecrlib.org and Fa…
The first strands of sunlight stretched across the Friday morning horizon like a detached bystander, unaware of the anxious uncertainty that had consumed our state for the last week. Yet, it was comforting to see something normal and predictable in a time when so much is not.
As state and federal officials desperately work to “flatten the curve” and the impact of COVID-19 cases on our healthcare system, many local businesses have experienced the devastating results of an economy that has ground to a halt.
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