Coronavirus (COVID-19) Coverage

The mandate begins Tuesday.

We'd heard in early May that the state of Minnesota was making $500 million dollars available as bonus checks to frontline workers during the pandemic. We now know how and when you'll be able to apply for those payments. The Minnesota legislature passed and Governor Walz signed an order in late April authorizing the state to make extra payments to those Minnesotans who worked on the frontline duri

State officials are working on the program right now.

The state of Minnesota has set up a website for you to keep track of the frontline worker bonus payments.

Olmsted County and the City of Rochester are not returning to a mask mandate for government facilities at this time.

A federal appeals court has overturned a decision by a federal judge in Minnesota to dismiss the constitutional challenge.

Starting today, the state of Minnesota is now offering free rapid at-home Covid-19 tests while they last. Here's how to get yours...

The new hospital visitor policy is far less restrictive.

A new Mayo Clinic study found that applies to people who have been vaccinated and those who had previous COVID-19 infections.

Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth also ended their mask mandate's today.