Brian Lambert

Plus: Minnesota inmate and corrections staffer test positive for COVID-19; Essentia Health lays off 500; gun stores see spike in sales due to coronavirus; and more.

Plus: Edina to crack down on stay-at-home order after reports of large gatherings; storm knocks out power for thousands in central and northeast Minnesota; North Dakota reports first death from coronavirus; and more.

Plus: Minneapolis parks to close off parkways to give more room to runners, walkers; state officials say up to 28% of Minnesotans will be temporarily jobless; Bob Dylan releases his longest song ever; and more.

Plus: passengers screening at MSP airport down 85 percent; UnitedHealth Group develops self-swabbing method for COVID-19 tests; residents of St. Pauls’s Mac Groveland neighborhood do nightly calisthenics; and more.

Plus: health experts skeptical about easing COVID-19 restrictions by Easter; Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns reveals mother has COVID-19; Minnesotans storm liquor stores; and more.

Plus: Trump extends REAL ID deadline; crowds at Minneapolis parks struggle with social distancing; significant warmup in the forecast for Minnesota; and more.

Plus: 3M says it’s now producing 35 million N95 masks a month; local Wisconsin officials flooded with absentee ballots in runup to presidential primary; southern Minnesota church offers drive-thru services; and more.

Plus: Minneapolis council gives mayor additional emergency powers; Twin Cities-based Compass Airlines ceasing operations; Republican Senators push back on executive orders aimed at slowing coronavirus; and more.

Plus: study says ‘best-case scenario’ would see 20 percent of adults in Minneapolis infected with COVID-19; Census Bureau temporarily suspending all field operations for 2020 count; Delta and Sun Country announce deeper cuts to flight schedules; and more.

Plus: Target to restrict store hours nationwide; federal judge sides with Twin Metals on mineral rights leases; another year of catch-and-release for walleye fishing on Mille Lacs; and more.

Plus: Minnesota Grocers Association says store shelves will be restocked soon; Vikings trade Stephon Diggs to Buffalo; police officer fired for allegedly falsifying search warrants gets job back; and more.

Plus: St. Paul declares local state of emergency; Wisconsin reports 33 confirmed cases of coronavirus; restaurants offering free lunches to students while schools are closed; and more.

Plus: Walz urges ‘caution’ with updated budget proposal; Minneapolis and St. Paul lower speed limits on city streets; former Cargill CEO Whitney MacMillan dies; and more.

Plus: Rep. Ilhan Omar gets married; House DFLers propose expanding unemployment insurance; Minneapolis police asks public to help identify suspect in several sexual assaults; and more

Plus: South Dakota man who tested positive for COVID-19 dies; Diocese of New Ulm finalizes $34 million settlement with sexual abuse survivors; St. Paul and Minneapolis officials to announce slower speed limits for city streets; and more.