MinnPost staff

Plus: COVID-19 sickens Mayo Clinic’s first-quarter income; lawmakers leave counties, cities and towns left in limbo; more Minnesotans inquiring about becoming foster parents; and more.

Plus: man charged in southern Minnesota drone downing; Stauber on reopening the economy; warning issued over algal bloom in Cedar Lake in Minneapolis; and more.

Plus: metro counties have paid $4 million for hotel rooms for temporary shelters during COVID-19 pandemic; canceled-Keillor cruise slow to issue refunds; Minneapolis parks continually revising social-distancing safety plans; and more.

Plus: Minneapolis man charged with assaulting KSTP-TV anchor; Minnesota GOP postpones state convention after technical problems; Twin Cities restauranteurs say industry may never recover; and more.

Plus: more than two dozen bars, restaurants and salons in central Minnesota plan to reopen Monday in defiance of state order; U.S. House passes $3 trillion coronavirus pandemic relief package; second Amtrak train proposed to service Twin Cities; and more.

Plus: HCMC nurses told to use expired ventilator masks; Minnesota farmers kill thousands of hogs; Walz approves remote learning for summer school; and more.

Plus: auto insurers expected to issue rebates soon; Hennepin County implements “PTO debt” plan amid coronavirus; Minnesota Senate passes Tobacco21 bill, sending it to Walz; and more.

Plus: 111 pounds of methamphetamine seized in raid; out of work, undocumented and sick; Olmsted County gets an ‘F’ for social distancing; SPCO cuts concerts; bears and lizards on the loose in the metro; and more.

Plus: U of M gets $35M for brain development institute; Frey blasts Trump COVID-testing victory claim on CNN; 14 employees take buyouts at MPR; and more.

Plus: Minnesota sees air-pollution drop amid stay-at-home orders; authorities plan COVID-19 testing at Minneapolis homeless encampment; small businesses begin re-opening; and more.

Plus: Minnesota House approves legislation raising age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21; Delta suspends travel to 10 U.S. cities; TSA whistleblower says agency hoarded 1.4 million N95 masks; and more. 

Plus: Guthrie slashes budget; another meteorologist leaves KARE TV; snow possible on Mother’s Day; and more.

Plus: St. Paul school board chair critically ill with COVID-19; Minnesota gets bad grade for social distancing; Ventura officially drops presidential bid consideration; and more.

Plus: thousands in line for elective procedures slated to resume next week; St. Paul City Council approves bike lane expansion; and more.

Plus: A new legal challenge for Twin Metals; a rash of duckling rescues; First Avenue looks for help during quarantine; Minnesota Senate to pass child marriage ban; and more.