Top Sanford Health executives have disavowed an email sent by the health system’s president and CEO regarding masking and COVID-19. They also apologized to the organization’s employees. Sanford Health President…
Category: Regional News in Review
Farmers with disabilities in group
Seventeen Minnesotans appointed to a legislatively created Emerging Farmers Working Group this month through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) will help shape the future of farming in the state. …
Mandatory wellness help for police
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell has told his officers they would each have a mandatory wellness consultation next year. With the coronavirus pandemic and the unrest that followed the…
Police seek ways to help
A recent social media post by Mendota Heights Police Chief Kelly McCarthy is gaining attention. McCarthy posted on the department’s Facebook page about a meeting she’d like to have with…
Woman faces charges in death
A 35-year-old central Minnesota woman is charged with murder in September after allegedly silencing the alarm on an oxygen-monitoring device. Charges allege she allowed her child, who had significant disabilities,…
Jobs program is praised
Makenna Johnson’s new favorite job is shredding paper. The 18-year-old Mankato East High School graduate is among five young adults with disabilities getting some unique help transitioning to the next…