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The Minnesota Senate on Monday approved legislation to extend Minnesota’s successful reinsurance program for another year. Extending the program ensures insurance rates in the individual market will remain stable, and without any additional cost to the taxpayers. In his recent budget proposal, Governor Tim Walz did not reauthorize this successful program. The state risks destabilizing the individual health insurance market, drastic increases in premium costs, and could lose approximately $90 million in federal money if the program expires. “It’s easy to forget that MNsure very nearly destroyed our health insurance market,” said Senate Finance Chair Julie Rosen (R-Vernon Center). “Reinsurance is [...]

BOYS BASKETBALL FAIRMONT 74 WINDOM 73 B E A 68 ST.JAMES 57 TRUMAN/GHEC/ML 62 MADELIA 45 U S C 69 FARIBAULT BA 51 NICOLLET 67 LC WM 65 ST. CLAIR 58 MANKATO LOYOLA 51 HUTCHINSON 72 ST.PETER 63 MARSHALL 56 WORTHINGTON 47 GIRLS BASKETBALL M C W 52 A-C/G-E 41 H-B C 45 MT. LAKE /COMFREY 42

MARTIN COUNTY REPORTS 3 NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,835. ACTIVE 42. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,817. COVID RELATED DEATHS 28. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 1 NEW CASE. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,215. ACTIVE 31. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION 1,182. . COVID RELATED DEATHS 17. WATONWAN COUNTY HAS 1,162 TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES, 28 ACTIVE. 1,126 OUT OF ISOLATION . COVID RELATED DEATHS 8. Minnesota health officials reported on Monday 636 new cases of the coronavirus and 3 more deaths.  According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 6,486 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,057 of those deaths occurred in long term [...]

State lawmakers now have a new item on their to-do list this session: determining how to allocate a projected $1.6 billion surplus. The positive economic news was revealed by state economists on February 26, and State Representative Bjorn Olson (R-Elmore) noted the total was significantly higher than what was previously estimated. "Considering the previous forecast showed a billion-dollar budget deficit, I'm pleased the economy is headed in the right direction," Olson said. Olson said the overwhelming change is due in part to fiscal actions taken by the federal government that were not taken into account during the November forecast, better than [...]

AREA SPORTS SAT. FEB. 27,2021 Boys Basketball Blue Earth Area 92, New Ulm 63 Waseca 79, Marshall 67 Girls Basketball St. James Area 71, Blue Earth 49 Crosby-Ironton 62, Waseca 61 (OT) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 57, Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 47 Wrestling Jackson County Central 63, Wabasso 9 Jackson County Central 70, Fulda/Murray County 6 Wabasso 41, Fulda/Murray County Central 33 Windom/Mountain Lake 45, Springfield 33 Windom/Mountain Lake 54, Le Sueur-Henderson 18 Girls Hockey Minnehaha Academy 3, Windom Area 0 Boys Hockey Morris/Benson 6, Worthington 2

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 8 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,832. ACTIVE 45. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD 1,813. COVID RELATED DEATHS 28. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 1 NEW CASE. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,214. ACTIVE 30. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD. 1,182. COVID RELATED DEATHS 17. MINNESOTA HAS 813 NEW CASES REPORTED ALONG WITH 8 NEW DEATHS IN THE STATE. Iowa health officials reported 348 coronavirus cases and one new death linked to COVID-19 on Sunday, but hospitalizations remained at a low level statewide. As of Sunday morning, the state was reporting 336,311 cases of the virus and 5,471 deaths since the pandemic began. [...]

THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT 9 AM. THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR NEWLY ELECTED 2ND DISTRICT COMMISSIONER JAMES FORSHEE WILL START OFF THE MEETING. COMMISSIONERS WILL CONSIDER CONFLICT WAIVER FOR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION, WILL CONSIDER APROVAL OF WELLNESS BUDGET AND ACTIVITIES, AND THE COUNTY FEEDLOT OFFICIAL ANNUAL REPORT. GRANT AWARDS FROM COUNTY RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM AND CONTINUATION OF THE COUNTY'S COVID -19 EMERGENCY LEAVE POLICY WILL BE CONSIDERED AT TUESDAY'S MEETING AT THE MARTIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING.

WRESTLING RED BULLS 80 ST.JAMES AREA 0 RED BULLS 47 MARSHALL 15 GIRLS GYMNASTICS MARTIN COUNTY AREA MAGIC DEF. B E A GIRLS BASKETBALL FAIRMONT 57 GHEC/TRUMAN/ML 23 M C W 73 MADELIA 22 B E A 61 J W P 34 ST.JAMES 69 ST.CLAIR 63 CLEVELAND 50 NICOLLET/LOYOLA 47 L C W M 79 A-C/G-E 31 BOYS BASKETBALL WORTHINGTON 67 FAIRMONT 47 TRUMAN/GHEC/ML 79 CEDAR MOUNTAIN 40 MAPLE RIVER 44 W E M 38 HL-O/FULDA 61 MT. LAKE /COMFREY 51 LUVERNE 72 WINDOM 63

A Fairmont School bus traveling south along Albion Avenue was involved in an accident with a semi-tractor trailer at the intersection of Albion Ave and Lake Aires Road about 2:55 pm Thursday afternoon. According to information from the Martin County Sheriff's Office , the truck was moving east along Lake Aires Road as the bus was continuing south on the Albion Avenue. The truck clipped the back of the school bus causing it to veer into the ditch where it ended up flipping on its left side. Inside the bus were 10 children and the driver. Three of the occupants were [...]

MARTIN COUNTY HAS 7 NEW CASES OF THE CORONAVIRUS. TOTAL CONFIRMED ,1819. ACTIVE 45. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD 1,797. COVID RELATED DEATHS 28. FARIBAULT COUNTY HAS 3 NEW CASES. TOTAL CONFIRMED 1,206. ACTIVE 33. NEWLY HOSPITALIZED 1. CASES BEYOND ISOLATION PERIOD 1,172. COVID RELATED DEATHS 16. Minnesota health officials reported on Thursday 996 new cases of the coronavirus and 7 more deaths.  According to the Minnesota Department of Health 6,450 people have died because of the virus.  A total of 4,044 of those deaths occurred in long term care facilities.  A total of 481,831 cases have been confirmed in Minnesota since [...]