The state-supervised dairy board is backing away from claims that milk and other dairy products can help people lose weight after some experts said the claims were deceptive.
The money will be used for marketing efforts to attract people to Minnesota's hard-hit tourist spots.
A COVID-19 update will not be provided on Thanksgiving Day.
The fried chicken and smoked meat maestros are moving to St. Louis Park.
Mayor Melvin Carter announced the new shelters will be opened in the event of excess demand.
A false negative test could be costly, experts warn.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a record percentage of voters also sent in absentee ballots.
James Moore was sentenced in the death of Malik Smith.
A 34-year-old Minneapolis man was killed in the Nov. 14 shooting.
The study also looked into physical distancing.
Kelby Krabbenhoft had been with the company since 1996.
Most services will not be running on Thursday and unlike most years, many stores will be closed, too.
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The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board says dairy products can help people lose weight, but some nutrition experts dispute such claims, and a consumer protection lawyer says the board's claims qualify as "deceptive" under Wisconsin law.
The plan developed by Rep. Collin Peterson would replace dairy programs with new ones aimed at better protecting farmers by limited milk production when the difference between milk prices and the cost of producing it fell to a certain level.
Milk production in the dairy state jumped less than 1 percent from 2010, but that was still enough to set a new state record. The Winona Daily News says Wisconsin cows accounted for 1 out of every 8 gallons of milk in the United States. Minnesota, meanwhile, saw dairy production dip about 2 percent.
Long strenuous hours and rising operating costs can be blamed for fewer milk producers in Minnesota. The Star Tribune reports there are roughly 4,079 dairy farms in the state -- 356 fewer than in January 2011.
More than 1,000 dairy calves throughout the Midwest have died during the past two-three weeks as a result of heat stress, officials said Friday. Half of the more than two dozen herds of dairy cows struck by the heat stress deaths are in Wisconsin.
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