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Blair starred with the Vikings during his 12-year NFL career.
The Wild were set to host the New Year's Day game for the first time.
It's unclear how precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will impact flu season this year.
Another major retailer leaves the area
Duluth police worked with multiple jurisdictions across the state to dismantle a regional drug trafficking organization.
A judge dropped the lesser charge against former officer Derek Chauvin, but upheld all the other charges against the four men.
The Minnesota Department of Health is launching it as a pilot project before expanding it statewide.
It represents a two-week period ending Oct. 10, since when cases have continued to surge statewide.
The annual event is going ahead despite COVID-19.
Bad gets worse for the Vikings.
Minnesota has topped 2,300 deaths.
The fundraiser says, "Just as they (the restaurant owners) have been there for you in challenging times, we ask you to come together for them."
For a second consecutive day Vikings cornerback Chris Cook failed to pass the NFL's mandated post-concussion tests, meaning it's unlikely that he'll play in the team's third preseason game Friday night against the Chargers.
Vikings cornerback Chris Cook will now answer to a second felony assault charge. The Star Tribune reports the woman who accuses Cook of choking her now claims she suffered hearing loss after the alleged attack. Cook is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday before Hennepin County District Judge Robert Small.
The jury acquitted the Vikings cornerback on felony demestic assault charges. He was accused of strangling and hitting his girlfriend last fall. Cook claims he was defending himself from her attack.
Vikings cornerback Chris Cook, who missed the final 10 games of 2011 as he battled a felony domestic assault charge, tells Fox Sports North he has work to do in the offseason to earn the trust of his teammates again.
Leslie Frazier will be making sure all-pro defensive end Jared Allen isn't overused this season. "We're going to make a concerted effort to try to get him off the field at times," Allen played 90 percent of the team's snaps last season. Meanwhile, Greg Childs and Chris Cook were the standouts of Thursday's practice.
Two important starters sat out of Vikings practice on Sunday with concussion-like symptoms. Tight end Kyle Rudolph and defensive back Chris Cook were banged up in Friday's preseason win over the Bills, and while test results have been positive, the team won't risk any unnecessary contact.
Free agent cornerback Chris Carr, who played for Baltimore last year, is expected to visit the Vikings about possible employment in their defensive backfield. The NFL Network reports Carr is also visiting with Kansas City.
The Vikings cornerback missed the final 10 games of the 2011 season while facing felony domestic assault charges. A jury acquitted Chris Cook in March after a high-profile trial and he returned to the team's roster. He tells the Star Tribune, "I think about my actions before I actually act on them. And I appreciate what I have now way more than I did before. I can't take this for granted."
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