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Evers issues order prohibiting baby formula price gouging

05/26/2022 12:58 PM

Wisconsin Gov. Evers has issued an executive order barring price gouging on baby formula. It prohibits wholesalers and retailers from charging prices that are more than 15% higher than over the last two months.

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"Nurses Night Out:" Essentia's nontraditional way to recruit RNs

Essentia Health hosted "Nurses Night Out" in an effort to recruit RNs with a little fun.

A group plays a casino game at Essentia's

CDC urge Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11.

FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11

The availability of C-T contrast dye is tightening up

Hospitals are feeling more strained with a national shortage in the dye that is used with these scans.

Homegrown recommends concertgoers test for COVID

People listen to music at Ursa Minor Brewing on Monday, May 2.

Wild fox in Minnesota tests positive for highly contagious avian influenza

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Parents asked to look for signs of hepatitis in children

The covid-19 virus impact has affected schools with faculty members doing everything.

Learning how to manage covid-19 in the classrooms

U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots.

FDA restricts J&J's COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot risk

A St. Luke's infectious disease says this flu season was

St. Luke's expert: 2021-22 flu season was "below normal"

Teams of experts are projecting that COVID-19?s toll on the U.S. will wane dramatically by the end of July.

Mysterious pediatric liver disease found in Minnesota

Consumer

FDA chief under fire for slow response to baby formula issue

House lawmakers question the FDA Commissioner over months of delays in investigating problems at the nations's largest baby formula plant, and ongoing shortage.

Ford pays $19M to settle claims on fuel economy, payload

Free the Growlers

Governor Walz signed the bill Sunday evening, officially freeing the growlers.

Some Jif peanut butter products linked to salmonella cases

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising consumers to double-check their jars of Jif peanut butter.

Final-hour rally yanks Wall Street from maw of bear market

Wall Street rumbled to the edge of a bear market Friday after another drop for stocks briefly sent the S&P 500 more than 20% below its peak set early this year.

FDA head: Baby formula factory could reopen by next week

Good Morning Northland

Energetic puppy looking to play fetch

Our pet of the week from Animal Allies is a 3 year old cat named Taco looking for a very special, patient and most importantly, loving home to call her own!

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Northland Strong: Queen Jean

Fluffly friendly feline looking for fitting family

A snuggly, playful pup looking for a loving home

Getting a head start on gardening in colder conditions

WDIO’s Rob Heverling sits down with Dr. Kannan Kasuri, an expert in Type 1 Diabetes at Essentia Health.

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Moderna announces step toward updating COVID shots for fall

Outdoor

Greenwood Fire closure lifted

The U.S. Forest Service lifts the Greenwood Fire Closure, but not the area of McDougal Lake Campground and Trail. The closure has been in place since August.

"The Log Jam" debuts first 6 to 12 hour cycling race in Cloquet

Cyclists hit Cloquet's Pine Valley Park Trails to compete in the first-ever "The Log Jam" six to 12 hour race on Saturday.

Up North

Up North: Duluth East holds Special Olympics Unified Sports Track & Field Day

The mantra sports are for everyone is a slogan that was put into practice for the Special Olympics Unified Sports Track & Field Day at Duluth East.

Duluth East held their Special Olympics Unified Sports Track & Field Day on Tuesday.

Up North: Denfelds Hartley Bauer heading to Nationals for Rock Climbing

Imagine being in a rock climbing competition two and a half hours from home, driving back and attending your high school prom all in the same day. Well that’s exactly what one Duluth Denfeld climber experienced.

Hartley Bauer training for state tournament

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Police: Texas gunman was inside the school for over an hour

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US general: No need to add ground forces in Sweden, Finland

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World & National

The U.S. general nominated to take over European Command told senators that Sweden and Finland’s push to join NATO won’t require putting more U.S. ground forces into either country.

Texas authorities say the gunman who massacred 21 people at an elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting.

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, has failed in the Senate. The final vote was 47-47, short of the 60 needed to take up the bill.

A single vessel carrying 842 Haitians who apparently were trying to reach the United States landed instead in central Cuba.

On the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, Pres. Biden signed an executive order to improve accountability in policing. According to the White House, the order will create a database to help track officer misconduct.

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