By | | Pioneer PressThe Minnesota National Guard rolled into the St. Paul Labor Center on West Seventh Street on Tuesday, at least 50 uniformed soldiers and some 17 armored vehicles.The National Guard then rolled out of the Labor Center on Wednesday evening, to chants of “Don’t come back!” and “Whose house? Our house!” and “Na-na-na-na, goodbye!” shouted by a dozen or more labor advocates.The ousting took little more than an hour, and illustrated the widening gulf between the public safety measures championed by Democratic leaders such as Gov. Tim Walz, who have sworn to protect the Twin...…By | | Pioneer PressThe Minnesota National Guard rolled into the St. Paul Labor Center on West Seventh Street on Tuesday, at least 50 uniformed soldiers and some 17 armored vehicles.The National Guard then rolled out of the Labor Center on Wednesday evening, to chants of “Don’t come back!” and “Whose house? Our house!” and “Na-na-na-na, goodbye!” shouted by a dozen or more labor advocates.The ousting took little more than an hour, and illustrated the widening gulf between the public safety measures championed by Democratic leaders such as Gov. Tim Walz, who have sworn to protect the Twin...WW…

The Minnesota National Guard rolled into the St. Paul Labor Center on West Seventh Street on Tuesday, at least 50 uniformed soldiers and some 17 armored vehicles.The National Guard then rolled out of the Labor Center on Wednesday evening, to chants of “Don’t come back!” and “Whose house? Our house!” and “Na-na-na-na, goodbye!” shouted by a dozen or more labor advocates.The ousting took little more than an hour, and illustrated the widening gulf between the public safety measures championed by Democratic leaders such as Gov. Tim Walz, who have sworn to protect the Twin Cities from the unrest...…The Minnesota National Guard rolled into the St. Paul Labor Center on West Seventh Street on Tuesday, at least 50 uniformed soldiers and some 17 armored vehicles.The National Guard then rolled out of the Labor Center on Wednesday evening, to chants of “Don’t come back!” and “Whose house? Our house!” and “Na-na-na-na, goodbye!” shouted by a dozen or more labor advocates.The ousting took little more than an hour, and illustrated the widening gulf between the public safety measures championed by Democratic leaders such as Gov. Tim Walz, who have sworn to protect the Twin Cities from the unrest...WW…

By | | Pioneer PressShow Caption ofIn an ideal world, the nurses in Sara Yernberg’s overflow “surge” intensive care unit would be assigned one to a room, each caring for a single patient.“Here, we’re so stretched, we have nurses with two patients, and some have three,” said Yernberg, a 33-year-old nursing manager at Regions Hospital in downtown St. Paul, standing in front of patient rooms containing some of the sickest COVID-19 sufferers in the state.Yernberg and her colleagues have been bracing for a grim milestone, one that’s fast approaching. At Regions, the number of COVID inpatients...…By | | Pioneer PressShow Caption ofIn an ideal world, the nurses in Sara Yernberg’s overflow “surge” intensive care unit would be assigned one to a room, each caring for a single patient.“Here, we’re so stretched, we have nurses with two patients, and some have three,” said Yernberg, a 33-year-old nursing manager at Regions Hospital in downtown St. Paul, standing in front of patient rooms containing some of the sickest COVID-19 sufferers in the state.Yernberg and her colleagues have been bracing for a grim milestone, one that’s fast approaching. At Regions, the number of COVID inpatients...WW…

By | | Pioneer PressLittle more than two weeks ago, paramedics informed Dr. Bjorn Westgard that every medical bed in the metro was full and there was no place within a short drive to send emergency room patients.“‘We managed to send this one over to you, but Woodwinds (Hospital) just sent another one over to Duluth,'” recalled Westgard, a senior staff physician and research director at Regions Hospital in downtown St. Paul.Since then, demand for beds has increased, and medical professionals have no illusions about what’s to come. The Thanksgiving holiday will only make things...…By | | Pioneer PressLittle more than two weeks ago, paramedics informed Dr. Bjorn Westgard that every medical bed in the metro was full and there was no place within a short drive to send emergency room patients.“‘We managed to send this one over to you, but Woodwinds (Hospital) just sent another one over to Duluth,'” recalled Westgard, a senior staff physician and research director at Regions Hospital in downtown St. Paul.Since then, demand for beds has increased, and medical professionals have no illusions about what’s to come. The Thanksgiving holiday will only make things...WW…

By | | Pioneer PressWhen many stores ran low on toilet paper earlier this year, Milan Dennie scrambled to find 2,000 rolls he could give away to passersby outside his University Avenue barbershop in St. Paul. He gave away 1,000 hand soaps. These days, he says, he has nothing left to give.Dennie kept his head up, counting on the governor to lift stay-at-home orders and reopen his barbershop business on May 4. He operates his barbershop as well as a .When Gov. Tim Walz last week ordered barbers, hair salons and other walk-in service counters to remain closed for all but curbside retail sales,...…By | | Pioneer PressWhen many stores ran low on toilet paper earlier this year, Milan Dennie scrambled to find 2,000 rolls he could give away to passersby outside his University Avenue barbershop in St. Paul. He gave away 1,000 hand soaps. These days, he says, he has nothing left to give.Dennie kept his head up, counting on the governor to lift stay-at-home orders and reopen his barbershop business on May 4. He operates his barbershop as well as a .When Gov. Tim Walz last week ordered barbers, hair salons and other walk-in service counters to remain closed for all but curbside retail sales,...WW…