A newly conservative Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the most serious legal challenge in a generation to a woman?s right to obtain an abortion. And judging from the questions asked by the justices, it appeared possible ? even likely ? that a majority of them could vote to turn the thorny question of whether to […]
The post Conservative Justices Seem Poised to Overturn Roe?s Abortion Rights first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:9969:"A newly conservative Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the most serious legal challenge in a generation to a woman?s right to obtain an abortion. And judging from the questions asked by the justices, it appeared possible ? even likely ? that a majority of them could vote to turn the thorny question of whether to allow abortion and under what circumstances back to individual states.
The law under review in Dobbs v. Jackson Women?s Health Organization, passed by Mississippi in 2018, would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That is a direct contravention of Supreme Court precedents set in 1973?s Roe v. Wade and 1992?s Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, which say states cannot ban abortion until fetal ?viability? ? generally considered to occur at about 22 to 24 weeks.
In recent years, the high court has been asked to decide not whether states can ban the procedure entirely but whether state regulations prior to viability represent an ?undue burden? on a patient seeking an abortion. In 2007, for example, in Gonzales v. Carhart, the court ruled that Congress could ban a specific abortion method, dubbed ?partial-birth abortion.? But in 2016, the court also ruled in Whole Woman?s Health v. Hellerstedt that Texas went too far in requiring abortion clinics to meet health standards equivalent to those for outpatient surgical facilities and requiring doctors who perform abortions to hold hospital admitting privileges.
Not since 1992 has the court squarely faced the question of whether to retain Roe and Casey?s central holding: that there is a constitutional right to abortion prior to viability. But in accepting the Mississippi case for argument last spring, the court specifically said it intended to address the question of ?whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortion are unconstitutional.?
Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart, however, did not spend his time before the justices trying to persuade the court merely to uphold his state?s ban while leaving the broader right to abortion intact. Rather, he argued for overturning both Roe and Casey. Roe, he said, ?is an egregiously wrong decision that has inflicted tremendous wrong on our country and will continue to do so ? unless and until this court overrules it.?
One can never really tell what the justices will do from the oral arguments, but Stewart?s comments seemed to gain sympathy from the six conservative justices. ?Why should this court be the arbiter rather than Congress, state legislatures and the people,? asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh. ?Why is that not the right answer??
Those on the other side argued back. ?For a state to take control of a woman?s body ? is a fundamental deprivation of her liberty,? said Julie Rikelman of the Center for Reproductive Rights, the lead attorney for the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi.
Rikelman was buttressed by U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who told the justices that overruling Roe and Casey ?would be an unprecedented contraction of individual rights.?
The conservative justices also trained many questions on the issue of why viability of the fetus is a proper standard for setting a limit on abortions.
Mississippi?s Stewart argued that viability ?is not tethered to anything in the Constitution. It?s a quintessentially political line.?
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, however, was quick to respond. ?How is your interest anything other than a religious view?? she asked Stewart. ?The issue of when life begins has been debated since the beginning of time.?
And Prelogar specifically declined to set a cutoff date for states to ban abortion other than viability. ?I don?t think there?s any line that could be more principled than viability,? she told Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Still, court watchers say the mere act of accepting the case suggests that the conservative supermajority of justices intends to overrule or at least change Roe in a major way.
?For the Supreme Court to take this case and presumably uphold the law, the justices will either have to say Mississippi is within its rights to do this because there?s no right to choose abortion at all or because viability as a dividing line doesn?t make sense,? said Mary Ziegler, a Florida State University law professor, in the Nov. 23 episode of KHN?s ?What the Health?? podcast. ?So that means, in essence, the court is either going to have to overrule Roe entirely or transform what Roe means in order to side with Mississippi. And either of those things would be a huge deal.?
In fact, should Roe be overturned, more than half the states are likely to ban abortion almost immediately, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion-rights research group. Nine states have bans still on the books from when Roe was decided; a dozen states have ?trigger? laws that would ban abortion if Roe falls; and several other states have various other bans that have passed but are not in force due to Roe?s existence.
That?s exactly what anti-abortion forces seem to be hoping for. ?Mississippi?s law, if upheld, brings us much closer to where we ought to be,? said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, which funds anti-abortion candidates for public office. ?This is America?s chance to step back from the brink of madness after all these long years. To turn the page on Roe?s onerous chapter and begin a more humane era ? one where every child and every mother is safe under the mantle of law.?
The arguments Wednesday came just a month after the court took up arguments in two cases involving a Texas law, known as SB 8, that bans abortion after fetal cardiac activity can be detected, at about six weeks into pregnancy. Those arguments, however, focused not on the question of whether the Texas ban is unconstitutional, but on whether either the abortion providers or the federal government can challenge it in court.
The arguments last month focused on an unusual mechanism designed to prevent federal courts from blocking the law. State officials have no role in ensuring that the ban is obeyed; rather, the law leaves enforcement to the public, by authorizing civil lawsuits against not just anyone who performs an abortion, but anyone who ?aids and abets? the performance of an abortion, which could include those who drive patients to an abortion clinic or counsel them. People who bring those suits and win would be guaranteed damages of at least $10,000.
A decision in the Mississippi case is not expected until summer. The Texas decision, however, could come anytime because the law is currently in effect.
A newly conservative Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the most serious legal challenge in a generation to a woman?s right to obtain an abortion. And judging from the questions asked by the justices, it appeared possible ? even likely ? that a majority of them could vote to turn the thorny question of whether to […]
The post Conservative Justices Seem Poised to Overturn Roe?s Abortion Rights first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:9969:"A newly conservative Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the most serious legal challenge in a generation to a woman?s right to obtain an abortion. And judging from the questions asked by the justices, it appeared possible ? even likely ? that a majority of them could vote to turn the thorny question of whether to allow abortion and under what circumstances back to individual states.
The law under review in Dobbs v. Jackson Women?s Health Organization, passed by Mississippi in 2018, would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. That is a direct contravention of Supreme Court precedents set in 1973?s Roe v. Wade and 1992?s Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, which say states cannot ban abortion until fetal ?viability? ? generally considered to occur at about 22 to 24 weeks.
In recent years, the high court has been asked to decide not whether states can ban the procedure entirely but whether state regulations prior to viability represent an ?undue burden? on a patient seeking an abortion. In 2007, for example, in Gonzales v. Carhart, the court ruled that Congress could ban a specific abortion method, dubbed ?partial-birth abortion.? But in 2016, the court also ruled in Whole Woman?s Health v. Hellerstedt that Texas went too far in requiring abortion clinics to meet health standards equivalent to those for outpatient surgical facilities and requiring doctors who perform abortions to hold hospital admitting privileges.
Not since 1992 has the court squarely faced the question of whether to retain Roe and Casey?s central holding: that there is a constitutional right to abortion prior to viability. But in accepting the Mississippi case for argument last spring, the court specifically said it intended to address the question of ?whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortion are unconstitutional.?
Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart, however, did not spend his time before the justices trying to persuade the court merely to uphold his state?s ban while leaving the broader right to abortion intact. Rather, he argued for overturning both Roe and Casey. Roe, he said, ?is an egregiously wrong decision that has inflicted tremendous wrong on our country and will continue to do so ? unless and until this court overrules it.?
One can never really tell what the justices will do from the oral arguments, but Stewart?s comments seemed to gain sympathy from the six conservative justices. ?Why should this court be the arbiter rather than Congress, state legislatures and the people,? asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh. ?Why is that not the right answer??
Those on the other side argued back. ?For a state to take control of a woman?s body ? is a fundamental deprivation of her liberty,? said Julie Rikelman of the Center for Reproductive Rights, the lead attorney for the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi.
Rikelman was buttressed by U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, who told the justices that overruling Roe and Casey ?would be an unprecedented contraction of individual rights.?
The conservative justices also trained many questions on the issue of why viability of the fetus is a proper standard for setting a limit on abortions.
Mississippi?s Stewart argued that viability ?is not tethered to anything in the Constitution. It?s a quintessentially political line.?
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, however, was quick to respond. ?How is your interest anything other than a religious view?? she asked Stewart. ?The issue of when life begins has been debated since the beginning of time.?
And Prelogar specifically declined to set a cutoff date for states to ban abortion other than viability. ?I don?t think there?s any line that could be more principled than viability,? she told Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Still, court watchers say the mere act of accepting the case suggests that the conservative supermajority of justices intends to overrule or at least change Roe in a major way.
?For the Supreme Court to take this case and presumably uphold the law, the justices will either have to say Mississippi is within its rights to do this because there?s no right to choose abortion at all or because viability as a dividing line doesn?t make sense,? said Mary Ziegler, a Florida State University law professor, in the Nov. 23 episode of KHN?s ?What the Health?? podcast. ?So that means, in essence, the court is either going to have to overrule Roe entirely or transform what Roe means in order to side with Mississippi. And either of those things would be a huge deal.?
In fact, should Roe be overturned, more than half the states are likely to ban abortion almost immediately, according to the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion-rights research group. Nine states have bans still on the books from when Roe was decided; a dozen states have ?trigger? laws that would ban abortion if Roe falls; and several other states have various other bans that have passed but are not in force due to Roe?s existence.
That?s exactly what anti-abortion forces seem to be hoping for. ?Mississippi?s law, if upheld, brings us much closer to where we ought to be,? said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, which funds anti-abortion candidates for public office. ?This is America?s chance to step back from the brink of madness after all these long years. To turn the page on Roe?s onerous chapter and begin a more humane era ? one where every child and every mother is safe under the mantle of law.?
The arguments Wednesday came just a month after the court took up arguments in two cases involving a Texas law, known as SB 8, that bans abortion after fetal cardiac activity can be detected, at about six weeks into pregnancy. Those arguments, however, focused not on the question of whether the Texas ban is unconstitutional, but on whether either the abortion providers or the federal government can challenge it in court.
The arguments last month focused on an unusual mechanism designed to prevent federal courts from blocking the law. State officials have no role in ensuring that the ban is obeyed; rather, the law leaves enforcement to the public, by authorizing civil lawsuits against not just anyone who performs an abortion, but anyone who ?aids and abets? the performance of an abortion, which could include those who drive patients to an abortion clinic or counsel them. People who bring those suits and win would be guaranteed damages of at least $10,000.
A decision in the Mississippi case is not expected until summer. The Texas decision, however, could come anytime because the law is currently in effect.
March 4, 1930 ~ November 28, 2021 (age 91) YOUNGSTOWN – John Patrick Connors, 91, of Youngstown, formerly Mill-Run Drive-in Liberty Township, died on Sunday morning, November 28, 2021, in the Park Vista Retirement Community with his family by his side. Born in Youngstown on March 4, 1930, Mr. Connors was the son of John […]
The post John Patrick Connors ? Obituary ? Mahoning Valley first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2282:"March 4, 1930 ~ November 28, 2021 (age 91)
YOUNGSTOWN – John Patrick Connors, 91, of Youngstown, formerly Mill-Run Drive-in Liberty Township, died on Sunday morning, November 28, 2021, in the Park Vista Retirement Community with his family by his side.
Born in Youngstown on March 4, 1930, Mr. Connors was the son of John F. and Veronica Fabian Connors and was a lifelong member of the ward.
He was a Packard Electric plant engineer for over 30 years, a member of St. Edward Parish, the Knights of Columbus, and a graduate of Ursuline High School.
Mr. Connors leaves his memory of his wife, former Marlene Murray, over 63 years old and whom he married on April 26, 1958, to preserve his memory; Daughter Kelly Connors of Youngstown; Son-in-law Gerald Brandenstein von Girard; Daughter-in-law, Donna Connors of Duluth, Minnesota; Grandson Kristen (Trevor) Davidson of Duluth, Minnesota; Shannon Connors of Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacob Brandenstein von Girard and a great-granddaughter, Anna Marie Davidson
Mr. Connors was preceded in death by his parents, son Timothy Connors; Sister Mary Logan; Brothers Garrett Connors and Daniel Connors.
The family will receive relatives and friends on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at St. Edward Church from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., followed by a Christian funeral mass at 1:30 p.m.
The family has requested that donations be sent to Compass Family Services, 284 Broadway, Youngstown, Ohio 44504.
Thoughts and condolences can be sent to the funeral home’s website www.mccauleyfuneral.com.
The McCauley Funeral Home arrangements have the privilege of serving the valley for more than 119 years!
The post John Patrick Connors ? Obituary ? Mahoning Valley first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";}s:7:"summary";s:904:"March 4, 1930 ~ November 28, 2021 (age 91) YOUNGSTOWN – John Patrick Connors, 91, of Youngstown, formerly Mill-Run Drive-in Liberty Township, died on Sunday morning, November 28, 2021, in the Park Vista Retirement Community with his family by his side. Born in Youngstown on March 4, 1930, Mr. Connors was the son of John […]
The post John Patrick Connors ? Obituary ? Mahoning Valley first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:2282:"March 4, 1930 ~ November 28, 2021 (age 91)
YOUNGSTOWN – John Patrick Connors, 91, of Youngstown, formerly Mill-Run Drive-in Liberty Township, died on Sunday morning, November 28, 2021, in the Park Vista Retirement Community with his family by his side.
Born in Youngstown on March 4, 1930, Mr. Connors was the son of John F. and Veronica Fabian Connors and was a lifelong member of the ward.
He was a Packard Electric plant engineer for over 30 years, a member of St. Edward Parish, the Knights of Columbus, and a graduate of Ursuline High School.
Mr. Connors leaves his memory of his wife, former Marlene Murray, over 63 years old and whom he married on April 26, 1958, to preserve his memory; Daughter Kelly Connors of Youngstown; Son-in-law Gerald Brandenstein von Girard; Daughter-in-law, Donna Connors of Duluth, Minnesota; Grandson Kristen (Trevor) Davidson of Duluth, Minnesota; Shannon Connors of Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacob Brandenstein von Girard and a great-granddaughter, Anna Marie Davidson
Mr. Connors was preceded in death by his parents, son Timothy Connors; Sister Mary Logan; Brothers Garrett Connors and Daniel Connors.
The family will receive relatives and friends on Thursday, December 2, 2021 at St. Edward Church from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., followed by a Christian funeral mass at 1:30 p.m.
The family has requested that donations be sent to Compass Family Services, 284 Broadway, Youngstown, Ohio 44504.
Thoughts and condolences can be sent to the funeral home’s website www.mccauleyfuneral.com.
The McCauley Funeral Home arrangements have the privilege of serving the valley for more than 119 years!
The post John Patrick Connors ? Obituary ? Mahoning Valley first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1638395495;}i:2;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:117:"Minnesota Reservists encourage youngsters to consider career in the air > Air Force Reserve Command > Feature Article";s:4:"link";s:143:"https://minnesotaminutes.com/minnesota-reservists-encourage-youngsters-to-consider-career-in-the-air-air-force-reserve-command-feature-article/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Dexter Peterson";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:01:44 +0000";s:8:"category";s:20:"Minneapolis-St. Paul";s:4:"guid";s:37:"https://minnesotaminutes.com/?p=14802";s:11:"description";s:1781:"
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Minn. – Several members of the 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minnesota recently attended the 7th Annual Girls in Aviation Day event hosted by Women in Aviation International at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. After the 2020 event was canceled due to […]
The post Minnesota Reservists encourage youngsters to consider career in the air > Air Force Reserve Command > Feature Article first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:4110:"MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Minn. –
Several members of the 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minnesota recently attended the 7th Annual Girls in Aviation Day event hosted by Women in Aviation International at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie.
After the 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Reserve Citizen Airmen des Wings were looking forward to attending this year’s event.
“This was my third year attending the event and my first year organizing volunteers for our wing,” said Master Sgt. Robert Lee, 934th Logistics Readiness Squadron acting first sergeant. ?The ability to involve other units posed some challenges with COVID, but the benefits of bringing our members with you and being represented by the Air Force Reserve have been great. I really want to increase our wing’s engagement for many reasons, including increasing our diversity and integration with future aviators and professionals. “
GIAD is a free event for teens to learn about career opportunities in aviation and science, technology, engineering and math.
“We did this because we want to introduce more girls to aviation as a profession, hobby, love or adventure,” said Stephanie Goetz, Vice President of WAI Stars of the North. ?It’s so important because only about 6% of the pilots are female, and we want to increase that number. It creates a diversity of thinking and a diversity of perspectives. “
In addition to the traditional careers people think of in aviation, the 934th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron also had flight nurses available to speak about their roles as medical aviators.
“It has been an honor for me to represent the AE community and share how we are helping our peers and their families around the world,” said 1st Lt. Myra Costello, 934th AES Flight Nurse. ?I was thrilled with the response we received from the children and their families. As a first-time participant, it was also great to talk to other women in aviation and see the progress that has been made over the years. “
GIAD aims to promote the participation of women in STEM and aviation professions. Although the event is aimed at girls ages 8-17, everyone is welcome.
“It’s a fun event and it was amazing to watch the kids’ faces answer their questions and watch their curiosity,” said Lee. #ReserveReform
(Mojica is assigned to the 934th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office.)
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The post Minnesota Reservists encourage youngsters to consider career in the air > Air Force Reserve Command > Feature Article first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";}s:7:"summary";s:1781:"MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Minn. – Several members of the 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minnesota recently attended the 7th Annual Girls in Aviation Day event hosted by Women in Aviation International at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie. After the 2020 event was canceled due to […]
The post Minnesota Reservists encourage youngsters to consider career in the air > Air Force Reserve Command > Feature Article first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:4110:"MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Minn. –
Several members of the 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minnesota recently attended the 7th Annual Girls in Aviation Day event hosted by Women in Aviation International at Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie.
After the 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Reserve Citizen Airmen des Wings were looking forward to attending this year’s event.
“This was my third year attending the event and my first year organizing volunteers for our wing,” said Master Sgt. Robert Lee, 934th Logistics Readiness Squadron acting first sergeant. ?The ability to involve other units posed some challenges with COVID, but the benefits of bringing our members with you and being represented by the Air Force Reserve have been great. I really want to increase our wing’s engagement for many reasons, including increasing our diversity and integration with future aviators and professionals. “
GIAD is a free event for teens to learn about career opportunities in aviation and science, technology, engineering and math.
“We did this because we want to introduce more girls to aviation as a profession, hobby, love or adventure,” said Stephanie Goetz, Vice President of WAI Stars of the North. ?It’s so important because only about 6% of the pilots are female, and we want to increase that number. It creates a diversity of thinking and a diversity of perspectives. “
In addition to the traditional careers people think of in aviation, the 934th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron also had flight nurses available to speak about their roles as medical aviators.
“It has been an honor for me to represent the AE community and share how we are helping our peers and their families around the world,” said 1st Lt. Myra Costello, 934th AES Flight Nurse. ?I was thrilled with the response we received from the children and their families. As a first-time participant, it was also great to talk to other women in aviation and see the progress that has been made over the years. “
GIAD aims to promote the participation of women in STEM and aviation professions. Although the event is aimed at girls ages 8-17, everyone is welcome.
“It’s a fun event and it was amazing to watch the kids’ faces answer their questions and watch their curiosity,” said Lee. #ReserveReform
(Mojica is assigned to the 934th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office.)
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The post Minnesota Reservists encourage youngsters to consider career in the air > Air Force Reserve Command > Feature Article first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1638392504;}i:3;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:54:"Juvenile suspect charged in armed robbery | Local News";s:4:"link";s:82:"https://minnesotaminutes.com/juvenile-suspect-charged-in-armed-robbery-local-news/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Dexter Peterson";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:03:31 +0000";s:8:"category";s:7:"Mankato";s:4:"guid";s:37:"https://minnesotaminutes.com/?p=14799";s:11:"description";s:1180:"
MANKATO – A 17-year-old is now charged with armed robbery of a man who got into a car with strangers last month in Mankato. The juvenile suspect does not identify his accomplices, it is said. Abdiwahab Mohamed Ali, 17, of Mankato, was charged with aggravated robbery in the Blue Earth County Juvenile Court on Tuesday. […]
The post Juvenile suspect charged in armed robbery | Local News first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2988:"MANKATO – A 17-year-old is now charged with armed robbery of a man who got into a car with strangers last month in Mankato.
The juvenile suspect does not identify his accomplices, it is said.
Abdiwahab Mohamed Ali, 17, of Mankato, was charged with aggravated robbery in the Blue Earth County Juvenile Court on Tuesday. The criminal charges against 16- and 17-year-olds are public under state law.
According to the indictment petition:
A drunk man reported that he was walking down Glenwood Avenue in the early morning of November 20 when a car stopped and he got in. He said he did not remember whether the four inmates wore ski masks when they got in or whether they would put them on later.
Two people in the back seat with him had guns and they took turns holding his head and stomach, the man said. He begged for his life and for them to let him go, he said.
An inmate reportedly told the man to give him all of his belongings and he gave him his wallet and phone. They then reportedly directed him to use a cash app on his phone to give them all of his money, but the app didn’t work. The man said he would bring them money if they took him to an ATM.
They went to an ATM near Minnesota State University and he withdrew $ 120. The strangers then dropped him off nearby and returned his phone and wallet, the man said.
An investigator received surveillance video at the ATM and saw two people with the complainant, one of whom appeared to be Ali.
The teen was arrested and told a detective that he was a passenger in the car and they took away a guy they believed was drunk and high.
Ali admitted there was a toy gun but said he wasn’t the person who had it and doesn’t know where it is now.
He is said to have admitted taking the man’s phone with him, but later returned it. He said they went to an ATM, the man got money and they were taking him home.
Ali reportedly described the incident as “really cool”. He refused to name the other occupants of the car and said he took full responsibility.
The post Juvenile suspect charged in armed robbery | Local News first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";}s:7:"summary";s:1180:"MANKATO – A 17-year-old is now charged with armed robbery of a man who got into a car with strangers last month in Mankato. The juvenile suspect does not identify his accomplices, it is said. Abdiwahab Mohamed Ali, 17, of Mankato, was charged with aggravated robbery in the Blue Earth County Juvenile Court on Tuesday. […]
The post Juvenile suspect charged in armed robbery | Local News first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:2988:"MANKATO – A 17-year-old is now charged with armed robbery of a man who got into a car with strangers last month in Mankato.
The juvenile suspect does not identify his accomplices, it is said.
Abdiwahab Mohamed Ali, 17, of Mankato, was charged with aggravated robbery in the Blue Earth County Juvenile Court on Tuesday. The criminal charges against 16- and 17-year-olds are public under state law.
According to the indictment petition:
A drunk man reported that he was walking down Glenwood Avenue in the early morning of November 20 when a car stopped and he got in. He said he did not remember whether the four inmates wore ski masks when they got in or whether they would put them on later.
Two people in the back seat with him had guns and they took turns holding his head and stomach, the man said. He begged for his life and for them to let him go, he said.
An inmate reportedly told the man to give him all of his belongings and he gave him his wallet and phone. They then reportedly directed him to use a cash app on his phone to give them all of his money, but the app didn’t work. The man said he would bring them money if they took him to an ATM.
They went to an ATM near Minnesota State University and he withdrew $ 120. The strangers then dropped him off nearby and returned his phone and wallet, the man said.
An investigator received surveillance video at the ATM and saw two people with the complainant, one of whom appeared to be Ali.
The teen was arrested and told a detective that he was a passenger in the car and they took away a guy they believed was drunk and high.
Ali admitted there was a toy gun but said he wasn’t the person who had it and doesn’t know where it is now.
He is said to have admitted taking the man’s phone with him, but later returned it. He said they went to an ATM, the man got money and they were taking him home.
Ali reportedly described the incident as “really cool”. He refused to name the other occupants of the car and said he took full responsibility.
The post Juvenile suspect charged in armed robbery | Local News first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1638389011;}i:4;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:77:"Todo lo que hay que saber sobre omicron y las otras variantes del coronavirus";s:4:"link";s:107:"https://minnesotaminutes.com/todo-lo-que-hay-que-saber-sobre-omicron-y-las-otras-variantes-del-coronavirus/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Dexter Peterson";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 01 Dec 2021 17:58:37 +0000";s:8:"category";s:4:"News";s:4:"guid";s:37:"https://minnesotaminutes.com/?p=14796";s:11:"description";s:1514:"
Los estadounidenses, cansados ya por una pandemia que dura casi dos años, recibieron un nuevo golpe durante el largo fin de semana de Acción de Gracias: el anuncio de la aparición de una nueva variante del coronavirus. La variante omicron, conocida oficialmente como B.1.1.529, apareció en noviembre en varios países del sur de África. Las […]
The post Todo lo que hay que saber sobre omicron y las otras variantes del coronavirus first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:15936:"Los estadounidenses, cansados ya por una pandemia que dura casi dos años, recibieron un nuevo golpe durante el largo fin de semana de Acción de Gracias: el anuncio de la aparición de una nueva variante del coronavirus.
La variante omicron, conocida oficialmente como B.1.1.529, apareció en noviembre en varios países del sur de África. Las alarmas saltaron en todo el mundo cuando los funcionarios de salud pública de Sudáfrica vieron que empezaba a superar a delta, la cepa dominante hasta ahora.
Esto sugirió que omicron podría llegar a extenderse ampliamente. De hecho, desde entonces se han registrado casos en varios continentes, probablemente debido a los viajes internacionales de personas infectadas sin saberlo.
Tras el anuncio de la aparición de omicron, varios países impusieron prohibiciones de viajes con la esperanza de contener al virus. Aún se desconoce si esas prohibiciones frenarán efectivamente la propagación. ?Las prohibiciones de viajar no ayudan una vez que se han detectado los casos, como hemos visto antes y estamos viendo ahora?, dijo Tara Smith, epidemióloga de la Universidad Estatal de Kent.
Científicos advierten que aún es demasiado pronto para saber si omicron será tan peligrosa como delta. Otras variantes que inicialmente parecían preocupantes se han desvanecido.
Por ahora, esto es lo que se sabe, y lo que no, sobre la variante omicron.
¿Qué es una variante?
Una variante de un virus es aquella que ha mutado de forma que aumenta su propagación o gravedad en comparación con la cepa original que surgió en Wuhan (China). ?Los virus de ARN, como el coronavirus, pueden mutar cuando se replican, sobre todo al circular a gran velocidad?, explicó la doctora Monica Gandhi, profesora de medicina de la Universidad de California-San Francisco.
Los coronavirus no mutan tan fácilmente como los virus de la gripe, pero sí lo hacen con el tiempo. Las variantes suelen producir la misma gama de síntomas que la cepa original del coronavirus. Pero también pueden ayudar a que el virus se propague más eficazmente de una persona a otra, o tener una ventaja a la hora de burlar la inmunidad natural o la de las vacunas.
¿Qué variantes circulaban ya en los Estados Unidos?
Hasta la fecha, los funcionarios de salud pública han observado cinco ?variantes preocupantes?, además de dos ?variantes de interés? que aún no se consideran preocupantes. Hasta el momento, no ha surgido ninguna variante que encaje en la más preocupante de las tres categorías oficiales: ?variantes de alta consecuencia?.
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) decidió a principios de este año nombrar las variantes con letras griegas, tanto para simplificar el debate como para evitar el estigma de que una variante lleve el nombre de un país.
Las cuatro primeras ?variantes preocupantes? ?alfa, beta, gamma y delta? han estado circulando en los Estados Unidos durante la mayor parte de este año. Pero la variante más dominante ha sido delta, debido a su capacidad de propagarse de persona a persona más rápidamente que las otras. Durante meses, delta ha representado más del 99% de las infecciones por coronavirus en Estados Unidos.
Hasta el mediodía del 29 de noviembre no había ningún caso confirmado de omicron en los Estados Unidos, pero los expertos advierten que es solo cuestión de tiempo. De hecho, podría ya estar en el país sin haber sido detectada.
¿Cómo surgió omicron?
Aunque los científicos no están seguros de dónde apareció por primera vez omicron, lo más probable es que haya sido en un país del sur de África.
Los expertos afirman que las bajas tasas de vacunación en esa parte del mundo probablemente contribuyeron a crear un entorno favorable para las mutaciones que produjeron omicron.
?Muchos países de África tienen poblaciones con una inmunidad muy baja: un 30% en Sudáfrica está vacunado?, señaló Smith. ?En una población mayoritariamente no inmune, el virus puede arrasar, y cada nueva persona infectada es una oportunidad para que mute?.
¿Por qué las autoridades de salud pública reaccionaron con tanta urgencia ante omicron?
La preocupación proviene del alcance y la naturaleza de las mutaciones de la nueva variante. Las autoridades sanitarias sudafricanas observaron 50 mutaciones notables, 30 de las cuales se encuentran en la proteína de espiga (pike), una estructura clave del virus, según informó la revista New York. Esto es más de las que han tenido las variantes anteriores.
?Si buscamos mutaciones que afecten a la transmisibilidad, las tiene todas?, declaró a la revista Science el biólogo de la Universidad de Oxford, Aris Katzourakis.
Sin embargo, lo que no está claro en este momento es la eficacia de esas mutaciones a la hora de crear una variante que pueda superar sistemáticamente a delta.
¿Qué sabemos sobre el grado de contagio de omicron?
La variante omicron es tan nueva que los científicos apenas están empezando a conocer sus características. Por ello, los expertos piden cautela a la hora de sacar conclusiones, especialmente a partir de pruebas anecdóticas.
Dicho esto, los científicos afirman que no se sorprenderían si omicron se convierte en algo tan fácilmente transmisible como delta.
?La respuesta es incierta, por supuesto, pero parece que será al menos tan infecciosa como delta?, afirmó el doctor William Schaffner, profesor de medicina preventiva de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Vanderbilt.
Un factor que complica la situación, según Schaffner, es que las zonas iniciales de más rápida propagación se han situado en áreas de Johannesburgo pobladas por adultos jóvenes y estudiantes universitarios, que suelen tener tasas de vacunación más bajas. La vulnerabilidad de estos grupos a la infección puede estar exagerando la rapidez con la que omicron parece estar extendiéndose.
¿Se sabe si omicron genera una forma de covid más grave?
Las primeras pruebas son algo contradictorias, pero hay indicios de que los síntomas de omicron podrían no ser más graves que los de las variantes anteriores. La doctora Angelique Coetzee, que preside la Asociación Médica Sudafricana, ha dicho que los primeros casos que se están viendo entre los no vacunados son leves.
Sin embargo, está por ver si los pacientes de mayor edad, y con peor salud, también presentan síntomas leves. Otra cuestión es que puede ser demasiado pronto en la propagación de omicron para ver casos que hayan progresado seriamente.
¿Serán eficaces las vacunas existentes contra esta variante?
Los científicos son cautelosamente optimistas en cuanto a que las vacunas existentes también serán eficaces contra omicron, al igual que lo han sido contra delta, al menos en cuanto a la capacidad de prevenir una enfermedad lo suficientemente grave que requiera hospitalización.
?Los científicos de Sudáfrica e Israel, donde también se ha detectado la variante, han indicado que no se desarrolla enfermedad grave entre los vacunados?, dijo Gandhi.
Gandhi agregó que se ha demostrado que los linfocitos B que proporcionan inmunidad, generados por las vacunas, producen anticuerpos contra las variantes, y que la inmunidad de los linfocitos T, que protegen contra la enfermedad grave, es robusta y no debería estar en riesgo por las mutaciones que se están observando en omicron.
Las vacunas también producen anticuerpos policlonales que actúan contra múltiples partes de la proteína de espiga, explicó. Por último, se ha demostrado que las vacunas de refuerzo (boosters) son eficaces para fortalecer la inmunidad rápidamente.
?La mayoría de los científicos cree que deberíamos seguir teniendo protección contra la enfermedad grave con las vacunas, y la vacunación sigue siendo el pilar del control?, afirmó Gandhi.
Recomiendan que las personas se vacunen, y, si ya están vacunados, se administren el refuerzo.
¿Cuánto tiempo pasará antes de controlar la amenaza de omicron?
Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech y Johnson & Johnson están probando la eficacia de sus vacunas contra omicron en el laboratorio, basándose en protocolos de análisis de variantes desarrollados a principios de este año. Los resultados deberían estar disponibles en una o dos semanas.
Otras preguntas, como si omicron enferma más y si es más transmisible, tardarán más en responderse porque requieren un cuidadoso rastreo de los contactos y un diagnóstico preciso de los infectados.
Para responder mejor a estas preguntas, Smith declaró: ?Creo que, como mínimo, se necesitará un mes para obtener algunos datos preliminares, y muy posiblemente más tiempo para hacernos una mejor idea de la situación. Tampoco conoceremos la experiencia real de los avances en vacunas hasta ese momento?.
¿Podemos esperar que se desarrolle un nuevo refuerzo específico para omicron?
Se desconoce si la variante omicron requerirá un refuerzo reformulado. En el caso de la variante delta no fue necesario un nuevo refuerzo, ya que los investigadores determinaron que la formulación existente seguía siendo eficaz.
Dicho esto, los fabricantes de vacunas pueden lanzar un nuevo refuerzo rápidamente si es necesario.
En caso de que surja una variante de este tipo, Pfizer y BioNTech ?esperan poder desarrollar y producir una vacuna a medida contra esa variante? en un plazo de 100 días, a la espera de la aprobación reglamentaria, según declaró un vocero de Pfizer a The Washington Post.
El doctor Matthew Laurens, especialista en enfermedades infecciosas pediátricas de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Maryland, dijo que confía en que se puedan desarrollar y probar rápidamente refuerzos en caso de ser necesarios, ?probablemente en unos pocos meses?.
¿Qué pasó con las otras variantes?
Entre mayo de 2021, cuando delta fue nombrada variante preocupante, y noviembre de 2021, cuando omicron recibió la misma etiqueta, otras dos variantes se declararon ?variantes de interés?: lambda de Perú y mu de Colombia. Otras variantes, como una descubierta en Nepal llamada ?delta-plus?, también llamaron la atención durante ese período. Pero ninguna de ellas consiguió superar a delta de forma consistente, por lo que nunca fueron elevadas a ?variantes preocupantes?.
Esto es lo que se podría esperar de omicron. Las otras variantes ?surgieron con preocupaciones similares, pero no se expandieron de forma significativa después del informe inicial?, señaló Gandhi.
¿Es razonable pensar que los Estados Unidos está en mejor posición para controlar omicron de lo que estuvo con delta?
Los expertos coinciden, en general, en que los Estados Unidos debería estar mejor preparado para luchar contra omicron que cuando surgió delta a principios de este año.
?Estamos en una posición mucho mejor, ya que tenemos mayores tasas de vacunación, la disponibilidad de refuerzos para todos los mayores de 18 años y la elegibilidad de la vacuna a partir de los 5 años?, dijo Gandhi. ?También tenemos tasas más altas de inmunidad natural en el país debido a la propagación de la variante delta desde julio de 2021. Y contamos con una terapéutica antiviral oral en el horizonte. Así que tenemos las herramientas para combatir esta nueva variante?.
El desafío, apuntó Schaffner, será asegurarse de que los estadounidenses continúen vacunándose y recibiendo refuerzos; hacerse pruebas y mantener un comportamiento seguro en público.
?Todas estas herramientas están disponibles?, dijo. ?La gran pregunta es hasta qué punto el público en general está dispuesto a utilizarlas?.
¿Va a ser el coronavirus algo permanente, como la gripe?
Los expertos creen que es poco probable que el coronavirus sea erradicado del mundo, como lo ha sido la viruela, o incluso eliminado en Estados Unidos, como lo fue la polio tras la vacunación casi universal. La combinación de mutaciones rápidas y las tasas de vacunación demasiado bajas hacen que tal vez covid-19 no siga a la viruela y a la poliomielitis en el camino de la erradicación.
?Es más probable que siga el modelo de la gripe, en el que tenemos que rastrear las mutaciones anualmente y modificar los refuerzos en consecuencia?, afirmó Schaffner. De hecho, concluyó, ya se está trabajando en la creación de vacunas combinadas contra el coronavirus y la gripe.
Los estadounidenses, cansados ya por una pandemia que dura casi dos años, recibieron un nuevo golpe durante el largo fin de semana de Acción de Gracias: el anuncio de la aparición de una nueva variante del coronavirus. La variante omicron, conocida oficialmente como B.1.1.529, apareció en noviembre en varios países del sur de África. Las […]
The post Todo lo que hay que saber sobre omicron y las otras variantes del coronavirus first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:15936:"Los estadounidenses, cansados ya por una pandemia que dura casi dos años, recibieron un nuevo golpe durante el largo fin de semana de Acción de Gracias: el anuncio de la aparición de una nueva variante del coronavirus.
La variante omicron, conocida oficialmente como B.1.1.529, apareció en noviembre en varios países del sur de África. Las alarmas saltaron en todo el mundo cuando los funcionarios de salud pública de Sudáfrica vieron que empezaba a superar a delta, la cepa dominante hasta ahora.
Esto sugirió que omicron podría llegar a extenderse ampliamente. De hecho, desde entonces se han registrado casos en varios continentes, probablemente debido a los viajes internacionales de personas infectadas sin saberlo.
Tras el anuncio de la aparición de omicron, varios países impusieron prohibiciones de viajes con la esperanza de contener al virus. Aún se desconoce si esas prohibiciones frenarán efectivamente la propagación. ?Las prohibiciones de viajar no ayudan una vez que se han detectado los casos, como hemos visto antes y estamos viendo ahora?, dijo Tara Smith, epidemióloga de la Universidad Estatal de Kent.
Científicos advierten que aún es demasiado pronto para saber si omicron será tan peligrosa como delta. Otras variantes que inicialmente parecían preocupantes se han desvanecido.
Por ahora, esto es lo que se sabe, y lo que no, sobre la variante omicron.
¿Qué es una variante?
Una variante de un virus es aquella que ha mutado de forma que aumenta su propagación o gravedad en comparación con la cepa original que surgió en Wuhan (China). ?Los virus de ARN, como el coronavirus, pueden mutar cuando se replican, sobre todo al circular a gran velocidad?, explicó la doctora Monica Gandhi, profesora de medicina de la Universidad de California-San Francisco.
Los coronavirus no mutan tan fácilmente como los virus de la gripe, pero sí lo hacen con el tiempo. Las variantes suelen producir la misma gama de síntomas que la cepa original del coronavirus. Pero también pueden ayudar a que el virus se propague más eficazmente de una persona a otra, o tener una ventaja a la hora de burlar la inmunidad natural o la de las vacunas.
¿Qué variantes circulaban ya en los Estados Unidos?
Hasta la fecha, los funcionarios de salud pública han observado cinco ?variantes preocupantes?, además de dos ?variantes de interés? que aún no se consideran preocupantes. Hasta el momento, no ha surgido ninguna variante que encaje en la más preocupante de las tres categorías oficiales: ?variantes de alta consecuencia?.
La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) decidió a principios de este año nombrar las variantes con letras griegas, tanto para simplificar el debate como para evitar el estigma de que una variante lleve el nombre de un país.
Las cuatro primeras ?variantes preocupantes? ?alfa, beta, gamma y delta? han estado circulando en los Estados Unidos durante la mayor parte de este año. Pero la variante más dominante ha sido delta, debido a su capacidad de propagarse de persona a persona más rápidamente que las otras. Durante meses, delta ha representado más del 99% de las infecciones por coronavirus en Estados Unidos.
Hasta el mediodía del 29 de noviembre no había ningún caso confirmado de omicron en los Estados Unidos, pero los expertos advierten que es solo cuestión de tiempo. De hecho, podría ya estar en el país sin haber sido detectada.
¿Cómo surgió omicron?
Aunque los científicos no están seguros de dónde apareció por primera vez omicron, lo más probable es que haya sido en un país del sur de África.
Los expertos afirman que las bajas tasas de vacunación en esa parte del mundo probablemente contribuyeron a crear un entorno favorable para las mutaciones que produjeron omicron.
?Muchos países de África tienen poblaciones con una inmunidad muy baja: un 30% en Sudáfrica está vacunado?, señaló Smith. ?En una población mayoritariamente no inmune, el virus puede arrasar, y cada nueva persona infectada es una oportunidad para que mute?.
¿Por qué las autoridades de salud pública reaccionaron con tanta urgencia ante omicron?
La preocupación proviene del alcance y la naturaleza de las mutaciones de la nueva variante. Las autoridades sanitarias sudafricanas observaron 50 mutaciones notables, 30 de las cuales se encuentran en la proteína de espiga (pike), una estructura clave del virus, según informó la revista New York. Esto es más de las que han tenido las variantes anteriores.
?Si buscamos mutaciones que afecten a la transmisibilidad, las tiene todas?, declaró a la revista Science el biólogo de la Universidad de Oxford, Aris Katzourakis.
Sin embargo, lo que no está claro en este momento es la eficacia de esas mutaciones a la hora de crear una variante que pueda superar sistemáticamente a delta.
¿Qué sabemos sobre el grado de contagio de omicron?
La variante omicron es tan nueva que los científicos apenas están empezando a conocer sus características. Por ello, los expertos piden cautela a la hora de sacar conclusiones, especialmente a partir de pruebas anecdóticas.
Dicho esto, los científicos afirman que no se sorprenderían si omicron se convierte en algo tan fácilmente transmisible como delta.
?La respuesta es incierta, por supuesto, pero parece que será al menos tan infecciosa como delta?, afirmó el doctor William Schaffner, profesor de medicina preventiva de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Vanderbilt.
Un factor que complica la situación, según Schaffner, es que las zonas iniciales de más rápida propagación se han situado en áreas de Johannesburgo pobladas por adultos jóvenes y estudiantes universitarios, que suelen tener tasas de vacunación más bajas. La vulnerabilidad de estos grupos a la infección puede estar exagerando la rapidez con la que omicron parece estar extendiéndose.
¿Se sabe si omicron genera una forma de covid más grave?
Las primeras pruebas son algo contradictorias, pero hay indicios de que los síntomas de omicron podrían no ser más graves que los de las variantes anteriores. La doctora Angelique Coetzee, que preside la Asociación Médica Sudafricana, ha dicho que los primeros casos que se están viendo entre los no vacunados son leves.
Sin embargo, está por ver si los pacientes de mayor edad, y con peor salud, también presentan síntomas leves. Otra cuestión es que puede ser demasiado pronto en la propagación de omicron para ver casos que hayan progresado seriamente.
¿Serán eficaces las vacunas existentes contra esta variante?
Los científicos son cautelosamente optimistas en cuanto a que las vacunas existentes también serán eficaces contra omicron, al igual que lo han sido contra delta, al menos en cuanto a la capacidad de prevenir una enfermedad lo suficientemente grave que requiera hospitalización.
?Los científicos de Sudáfrica e Israel, donde también se ha detectado la variante, han indicado que no se desarrolla enfermedad grave entre los vacunados?, dijo Gandhi.
Gandhi agregó que se ha demostrado que los linfocitos B que proporcionan inmunidad, generados por las vacunas, producen anticuerpos contra las variantes, y que la inmunidad de los linfocitos T, que protegen contra la enfermedad grave, es robusta y no debería estar en riesgo por las mutaciones que se están observando en omicron.
Las vacunas también producen anticuerpos policlonales que actúan contra múltiples partes de la proteína de espiga, explicó. Por último, se ha demostrado que las vacunas de refuerzo (boosters) son eficaces para fortalecer la inmunidad rápidamente.
?La mayoría de los científicos cree que deberíamos seguir teniendo protección contra la enfermedad grave con las vacunas, y la vacunación sigue siendo el pilar del control?, afirmó Gandhi.
Recomiendan que las personas se vacunen, y, si ya están vacunados, se administren el refuerzo.
¿Cuánto tiempo pasará antes de controlar la amenaza de omicron?
Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech y Johnson & Johnson están probando la eficacia de sus vacunas contra omicron en el laboratorio, basándose en protocolos de análisis de variantes desarrollados a principios de este año. Los resultados deberían estar disponibles en una o dos semanas.
Otras preguntas, como si omicron enferma más y si es más transmisible, tardarán más en responderse porque requieren un cuidadoso rastreo de los contactos y un diagnóstico preciso de los infectados.
Para responder mejor a estas preguntas, Smith declaró: ?Creo que, como mínimo, se necesitará un mes para obtener algunos datos preliminares, y muy posiblemente más tiempo para hacernos una mejor idea de la situación. Tampoco conoceremos la experiencia real de los avances en vacunas hasta ese momento?.
¿Podemos esperar que se desarrolle un nuevo refuerzo específico para omicron?
Se desconoce si la variante omicron requerirá un refuerzo reformulado. En el caso de la variante delta no fue necesario un nuevo refuerzo, ya que los investigadores determinaron que la formulación existente seguía siendo eficaz.
Dicho esto, los fabricantes de vacunas pueden lanzar un nuevo refuerzo rápidamente si es necesario.
En caso de que surja una variante de este tipo, Pfizer y BioNTech ?esperan poder desarrollar y producir una vacuna a medida contra esa variante? en un plazo de 100 días, a la espera de la aprobación reglamentaria, según declaró un vocero de Pfizer a The Washington Post.
El doctor Matthew Laurens, especialista en enfermedades infecciosas pediátricas de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Maryland, dijo que confía en que se puedan desarrollar y probar rápidamente refuerzos en caso de ser necesarios, ?probablemente en unos pocos meses?.
¿Qué pasó con las otras variantes?
Entre mayo de 2021, cuando delta fue nombrada variante preocupante, y noviembre de 2021, cuando omicron recibió la misma etiqueta, otras dos variantes se declararon ?variantes de interés?: lambda de Perú y mu de Colombia. Otras variantes, como una descubierta en Nepal llamada ?delta-plus?, también llamaron la atención durante ese período. Pero ninguna de ellas consiguió superar a delta de forma consistente, por lo que nunca fueron elevadas a ?variantes preocupantes?.
Esto es lo que se podría esperar de omicron. Las otras variantes ?surgieron con preocupaciones similares, pero no se expandieron de forma significativa después del informe inicial?, señaló Gandhi.
¿Es razonable pensar que los Estados Unidos está en mejor posición para controlar omicron de lo que estuvo con delta?
Los expertos coinciden, en general, en que los Estados Unidos debería estar mejor preparado para luchar contra omicron que cuando surgió delta a principios de este año.
?Estamos en una posición mucho mejor, ya que tenemos mayores tasas de vacunación, la disponibilidad de refuerzos para todos los mayores de 18 años y la elegibilidad de la vacuna a partir de los 5 años?, dijo Gandhi. ?También tenemos tasas más altas de inmunidad natural en el país debido a la propagación de la variante delta desde julio de 2021. Y contamos con una terapéutica antiviral oral en el horizonte. Así que tenemos las herramientas para combatir esta nueva variante?.
El desafío, apuntó Schaffner, será asegurarse de que los estadounidenses continúen vacunándose y recibiendo refuerzos; hacerse pruebas y mantener un comportamiento seguro en público.
?Todas estas herramientas están disponibles?, dijo. ?La gran pregunta es hasta qué punto el público en general está dispuesto a utilizarlas?.
¿Va a ser el coronavirus algo permanente, como la gripe?
Los expertos creen que es poco probable que el coronavirus sea erradicado del mundo, como lo ha sido la viruela, o incluso eliminado en Estados Unidos, como lo fue la polio tras la vacunación casi universal. La combinación de mutaciones rápidas y las tasas de vacunación demasiado bajas hacen que tal vez covid-19 no siga a la viruela y a la poliomielitis en el camino de la erradicación.
?Es más probable que siga el modelo de la gripe, en el que tenemos que rastrear las mutaciones anualmente y modificar los refuerzos en consecuencia?, afirmó Schaffner. De hecho, concluyó, ya se está trabajando en la creación de vacunas combinadas contra el coronavirus y la gripe.
WASHINGTON ? When paid family leave was briefly dropped from congressional Democrats? massive social spending and climate bill earlier this fall, the outcry was swift. Women and caregivers suddenly were calling lawmakers and advocates, and they were sharing their own stories on social media in huge numbers, said Dawn Huckelbridge, director of Paid Leave for […]
The post Democrats risk losses in 2022 if they give up on paid leave, advocates say first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:6692:"WASHINGTON ? When paid family leave was briefly dropped from congressional Democrats? massive social spending and climate bill earlier this fall, the outcry was swift.
Women and caregivers suddenly were calling lawmakers and advocates, and they were sharing their own stories on social media in huge numbers, said Dawn Huckelbridge, director of Paid Leave for All, a national advocacy group, during a virtual event with reporters on Tuesday.
?I think people assumed this was a given, that why would you drop paid leave in a pandemic?? Huckelbridge said. ?And when that happened, there was outrage.?
She added: ?Women, caregivers, have been dealing with unimaginable circumstances these last few years. And I think it felt tone-deaf to them.?
The Democrats? ?Build Back Better? bill that passed the U.S. House did ultimately restore four weeks of paid leave for workers who need to care for a new baby or ailing loved one or recover from their own serious illness.
But that provision is at risk of deletion in the Senate, due to opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin III, (D-W.Va.).
Huckelbridge and other advocates and Democratic pollsters who spoke to reporters on Tuesday said a failure to take action on a national paid leave program could have significant political consequences for Democrats in 2022.
The U.S. is one of only a few countries in the world ? and the only wealthy country ? that does not have a national paid family leave program.
Yet creation of such a program is overwhelmingly popular across party lines, particularly with younger voters and among suburban women in key battleground states.
?It may not be bipartisan in the Congress, but it is bipartisan with the public, particularly in America?s suburbs,? said Celinda Lake, of Lake Research Partners, who was the leading pollster for Biden?s 2020 presidential campaign.
It?s also one of the most popular provisions in the Build Back Better package. Research from Global Strategy Group, a Democratic consulting firm, found the issue has support that?s on par with allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
Paid leave also was the only provision tested from that legislative package other than the Medicare provision that gained majority support from voters in both parties ? a rare feat in an extremely politically divided era.
In the Global Strategy Group?s survey of battleground voters, Democrats trailed Republicans by 3 percentage points in a generic question of which party?s candidate a voter is more likely to pick.
But in a follow-up question specifically comparing a Democrat who supports paid leave to a Republican who does not, Democrats hold a 13-point edge, said Joey Teitelbaum, lead researcher on the group?s battleground polling.
Teitelbaum said the research found the issue is one that may motivate voters who would otherwise stay home, but only if those voters see Democrats following through on promises of action on paid leave.
One-third of voters in the survey said they would rather stay home on Election Day than vote for a Senate candidate who opposes access to paid leave, with higher shares of women ages 18 to 44 and Black female voters agreeing with that statement.
One key group of swing voters in the 2022 elections, Lake said, will be white, non-college-educated women ages 40 to 65 ? a group that has many women in the ?sandwich? years of caring for children and aging parents.
Another key group will be women of color and younger women under 40, ?who lean very Democratic, but also wonder what the Democrats are doing for them,? she added.
?So whether you?re talking about the strategy of persuasion, or you?re talking about the strategy of turnout, this is one of the few issues that is at the top of both of those agendas,? Lake said.
Moving paid leave from a campaign promise to a policy achievement will take a shift by Manchin, who has said he supports the idea of paid leave but does not back creating a new national program in the pending legislation.
Huckelbridge said Democratic Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who have been heavily involved in work on a paid leave program, have told her and others that they believe Manchin is ?movable? on the issue.
But they acknowledge that the current bill ? which would be passed through the reconciliation process, allowing Democrats to approve it without any Republican votes ? is the only path forward on the national level.
?We have to do this in Build Back Better. There is no bipartisan path anytime soon that will deliver real results for families,? Huckelbridge said.
If that fails, advocates say the movement has grown stronger during the past year. In some states, the fight may move to the state legislature, describing a rise in state-level interest.
?We will see this be an issue in state legislatures and at the ballot box in states,? said Vicki Shabo, senior fellow for paid leave policy and strategy at the think tank New America. ?And the federal issue is not going away either.?
originally published in the minnesotareformer.com
WASHINGTON ? When paid family leave was briefly dropped from congressional Democrats? massive social spending and climate bill earlier this fall, the outcry was swift. Women and caregivers suddenly were calling lawmakers and advocates, and they were sharing their own stories on social media in huge numbers, said Dawn Huckelbridge, director of Paid Leave for […]
The post Democrats risk losses in 2022 if they give up on paid leave, advocates say first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:6692:"WASHINGTON ? When paid family leave was briefly dropped from congressional Democrats? massive social spending and climate bill earlier this fall, the outcry was swift.
Women and caregivers suddenly were calling lawmakers and advocates, and they were sharing their own stories on social media in huge numbers, said Dawn Huckelbridge, director of Paid Leave for All, a national advocacy group, during a virtual event with reporters on Tuesday.
?I think people assumed this was a given, that why would you drop paid leave in a pandemic?? Huckelbridge said. ?And when that happened, there was outrage.?
She added: ?Women, caregivers, have been dealing with unimaginable circumstances these last few years. And I think it felt tone-deaf to them.?
The Democrats? ?Build Back Better? bill that passed the U.S. House did ultimately restore four weeks of paid leave for workers who need to care for a new baby or ailing loved one or recover from their own serious illness.
But that provision is at risk of deletion in the Senate, due to opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin III, (D-W.Va.).
Huckelbridge and other advocates and Democratic pollsters who spoke to reporters on Tuesday said a failure to take action on a national paid leave program could have significant political consequences for Democrats in 2022.
The U.S. is one of only a few countries in the world ? and the only wealthy country ? that does not have a national paid family leave program.
Yet creation of such a program is overwhelmingly popular across party lines, particularly with younger voters and among suburban women in key battleground states.
?It may not be bipartisan in the Congress, but it is bipartisan with the public, particularly in America?s suburbs,? said Celinda Lake, of Lake Research Partners, who was the leading pollster for Biden?s 2020 presidential campaign.
It?s also one of the most popular provisions in the Build Back Better package. Research from Global Strategy Group, a Democratic consulting firm, found the issue has support that?s on par with allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
Paid leave also was the only provision tested from that legislative package other than the Medicare provision that gained majority support from voters in both parties ? a rare feat in an extremely politically divided era.
In the Global Strategy Group?s survey of battleground voters, Democrats trailed Republicans by 3 percentage points in a generic question of which party?s candidate a voter is more likely to pick.
But in a follow-up question specifically comparing a Democrat who supports paid leave to a Republican who does not, Democrats hold a 13-point edge, said Joey Teitelbaum, lead researcher on the group?s battleground polling.
Teitelbaum said the research found the issue is one that may motivate voters who would otherwise stay home, but only if those voters see Democrats following through on promises of action on paid leave.
One-third of voters in the survey said they would rather stay home on Election Day than vote for a Senate candidate who opposes access to paid leave, with higher shares of women ages 18 to 44 and Black female voters agreeing with that statement.
One key group of swing voters in the 2022 elections, Lake said, will be white, non-college-educated women ages 40 to 65 ? a group that has many women in the ?sandwich? years of caring for children and aging parents.
Another key group will be women of color and younger women under 40, ?who lean very Democratic, but also wonder what the Democrats are doing for them,? she added.
?So whether you?re talking about the strategy of persuasion, or you?re talking about the strategy of turnout, this is one of the few issues that is at the top of both of those agendas,? Lake said.
Moving paid leave from a campaign promise to a policy achievement will take a shift by Manchin, who has said he supports the idea of paid leave but does not back creating a new national program in the pending legislation.
Huckelbridge said Democratic Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who have been heavily involved in work on a paid leave program, have told her and others that they believe Manchin is ?movable? on the issue.
But they acknowledge that the current bill ? which would be passed through the reconciliation process, allowing Democrats to approve it without any Republican votes ? is the only path forward on the national level.
?We have to do this in Build Back Better. There is no bipartisan path anytime soon that will deliver real results for families,? Huckelbridge said.
If that fails, advocates say the movement has grown stronger during the past year. In some states, the fight may move to the state legislature, describing a rise in state-level interest.
?We will see this be an issue in state legislatures and at the ballot box in states,? said Vicki Shabo, senior fellow for paid leave policy and strategy at the think tank New America. ?And the federal issue is not going away either.?
originally published in the minnesotareformer.com
Judith Graham The reports from covid-19 patients are disconcerting. Only a few hours before, they were enjoying a cup of pungent coffee or the fragrance of flowers in a garden. Then, as if a switch had been flipped, those smells disappeared. Young and old alike are affected ? more than 80% to 90% of those […]
The post For Older Adults, Smelling the Roses May Be More Difficult first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:10076:"The reports from covid-19 patients are disconcerting. Only a few hours before, they were enjoying a cup of pungent coffee or the fragrance of flowers in a garden. Then, as if a switch had been flipped, those smells disappeared.
Young and old alike are affected ? more than 80% to 90% of those diagnosed with the virus, according to some estimates. While most people recover in a few months, 16% take half a year or longer to do so, research has found. According to new estimates, up to 1.6 million Americans have chronic smell problems due to covid.
Seniors are especially vulnerable, experts suggest. ?We know that many older adults have a compromised sense of smell to begin with. Add to that the insult of covid, and it made these problems worse,? said Dr. Jayant Pinto, a professor of surgery and specialist in sinus and nasal diseases at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Recent data highlights the interaction between covid, advanced age and loss of smell. When Italian researchers evaluated 101 patients who?d been hospitalized for mild to moderate covid, 50 showed objective signs of smell impairment six months later. Those 65 or older were nearly twice as likely to be impaired; those 75 or older were more than 2½ times as likely.
Most people aren?t aware of the extent to which smell can be diminished in later life. More than half of 65- to 80-year-olds have some degree of smell loss, or olfactory dysfunction, as it?s known in the scientific literature. That rises to as high as 80% for those even older. People affected often report concerns about safety, less enjoyment eating and an impaired quality of life.
But because the ability to detect, identify and discriminate among odors declines gradually, most older adults ? up to 75% of those with some degree of smell loss ? don?t realize they?re affected.
A host of factors are believed to contribute to age-related smell loss, including a reduction in the number of olfactory sensory neurons in the nose, which are essential for detecting odors; changes in stem cells that replenish these neurons every few months; atrophy of the processing center for smell in the brain, called the olfactory bulb; and the shrinkage of brain centers closely connected with the olfactory bulb, such as the hippocampus, a region central to learning and memory.
Also, environmental toxic substances such as air pollution play a part, research shows. ?Olfactory neurons in your nose are basically little pieces of your brain hanging out in the outside world,? and exposure to them over time damages those neurons and the tissues that support them, explained Pamela Dalton, a principal investigator at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, a smell and taste research institute in Philadelphia.
Still, the complex workings of the olfactory system have not been mapped in detail yet, and much remains unknown, said Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta, a professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
?We tend to think of our sense of smell as primarily aesthetic,? he said. ?What?s very clear is that it?s far more important. The olfactory system plays a key role in maintaining our emotional well-being and connecting us with the world.?
Datta experienced this after having a bone marrow transplant followed by chemotherapy years ago. Unable to smell or taste food, he said, he felt ?very disoriented? in his environment.
Common consequences of smell loss include a loss of appetite (without smell, taste is deeply compromised), difficulty monitoring personal hygiene, depression and an inability to detect noxious fumes. In older adults, this can lead to weight loss, malnutrition, frailty, inadequate personal care, and accidents caused by gas leaks or fires.
Jerome Pisano, 75, of Bloomington, Illinois, has been living with smell loss for five years. Repeated tests and consultations with physicians haven?t pinpointed a reason for this ailment, and sometimes he feels ?hopeless,? Pisano admitted.
Before he became smell-impaired, Pisano was certified as a wine specialist. He has an 800-bottle wine cellar. ?I can?t appreciate that as much as I?d like. I miss the smell of cut grass. Flowers. My wife?s cooking,? he said. ?It certainly does decrease my quality of life.?
Smell loss is also associated in various research studies with a higher risk of death for older adults. One study, authored by Pinto and colleagues, found that older adults with olfactory dysfunction were nearly three times as likely to die over a period of five years as seniors whose sense of smell remained intact.
?Our sense of smell signals how our nervous system is doing and how well our brain is doing overall,? Pinto said. According to a review published earlier this year, 90% of people with early-stage Parkinson?s disease and more than 80% of people with Alzheimer?s disease have olfactory dysfunction ? a symptom that can precede other symptoms by many years.
There is no treatment for smell loss associated with neurological illness or head trauma, but if someone has persistent sinus problems or allergies that cause congestion, an over-the-counter antihistamine or nasal steroid spray can help. Usually, smell returns in a few weeks.
For smell loss following a viral infection, the picture is less clear. It?s not known, yet, which viruses are associated with olfactory dysfunction, why they damage smell and what trajectory recovery takes. Covid may help shine a light on this since it has inspired a wave of research on olfaction loss around the world.
?What characteristics make people more vulnerable to a persistent loss of smell after a virus? We don?t know that, but I think we will because that research is underway and we?ve never had a cohort [of people with smell loss] this large to study,? said Dalton, of the Monell center.
Some experts recommend smell training, noting evidence of efficacy and no indication of harm. This involves sniffing four distinct scents (often eucalyptus, lemon, rose and cloves) twice a day for 30 seconds each, usually for four weeks. Sometimes the practice is combined with pictures of the items being smelled, a form of visual reinforcement.
The theory is that ?practice, practice, practice? will stimulate the olfactory system, said Charles Greer, a professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine. Although scientific support isn?t well established, he said, he often recommends that people who think their smell is declining ?get a shelf full of spices and smell them on a regular basis.?
Richard Doty, director of the University of Pennsylvania?s Smell and Taste Center, remains skeptical. He?s writing a review of smell training and notes that 20% to 30% of people with viral infections and smell loss recover in a relatively short time, whether or not they pursue this therapy.
?The main thing we recommend is avoid polluted environments and get your full complement of vitamins,? since several vitamins play an important role in maintaining the olfactory system, he said.
We?re eager to hear from readers about questions you?d like answered, problems you?ve been having with your care and advice you need in dealing with the health care system. Visit khn.org/columnists to submit your requests or tips.
KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
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Judith Graham The reports from covid-19 patients are disconcerting. Only a few hours before, they were enjoying a cup of pungent coffee or the fragrance of flowers in a garden. Then, as if a switch had been flipped, those smells disappeared. Young and old alike are affected ? more than 80% to 90% of those […]
The post For Older Adults, Smelling the Roses May Be More Difficult first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:10076:"The reports from covid-19 patients are disconcerting. Only a few hours before, they were enjoying a cup of pungent coffee or the fragrance of flowers in a garden. Then, as if a switch had been flipped, those smells disappeared.
Young and old alike are affected ? more than 80% to 90% of those diagnosed with the virus, according to some estimates. While most people recover in a few months, 16% take half a year or longer to do so, research has found. According to new estimates, up to 1.6 million Americans have chronic smell problems due to covid.
Seniors are especially vulnerable, experts suggest. ?We know that many older adults have a compromised sense of smell to begin with. Add to that the insult of covid, and it made these problems worse,? said Dr. Jayant Pinto, a professor of surgery and specialist in sinus and nasal diseases at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Recent data highlights the interaction between covid, advanced age and loss of smell. When Italian researchers evaluated 101 patients who?d been hospitalized for mild to moderate covid, 50 showed objective signs of smell impairment six months later. Those 65 or older were nearly twice as likely to be impaired; those 75 or older were more than 2½ times as likely.
Most people aren?t aware of the extent to which smell can be diminished in later life. More than half of 65- to 80-year-olds have some degree of smell loss, or olfactory dysfunction, as it?s known in the scientific literature. That rises to as high as 80% for those even older. People affected often report concerns about safety, less enjoyment eating and an impaired quality of life.
But because the ability to detect, identify and discriminate among odors declines gradually, most older adults ? up to 75% of those with some degree of smell loss ? don?t realize they?re affected.
A host of factors are believed to contribute to age-related smell loss, including a reduction in the number of olfactory sensory neurons in the nose, which are essential for detecting odors; changes in stem cells that replenish these neurons every few months; atrophy of the processing center for smell in the brain, called the olfactory bulb; and the shrinkage of brain centers closely connected with the olfactory bulb, such as the hippocampus, a region central to learning and memory.
Also, environmental toxic substances such as air pollution play a part, research shows. ?Olfactory neurons in your nose are basically little pieces of your brain hanging out in the outside world,? and exposure to them over time damages those neurons and the tissues that support them, explained Pamela Dalton, a principal investigator at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, a smell and taste research institute in Philadelphia.
Still, the complex workings of the olfactory system have not been mapped in detail yet, and much remains unknown, said Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta, a professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
?We tend to think of our sense of smell as primarily aesthetic,? he said. ?What?s very clear is that it?s far more important. The olfactory system plays a key role in maintaining our emotional well-being and connecting us with the world.?
Datta experienced this after having a bone marrow transplant followed by chemotherapy years ago. Unable to smell or taste food, he said, he felt ?very disoriented? in his environment.
Common consequences of smell loss include a loss of appetite (without smell, taste is deeply compromised), difficulty monitoring personal hygiene, depression and an inability to detect noxious fumes. In older adults, this can lead to weight loss, malnutrition, frailty, inadequate personal care, and accidents caused by gas leaks or fires.
Jerome Pisano, 75, of Bloomington, Illinois, has been living with smell loss for five years. Repeated tests and consultations with physicians haven?t pinpointed a reason for this ailment, and sometimes he feels ?hopeless,? Pisano admitted.
Before he became smell-impaired, Pisano was certified as a wine specialist. He has an 800-bottle wine cellar. ?I can?t appreciate that as much as I?d like. I miss the smell of cut grass. Flowers. My wife?s cooking,? he said. ?It certainly does decrease my quality of life.?
Smell loss is also associated in various research studies with a higher risk of death for older adults. One study, authored by Pinto and colleagues, found that older adults with olfactory dysfunction were nearly three times as likely to die over a period of five years as seniors whose sense of smell remained intact.
?Our sense of smell signals how our nervous system is doing and how well our brain is doing overall,? Pinto said. According to a review published earlier this year, 90% of people with early-stage Parkinson?s disease and more than 80% of people with Alzheimer?s disease have olfactory dysfunction ? a symptom that can precede other symptoms by many years.
There is no treatment for smell loss associated with neurological illness or head trauma, but if someone has persistent sinus problems or allergies that cause congestion, an over-the-counter antihistamine or nasal steroid spray can help. Usually, smell returns in a few weeks.
For smell loss following a viral infection, the picture is less clear. It?s not known, yet, which viruses are associated with olfactory dysfunction, why they damage smell and what trajectory recovery takes. Covid may help shine a light on this since it has inspired a wave of research on olfaction loss around the world.
?What characteristics make people more vulnerable to a persistent loss of smell after a virus? We don?t know that, but I think we will because that research is underway and we?ve never had a cohort [of people with smell loss] this large to study,? said Dalton, of the Monell center.
Some experts recommend smell training, noting evidence of efficacy and no indication of harm. This involves sniffing four distinct scents (often eucalyptus, lemon, rose and cloves) twice a day for 30 seconds each, usually for four weeks. Sometimes the practice is combined with pictures of the items being smelled, a form of visual reinforcement.
The theory is that ?practice, practice, practice? will stimulate the olfactory system, said Charles Greer, a professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine. Although scientific support isn?t well established, he said, he often recommends that people who think their smell is declining ?get a shelf full of spices and smell them on a regular basis.?
Richard Doty, director of the University of Pennsylvania?s Smell and Taste Center, remains skeptical. He?s writing a review of smell training and notes that 20% to 30% of people with viral infections and smell loss recover in a relatively short time, whether or not they pursue this therapy.
?The main thing we recommend is avoid polluted environments and get your full complement of vitamins,? since several vitamins play an important role in maintaining the olfactory system, he said.
We?re eager to hear from readers about questions you?d like answered, problems you?ve been having with your care and advice you need in dealing with the health care system. Visit khn.org/columnists to submit your requests or tips.
KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
This story can be republished for free (details).
The girls’ basketball season starts this week, with a full schedule and no masks. Mankato West While the Scarlets have to replace the outstanding Bri Stoltzman, head coach Julia Battern goes back to her eighth season from last year’s 14-4 team with three regular players – Senior Guard Lani Schoper, Senior Striker Annika Younge and […]
The post Girls basketball season begins | Local Sports first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:7428:"The girls’ basketball season starts this week, with a full schedule and no masks.
While the Scarlets have to replace the outstanding Bri Stoltzman, head coach Julia Battern goes back to her eighth season from last year’s 14-4 team with three regular players – Senior Guard Lani Schoper, Senior Striker Annika Younge and Junior Guard Teresa Kiewiet.
“Last year was an interesting season for many reasons,” said Battern. ?We had the feeling that we had a really good season in a very strong section. We ended up losing to Waconia in the semi-finals, but we felt like we were playing our best basketball towards the end of the season. We have graduated from five seniors who have played a huge role in our program over the years.
?One of our biggest challenges and an opportunity this year is to bring together a mix of players who haven’t played together very much. This year there will be a lot of younger players joining in and taking on bigger roles. We have to work on establishing the team chemistry and fitting the players into our system. … I think we will see a lot of growth when things click. “
Schoper, who signed to Minnesota State to play softball, averaged 16.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game last season, while Kiewiet averaged 11.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2 Who scored 1 assists. Younge was the Scarlets’ best inside player with an average of 8.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
?I like the way we look ahead in the transition phase, what we wanted to do well in the past few years,? said Battern. ?We get up and down the pitch better, so I’m looking forward to the defensive reads. I think we’ll make a lot of defensive moves so I hope that will help us offensive. We’ll need a faster pace to be successful on the pitch. “
Junior guard Landry Dubeau and sophomore guard Maddie Bode are much more reliant on after seeing limited action last season. Two eighth graders – Guard Livi Downs and striker Arianna Smith – are expected to see plenty of playtime, while Junior Guard Carlee Emery, Junior Wing Macy Bauer, Sophomore Guard Eve Olmanson, Freshman Guard Avery Schmitz and Freshman Guard Rachel Younge could get some key minutes from the bank.
“These players have to get to know each other’s strengths on the pitch,” said Battern. ?I think that will come with time, repetition, and team chemistry building. We have a lot of players who will also make a contribution away from the bench. We’ll find out early on who could step in and fill some of these roles. We are very open-minded as a coaching staff and as a team that can contribute at the university level. “
Junior Guards Faith Hoppe and Nicole Swanson close the roster for the Scarlets, who open the season on Thursday at Rochester Century.
The Cougars are returning four regulars from last year’s 14-6 team, including a pair of Division II signers in the 5-foot-10 senior guard Mackenzie Schweim and 6-2 senior striker Lexi Karge, along with the three-year-old Starter Peyton Stevermer at point guard. Second guard Macy Birkholz is also back after scoring 8.6 points per game a year ago.
“We have a good mix of some young kids and veterans,” said East coach Rob Stevermer. ?We learned a lot last year about how to win and finish games. We were competitive the year before but didn’t quite finish some of the closer games. We were more successful last year and learned to compete against the better teams. I think we are hungrier and ready to build on that. “
Both Schweim and Karge are well over 1,000 points in the career ranking. Schweim averaged 17.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists last season, while Karge landed at 11.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Stevermer chips at 8.8 points, 3.4 boards and 5.1 assists per game.
“We have two very talented players in Mackenzie and Lexi,” said coach Stevermer. ?Peyton is a junior who is kind of our floor leader, and Macy was really strong when the season became a threat to the perimeter. Defense and rebound are keys for us to get our transition game off the ground. We just have to trust each other and keep improving our work ethic. “
A trio of sophomores – Ellie Edberg 5-9, Hailey Petzel 6-1, and Gracie Langworthy 6-3 – will be in regular rotation, while the second guard Amber Reuter, the freshman guard Madeline Beaty and the Freshman Guard Kylinn Stangl is also expected to come from the bank. Madaline Schmidt, sophomore striker, Nyarieng Chuol, sophomore striker Hannah Petzel and senior Katherine Huper complete the squad.
East opens its season on Thursday in Owatonna.
The Crusaders will have their own team for the first time since 2015, having worked with Nicollet for the past six seasons.
Loyola will spend this season rebuilding the program. There are only nine players in the first four grades, and Loyola will play a college-only game schedule, with a mix of Valley Conference programs and other private schools.
Loyola played his first game against Immanuel Lutheran on Tuesday.
?The girls have set their own goals, that’s nice,? said new coach Air Chantharak. ?You want to build a positive culture and be known to be respectful of opponents and officials. And they want to be successful and win a few games. “
Striker Paige Frutiger is the only senior citizen and is still trying to recover from a volleyball injury. Junior Meghan Koberoski is the post player, and runner-up Jackie Fraze and Ava Schneider will play the guard.
There are five newcomers on the roster: Guard Sammy Kann, Guard Rachel Ammann, Guard Gabby Bemmels, Striker Mercedes Hernandez and Guard Maddie Huiras.
Chantharak said he held optional practice this weekend and eight of the nine players showed up. He said the players fired 1,200 shots in the first week of training.
“We just want to make it clear to the girls what we want to do,” said Chantharak. ?This is a season of growth and we want them to compete against each other every night.
?It’s a very positive atmosphere. The girls want to be there and cheer each other. It’s fun to be there. “
Sports Editor Chad Courrier contributed to this report.
The post Girls basketball season begins | Local Sports first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";}s:7:"summary";s:1227:"The girls’ basketball season starts this week, with a full schedule and no masks. Mankato West While the Scarlets have to replace the outstanding Bri Stoltzman, head coach Julia Battern goes back to her eighth season from last year’s 14-4 team with three regular players – Senior Guard Lani Schoper, Senior Striker Annika Younge and […]
The post Girls basketball season begins | Local Sports first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:7428:"The girls’ basketball season starts this week, with a full schedule and no masks.
While the Scarlets have to replace the outstanding Bri Stoltzman, head coach Julia Battern goes back to her eighth season from last year’s 14-4 team with three regular players – Senior Guard Lani Schoper, Senior Striker Annika Younge and Junior Guard Teresa Kiewiet.
“Last year was an interesting season for many reasons,” said Battern. ?We had the feeling that we had a really good season in a very strong section. We ended up losing to Waconia in the semi-finals, but we felt like we were playing our best basketball towards the end of the season. We have graduated from five seniors who have played a huge role in our program over the years.
?One of our biggest challenges and an opportunity this year is to bring together a mix of players who haven’t played together very much. This year there will be a lot of younger players joining in and taking on bigger roles. We have to work on establishing the team chemistry and fitting the players into our system. … I think we will see a lot of growth when things click. “
Schoper, who signed to Minnesota State to play softball, averaged 16.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game last season, while Kiewiet averaged 11.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2 Who scored 1 assists. Younge was the Scarlets’ best inside player with an average of 8.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
?I like the way we look ahead in the transition phase, what we wanted to do well in the past few years,? said Battern. ?We get up and down the pitch better, so I’m looking forward to the defensive reads. I think we’ll make a lot of defensive moves so I hope that will help us offensive. We’ll need a faster pace to be successful on the pitch. “
Junior guard Landry Dubeau and sophomore guard Maddie Bode are much more reliant on after seeing limited action last season. Two eighth graders – Guard Livi Downs and striker Arianna Smith – are expected to see plenty of playtime, while Junior Guard Carlee Emery, Junior Wing Macy Bauer, Sophomore Guard Eve Olmanson, Freshman Guard Avery Schmitz and Freshman Guard Rachel Younge could get some key minutes from the bank.
“These players have to get to know each other’s strengths on the pitch,” said Battern. ?I think that will come with time, repetition, and team chemistry building. We have a lot of players who will also make a contribution away from the bench. We’ll find out early on who could step in and fill some of these roles. We are very open-minded as a coaching staff and as a team that can contribute at the university level. “
Junior Guards Faith Hoppe and Nicole Swanson close the roster for the Scarlets, who open the season on Thursday at Rochester Century.
The Cougars are returning four regulars from last year’s 14-6 team, including a pair of Division II signers in the 5-foot-10 senior guard Mackenzie Schweim and 6-2 senior striker Lexi Karge, along with the three-year-old Starter Peyton Stevermer at point guard. Second guard Macy Birkholz is also back after scoring 8.6 points per game a year ago.
“We have a good mix of some young kids and veterans,” said East coach Rob Stevermer. ?We learned a lot last year about how to win and finish games. We were competitive the year before but didn’t quite finish some of the closer games. We were more successful last year and learned to compete against the better teams. I think we are hungrier and ready to build on that. “
Both Schweim and Karge are well over 1,000 points in the career ranking. Schweim averaged 17.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists last season, while Karge landed at 11.8 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists. Stevermer chips at 8.8 points, 3.4 boards and 5.1 assists per game.
“We have two very talented players in Mackenzie and Lexi,” said coach Stevermer. ?Peyton is a junior who is kind of our floor leader, and Macy was really strong when the season became a threat to the perimeter. Defense and rebound are keys for us to get our transition game off the ground. We just have to trust each other and keep improving our work ethic. “
A trio of sophomores – Ellie Edberg 5-9, Hailey Petzel 6-1, and Gracie Langworthy 6-3 – will be in regular rotation, while the second guard Amber Reuter, the freshman guard Madeline Beaty and the Freshman Guard Kylinn Stangl is also expected to come from the bank. Madaline Schmidt, sophomore striker, Nyarieng Chuol, sophomore striker Hannah Petzel and senior Katherine Huper complete the squad.
East opens its season on Thursday in Owatonna.
The Crusaders will have their own team for the first time since 2015, having worked with Nicollet for the past six seasons.
Loyola will spend this season rebuilding the program. There are only nine players in the first four grades, and Loyola will play a college-only game schedule, with a mix of Valley Conference programs and other private schools.
Loyola played his first game against Immanuel Lutheran on Tuesday.
?The girls have set their own goals, that’s nice,? said new coach Air Chantharak. ?You want to build a positive culture and be known to be respectful of opponents and officials. And they want to be successful and win a few games. “
Striker Paige Frutiger is the only senior citizen and is still trying to recover from a volleyball injury. Junior Meghan Koberoski is the post player, and runner-up Jackie Fraze and Ava Schneider will play the guard.
There are five newcomers on the roster: Guard Sammy Kann, Guard Rachel Ammann, Guard Gabby Bemmels, Striker Mercedes Hernandez and Guard Maddie Huiras.
Chantharak said he held optional practice this weekend and eight of the nine players showed up. He said the players fired 1,200 shots in the first week of training.
“We just want to make it clear to the girls what we want to do,” said Chantharak. ?This is a season of growth and we want them to compete against each other every night.
?It’s a very positive atmosphere. The girls want to be there and cheer each other. It’s fun to be there. “
Sports Editor Chad Courrier contributed to this report.
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DOWN WRIGHT OFFICER TRIAL There are 4 jurors for the Kim Potter trial, many more are needed MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the Minneapolis suburban police officer on trial on Daunte Wright’s death are due to resume jury selection Wednesday after seeding four jurors on day one. Kim Potter sat quietly in […]
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There are 4 jurors for the Kim Potter trial, many more are needed
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the Minneapolis suburban police officer on trial on Daunte Wright’s death are due to resume jury selection Wednesday after seeding four jurors on day one. Kim Potter sat quietly in a pink sweater on Tuesday as attorney and judge Regina Chu asked potential jurors, based on what they knew about the case and their views on protests against police brutality, which had become common in Minneapolis even before George Floyd’s death, examined. Potter’s lawyers say the jury will hear directly from Potter, who says she made a mistake by using her gun instead of the taser she tried to draw.
GEORGE FLOYD OFFICERS CIVIL RIGHTS
Civil trial in Floyd is underway for jury selection in January
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal civil rights trial against the four former Minneapolis police officers charged with the murder of George Floyd is due to begin in January. US District Judge Paul Magnuson sent out jury questionnaires earlier this month instructing potential jurors on the case to report to the court on January 20, and Thomas Lane will run through mid-February. Lawyers for Kueng, Thao and Lane have argued that Chauvin should be tried separately as he has already been found guilty in a state trial. You can ask Magnuson to override a magistrate judge who said the four should be tried together.
BODY IN THE CHANNEL
Man found dead in the air duct of a rural Minnesota mansion
DENT, Minnesota (AP) – Authorities say a 40-year-old man from northwest Minnesota was found dead in the air duct of his home. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call from a family member looking for the man at his home in rural Dent on Monday morning. KVRR-TV reports that the family had not heard from him for several days. The sheriff’s office says the death appears to be accidental, but the investigation continues. No further information was released. Dent is located approximately 65 miles southeast of the metropolitan area of ??Moorhead and Fargo, North Dakota.
CHILD DEATH MOTHER CHARGED
St. Cloud woman charged with knife stabbing infant
NS. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) – A St. Cloud mother was charged with second degree murder in the death of her infant. Fardoussa Abdillahi is accused of stabbing her three-month-old son, wrapping it in a plastic trash bag and throwing it in a dumpster in front of her home. The authorities discovered the child on Sunday along with several knives and bedding. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office found severe violent injuries to the child’s neck and classified the death as a homicide. The death is the fifth murder in the city this year and sets a new record for the city of 69,000 people. Abdillahi made her first court appearance Tuesday, with the judge setting bail of $ 2 million unconditional or $ 1 million conditional.
FATAL HIT-RUN-SENTENCE
Driver sentenced to 1 year in prison in fatal driver accident
NS. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in St. Paul and then fled the scene was sentenced to one year in prison. Robert Kinney, 58, of Maplewood was convicted Monday by Ramsey County District Court of criminal vehicle homicide in the death of John Benjamin in January. A criminal complaint said Kinney drank eight double shots of vodka over three hours at the 5-8 Tavern and Grill and left the bar just before the 68-year-old victim was hit. Days passed before Kinney was arrested at his home so that a blood alcohol test could not be done to determine if he was drunk at the time of the crash.
AP-US-BIDEN
Biden tries to calm COVID down while selling a spending plan
ROSEMOUNT, Minnesota (AP) – President Joe Biden traveled to Minnesota on Tuesday to unveil his finalized infrastructure contract and a huge social spending bill that he is still trying to enforce, but he also assured the nation that he would fight against the evolving COVID- 19 Threat without resorting to ?Shutdowns and Bans?. Biden met with students at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount before delivering a speech criticizing GOP lawmakers for opposing his law on social services and climate spending. Biden was eager to get his agenda going but once again finds himself forced to divert attention to fighting the virus.
CONGRESS-BOEBERT-OMAR
MP Omar urges House GOP to address “anti-Muslim hatred”
WASHINGTON (AP) – Minnesota Democratic MP Ilhan Omar appeals to House Republican leaders to do more to combat “anti-Muslim hatred” within their ranks. At a press conference on Tuesday, she played a recording of a harrowing death threat recently left on her via voicemail. Omar, one of just a handful of Muslim congressmen, has been repeatedly attacked by conservative experts and some Republicans in Congress. The latest case was sparked by comments from the newly incumbent Colorado MP, Lauren Boebert, a Conservative flamethrower who recently compared Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist. Omar says such a speech by political leaders has real ramifications.
AIRPORT FIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS
A fight breaks out between a dozen people at the Minneapolis airport
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Police are investigating a fight that took place in a terminal on Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport shortly after a plane landed from Orlando, Florida. Authorities say about a dozen male and female passengers were involved in the clash after two large groups of travelers left a Frontier Airlines flight shortly before midnight. Strikes were exchanged between several people, and some of them threw props and broke chairs. Patrick Hogan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, said police are reviewing evidence and that he did not learn the “motivation for the fight” from the media and shared by more than 7,000 people by midday Monday.
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There are 4 jurors for the Kim Potter trial, many more are needed
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the Minneapolis suburban police officer on trial on Daunte Wright’s death are due to resume jury selection Wednesday after seeding four jurors on day one. Kim Potter sat quietly in a pink sweater on Tuesday as attorney and judge Regina Chu asked potential jurors, based on what they knew about the case and their views on protests against police brutality, which had become common in Minneapolis even before George Floyd’s death, examined. Potter’s lawyers say the jury will hear directly from Potter, who says she made a mistake by using her gun instead of the taser she tried to draw.
GEORGE FLOYD OFFICERS CIVIL RIGHTS
Civil trial in Floyd is underway for jury selection in January
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal civil rights trial against the four former Minneapolis police officers charged with the murder of George Floyd is due to begin in January. US District Judge Paul Magnuson sent out jury questionnaires earlier this month instructing potential jurors on the case to report to the court on January 20, and Thomas Lane will run through mid-February. Lawyers for Kueng, Thao and Lane have argued that Chauvin should be tried separately as he has already been found guilty in a state trial. You can ask Magnuson to override a magistrate judge who said the four should be tried together.
BODY IN THE CHANNEL
Man found dead in the air duct of a rural Minnesota mansion
DENT, Minnesota (AP) – Authorities say a 40-year-old man from northwest Minnesota was found dead in the air duct of his home. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call from a family member looking for the man at his home in rural Dent on Monday morning. KVRR-TV reports that the family had not heard from him for several days. The sheriff’s office says the death appears to be accidental, but the investigation continues. No further information was released. Dent is located approximately 65 miles southeast of the metropolitan area of ??Moorhead and Fargo, North Dakota.
CHILD DEATH MOTHER CHARGED
St. Cloud woman charged with knife stabbing infant
NS. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) – A St. Cloud mother was charged with second degree murder in the death of her infant. Fardoussa Abdillahi is accused of stabbing her three-month-old son, wrapping it in a plastic trash bag and throwing it in a dumpster in front of her home. The authorities discovered the child on Sunday along with several knives and bedding. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office found severe violent injuries to the child’s neck and classified the death as a homicide. The death is the fifth murder in the city this year and sets a new record for the city of 69,000 people. Abdillahi made her first court appearance Tuesday, with the judge setting bail of $ 2 million unconditional or $ 1 million conditional.
FATAL HIT-RUN-SENTENCE
Driver sentenced to 1 year in prison in fatal driver accident
NS. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – A driver who hit and killed a pedestrian in St. Paul and then fled the scene was sentenced to one year in prison. Robert Kinney, 58, of Maplewood was convicted Monday by Ramsey County District Court of criminal vehicle homicide in the death of John Benjamin in January. A criminal complaint said Kinney drank eight double shots of vodka over three hours at the 5-8 Tavern and Grill and left the bar just before the 68-year-old victim was hit. Days passed before Kinney was arrested at his home so that a blood alcohol test could not be done to determine if he was drunk at the time of the crash.
AP-US-BIDEN
Biden tries to calm COVID down while selling a spending plan
ROSEMOUNT, Minnesota (AP) – President Joe Biden traveled to Minnesota on Tuesday to unveil his finalized infrastructure contract and a huge social spending bill that he is still trying to enforce, but he also assured the nation that he would fight against the evolving COVID- 19 Threat without resorting to ?Shutdowns and Bans?. Biden met with students at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount before delivering a speech criticizing GOP lawmakers for opposing his law on social services and climate spending. Biden was eager to get his agenda going but once again finds himself forced to divert attention to fighting the virus.
CONGRESS-BOEBERT-OMAR
MP Omar urges House GOP to address “anti-Muslim hatred”
WASHINGTON (AP) – Minnesota Democratic MP Ilhan Omar appeals to House Republican leaders to do more to combat “anti-Muslim hatred” within their ranks. At a press conference on Tuesday, she played a recording of a harrowing death threat recently left on her via voicemail. Omar, one of just a handful of Muslim congressmen, has been repeatedly attacked by conservative experts and some Republicans in Congress. The latest case was sparked by comments from the newly incumbent Colorado MP, Lauren Boebert, a Conservative flamethrower who recently compared Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist. Omar says such a speech by political leaders has real ramifications.
AIRPORT FIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS
A fight breaks out between a dozen people at the Minneapolis airport
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Police are investigating a fight that took place in a terminal on Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport shortly after a plane landed from Orlando, Florida. Authorities say about a dozen male and female passengers were involved in the clash after two large groups of travelers left a Frontier Airlines flight shortly before midnight. Strikes were exchanged between several people, and some of them threw props and broke chairs. Patrick Hogan, spokesman for the Metropolitan Airports Commission, said police are reviewing evidence and that he did not learn the “motivation for the fight” from the media and shared by more than 7,000 people by midday Monday.
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The post Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment at 3:20 a.m. CST | Minnesota News first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1638363628;}i:9;a:11:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Elvera ?Mimi? Robertson | Obituaries";s:4:"link";s:62:"https://minnesotaminutes.com/elvera-mimi-robertson-obituaries/";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Dexter Peterson";}s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:49:32 +0000";s:8:"category";s:6:"Duluth";s:4:"guid";s:37:"https://minnesotaminutes.com/?p=14782";s:11:"description";s:1382:"
Elvera “Mimi” (Lund) Robertson passed away peacefully on November 28, 2021 at the age of 73 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Duluth, Minnesota, after a very long and courageous battle with cancer. Elvera was born on July 12, 1948 in Urbana, Illinois, to James and Vivian Lund. She married David Robertson on July 22, 1967. […]
The post Elvera ?Mimi? Robertson | Obituaries first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:3138:"Elvera “Mimi” (Lund) Robertson passed away peacefully on November 28, 2021 at the age of 73 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Duluth, Minnesota, after a very long and courageous battle with cancer.
Elvera was born on July 12, 1948 in Urbana, Illinois, to James and Vivian Lund. She married David Robertson on July 22, 1967.
Her wish was that there shouldn’t be a long list of her achievements, so we just want to mention that she was a nurse and obstetrician for 40 years, produced beautiful quilts for many decades, loved golf and gardening and collecting community cookbooks, and that she was a private pilot , Brownie Leader and Girl Scout Cookie Officer, and a longtime member and officer of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 499.
She leaves behind her 54-year-old husband, David Robertson, of Superior, Wisconsin; Mother, Vivian Williams Lund of Gordon, Wisconsin; Sister Carole Lund (Gerald) Kroll of Poplar, Wisconsin; Nephew, Jovin (Breena) Kroll of Poplar, Wisconsin; Niece, Carey Kroll (Tyler) Carlson; two great nieces; two great-nephews; and so many wonderfully loyal and caring friends.
Her father, James Anthony Lund, preceded her in death.
At Elvera’s request, there will be no visit or funeral due to the pandemic. Instead, she asks each of her family members and friends to choose their own sunny afternoon to think about and remember all of the fun and happy times they spent with her.
A celebration of life will come at a later date when public health allows it to be safely done.
The funeral will take place in a private service in the Gordon Memorial Cemetery.
She would like to thank all of the dedicated nurses, physicians, and staff at St. Luke’s Hospital and Hospice, Unit 2-West, St. Luke’s Regional Cancer Center and Infusion Center of Duluth, and M. Health Fairview East in Minneapolis.
Plant a tree in memory of Elvera Robertson As a living tribute, please visit the Tribute Store.
The post Elvera ?Mimi? Robertson | Obituaries first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";}s:7:"summary";s:1382:"Elvera “Mimi” (Lund) Robertson passed away peacefully on November 28, 2021 at the age of 73 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Duluth, Minnesota, after a very long and courageous battle with cancer. Elvera was born on July 12, 1948 in Urbana, Illinois, to James and Vivian Lund. She married David Robertson on July 22, 1967. […]
The post Elvera ?Mimi? Robertson | Obituaries first appeared on Minnesota Minutes.";s:12:"atom_content";s:3138:"Elvera “Mimi” (Lund) Robertson passed away peacefully on November 28, 2021 at the age of 73 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Duluth, Minnesota, after a very long and courageous battle with cancer.
Elvera was born on July 12, 1948 in Urbana, Illinois, to James and Vivian Lund. She married David Robertson on July 22, 1967.
Her wish was that there shouldn’t be a long list of her achievements, so we just want to mention that she was a nurse and obstetrician for 40 years, produced beautiful quilts for many decades, loved golf and gardening and collecting community cookbooks, and that she was a private pilot , Brownie Leader and Girl Scout Cookie Officer, and a longtime member and officer of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 499.
She leaves behind her 54-year-old husband, David Robertson, of Superior, Wisconsin; Mother, Vivian Williams Lund of Gordon, Wisconsin; Sister Carole Lund (Gerald) Kroll of Poplar, Wisconsin; Nephew, Jovin (Breena) Kroll of Poplar, Wisconsin; Niece, Carey Kroll (Tyler) Carlson; two great nieces; two great-nephews; and so many wonderfully loyal and caring friends.
Her father, James Anthony Lund, preceded her in death.
At Elvera’s request, there will be no visit or funeral due to the pandemic. Instead, she asks each of her family members and friends to choose their own sunny afternoon to think about and remember all of the fun and happy times they spent with her.
A celebration of life will come at a later date when public health allows it to be safely done.
The funeral will take place in a private service in the Gordon Memorial Cemetery.
She would like to thank all of the dedicated nurses, physicians, and staff at St. Luke’s Hospital and Hospice, Unit 2-West, St. Luke’s Regional Cancer Center and Infusion Center of Duluth, and M. Health Fairview East in Minneapolis.
Plant a tree in memory of Elvera Robertson As a living tribute, please visit the Tribute Store.
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