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Blood Donors Needed to Avoid Delays in Patient Care

DULUTH, Minn. - The American Red Cross blood supply is at historically low levels and it continues to decline. Officials with the American Red Cross say if more donors don’t come out to give, hospitals may be forced to delay…

OSHA Vaccine Mandate Penalties to Start Jan. 10

UNDATED (AP)- The Occupational Health and Safety Administration says it will not issue citations tied to its coronavirus vaccination mandate before Jan. 10. This will give companies time to adjust to and implement the requirements. The federal agency separately says…

Leader of Planned Parenthood in Upper Midwest Stepping Down

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The president of Planned Parenthood’s affiliate in the upper Midwest says she is stepping down from her position next year. Sarah Stoesz oversaw the organization for nearly 20 years and grew it into one of the largest…

Counterfeit Pills Posing New Threat in Northland

DULUTH, Minn. -- So far in 2021, 30 people have died from overdoses in Duluth but according to the police department, 2 of those deaths are overdoses from counterfeit Percocet 30's. These counterfeit…

First Case of the Omicron Variant Identified in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis.- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has detected the state’s first case of the Omicron variant, in a resident with recent travel history to South Africa. According to the DHS, the person with the Omicron variant is…

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