For two decades, he had watched as his small farming community in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, was taken over by hog factory ...

Six deaths reported this past week in McLeod County were attributed to COVID-19, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health. It was the deadliest week of the pandemic since last winter.

McLeod County reported three more deaths related to COVID-19 this past week, and another on Monday, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Those deaths of people in their 70s and 80s ...