While COVID rates remain low, a new variant called Cicada has made its way into Minnesota. Public Health Sanitarian for Faribault and Martin County Health and Human Services Tim Langer said this discovery was made through wastewater monitoring.

Johnson County Health Department worker Shannon Lacey fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Compass Park in Franklin in January 2022. Daily Journal file photo Shot season is upon us. Colder weather is approaching, and most years, that means ...

A new COVID-19 variant, part of the Omicron family, is being monitored by the CDC as cases begin to rise.