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LITCHFIELD -- Meeker Memorial Hospital announced further visitor restrictions Tuesday in an effort to curb the spread of influenza and protect patients, their families and staff. The new temporary restrictions...

LITCHFIELD -- Meeker Memorial Hospital announced visitor restrictions today in an effort to curb the spread of influenza and protect patients, their families and staff. The new temporary restrictions include:...

ST. PAUL -- Flu-stricken Minnesotans are finding a shorter wait for medical advice when they call a state hotline. "The wait times have improved," Buddy Ferguson of the Minnesota Health...

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital took extra steps in its emergency room Thursday to segregate patients in the waiting area who come in with influenza-like symptoms. A curtain went up...

ST. PAUL - Callers to Minnesota's new flu hotline reported no answers, busy signals and long waits today as the Health Department said three more people died from H1N1 flu...

HASTINGS, MINN. - Oliver Franklin Finley, age 11, a Hastings Middle School student and the son of Steve and Nancy Finley, died last Saturday afternoon of complications from the H1N1...

ST. PAUL -- Operators are standing by to answer calls from feverish, coughing and achy Minnesotans. What Minnesota health officials call the country's first statewide flu help line that can...

A new phone-based service is now available for Minnesotans who think they may have the flu. Beginning today, people with possible flu symptoms can call the Minnesota FluLine at 1-866-259-4655...

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar has introduced new visitor restrictions to protect patients from exposure to influenza. Beginning Tuesday afternoon, visiting was limited to close family only. Visitors...

WILLMAR -- Rice Memorial Hospital has increased the precautions to be taken by people visiting loved ones in the hospital, to prevent exposure to the flu. Visitors must wash or...

WILLMAR -- If you haven't received a flu shot yet, you'll probably have to be patient a little longer. Local health providers used up most of their initial vaccine supply...

WILLMAR -- Three days off from school later this week may help slow down the spread of flu-like illnesses in schools, Willmar Superintendent Jerry Kjergaard said Monday. Kjergaard presented a...

WILLMAR -- Superintendent Jerry Kjergaard says the Willmar Public Schools had about 360 students who were absent Friday, but he said that number is less than the number absent earlier...