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Walz order keeps farm goods flowing

TRUMAN — Mike and Paula Heckman are postponing their wedding dance until all the restrictions on COVID-19 are lifted.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed Executive Order 20-27 to lift hours of service requirements for truck drivers transporting livestock feed or fertilizer in order to support Minnesota’s agriculture community while they work to keep Minnesotans fed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minnesota is one of the top agriculture states in the country, ranking first in grain sales, second in hog sales and fourth in dairy sales.

Commodities such as animal feed and fertilizer are needed to ensure the continuity of essential farming activities, and the supply of food in Minnesota and throughout the country.

The executive order is effective immediately upon filing with the Minnesota Secretary of State.

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On April 26, 1954, the Salk polio vaccine field trials, involving 1.8 million children, began in McLean, Va. A year later, researchers announced the vaccine was safe and effective, and it quickly became a standard part of childhood immunizations in America.

We believe there also will be a vaccine for COVID-19 in the near future. Staying home is the only vaccine we have right now.

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With so many clever and cute drawings with sidewalk chalk, did you know you can make homemade sidewalk chalk? Just mix 1 cup of corn starch with 1 cup water, pour into muffin tins and add food coloring of your choice. Let harden and dry.

Let’s get creative, everyone. Ben Franklin didn’t waste his time watching TV.

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