Cook County News Herald

Find COVID-19 related updates on DNR webpage


WHAT: DNR updates relating to COVID-19 are being released through the State Emergency Operations Center. Check the newsroom for daily news releases or email DPS.Media@state.mn.us to receive them.

Media can also find COVID-19 related information from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources on the DNR’s COVID-19 webpage or link through the yellow banner at the top of any page on our website.

Kim Pleticha, assistant communications director, is the DNR’s primary spokesperson for COVID-19 related information. Media should contact her with questions not answered on the DNR’s COVID-19 page.

State campgrounds, lodging, and rental facilities are closed until May 1 Last Friday, consistent with Gov. Tim Walz’s stay at home order, the DNR closed state campgrounds, remote and dispersed camping, and lodging. This closure remains in effect through May 1. For more information, see the March 27 EOC news release.

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