By Kurt Menk
Editor

Members of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), with  support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are in the process of conducting community surveys to better understand how COVID-19 is spreading in Minnesota,
The Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey will continue through Sept. 30, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The survey is voluntary and includes a household questionnaire and free virus and antibody testing for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes COVID-19.

There are five main goals of this survey:
• Understand how COVID-19 has spread
• Understand what causes COVID-19 to spread in certain areas
• Explore how COVID-19 transmission and infection rates differ in parts of MN
• Identify the percentage of asymptomatic people in MN
• Improve health messaging and help stop COVID-19's spread

Find the complete story in the September 24, 2020 addition of the Arlington Enterprise.

By Kurt Menk
Editor

There was a surge in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sibley County during the past week.
As of Tuesday, Sept. 22, Sibley County now has 187 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. That is an increase of 25 confirmed cases over the last week.

•Sibley County also has three related deaths.
•Nicollet County has 513 confirmed cases and 16 related deaths.
•McLeod County has 461 confirmed cases and two related deaths.
•Renville County has 136 confirmed cases and seven related deaths.

Find the complete story in the September 24, 2020 addition of the Arlington Enterprise.

Today, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon shared details of a letter, soon to be delivered to every registered voter in Minnesota who has not already requested an absentee ballot, encouraging them to Vote From Home. The mailing, which includes an absentee ballot application, will start arriving in mailboxes across the state this week.

“During a pandemic, we have to view this election as a public health challenge,” said Sec. Simon. “In a normal year, the appeal of voting from home is comfort and convenience. But this year, it’s also a public service – because every person who votes from home is making the polling place a little bit safer for voters who need or prefer to vote in person. This mailing is all about making sure Minnesota voters know that voting from home is easy, safe, and secure.”

Find the complete story in the September 24, 2020 addition of the Arlington Enterprise.

By Kurt Menk
Editor

Denyse Aldrich is the new administrative assistant for the City of Arlington. She began her duties on Tuesday morning, Sept. 15.

Aldrich was born in Golden Valley and raised in Bradford which is a small community halfway between Cambridge and Princeton. She graduated from the Cambridge-Isanti High School.

Aldrich attended cosmetology school at the St. Cloud Beauty College.

She married her high school sweetheart, Chuck Aldrich, in 1988. The couple has lived in rural Arlington for the past nine months. Prior to that, they lived in Chaska for 20 years.

Find the complete story in the September 24, 2020 addition of the Arlington Enterprise.