Bri's A Block 11-30-2020
Cyber Monday may be saving some small businesses
Cyber Monday may be saving some small businesses
Bri's A Block 11-30-2020
"the neat thing is many of them contacted us.
It's all hands on deck for law enforcement agencies across the area.
How their team work led to the booking of a suspect in an albert lea shooting and standoff.
Coronavirus for the first time in six months the med city doesn't have the highest unemployment rate in the region.
I'm kimt news three's jessica bringe live with why more and more minnesotans are leaving the work?
"*force.
?temperatures are struggling to make it into the 30s for a lot of us on the monday, but i'm tracking some above average warmth returning very soon!
I'll tell you when, coming up!/// kimt news three first at four starts right now.
Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for kimt news 3 first at 4.
I'm katie lange coming up in this hour?
"*?
"* taking a look at the unemployment numbers in the med city.
Plus?
"*?
"* moderna applying for emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine with the f?
"*d?
"*a.
The latest timeli* and when it could be available to americans.
And the iowa department of transportatio n wants you to but first this afternoon?
"* we have some breaking new details in the 9?
"* hour long police standoff in albert lea sunday that injured three people ?
"* including a police officer.
According to the albert lea police department ?
"* the suspect ?
"* devin weiland ?
"* booked into the freeborn county jail just before midnight ?
"* after having surgery at mayo clinic.
Wieland was injured by schrapnel when a state trooper discharged a firearm.
He is facing charges of second?
"*degree assault.
More charges are possible ?
"* pendig review by the county attorney the active shooter situation started at "shady oaks apartments" around 2?
"*15 sund morning.
Officers were responding to a call of a possible noise complaint or weapons violation.
It was then a police officer was shot after being ambushed by the suspect ?
"* devin weiland.
The area around the apartment new at 4:00?
"* the freeborn county sheriff's offices tells kimt news three?
"* almost two dozen law enforcement agencies helped take down weiland.
Freeborn county sheriff kurt freitag says they've trained for moments like this.
... but it was the additional resources that they received from neighboring agencies that helped them execute their plan.
Freitag says a small county like freeborn can be limited when it comes to resources "you know the neat thing is many of them contacted us before we could contact them.
They had already sent text messages and emails saying if you need anything let us know.
Itd very important for us to have these working relationships with other agencies because they have resources that we sometimes need."
Coming up at five you'll hear more from sheriff freitag about the coordination it took to get while authorities worked to evacuate shady oaks complex ?
*- a body was discovered.
The death is not related to the active shooter incident or the officer?
"* involved shooting *- according to the minnesota b?
"*c?
"*a.
The albert lea pol department is conducting a separate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person who was located deceased at the apartment complex.
The remains have been taken to the ramsey county medical examiner's office for identification and to determine the rochester is seeing a drop in its labor force..
As workers leave due to the covid?
"*19 pandemic.
Kimt news three joins us now to break down the latest numbers from the department of employment and economic development and explain what they mean for the community..
Jessica coronavirus katie ?
"* olmsted county lost three?
"* thousand*- eight?
"*hundred available workers from august to october of this year which deed says isn't typical.
Normally the department says there's a slight uptick in those labor force numbers during this period.
Deed also says the southeast region has the third lowest unemployment rate across the state.
The jobless rate for olmsted county was at three?
"*point?
"*six percent i october.
Regional analysis cameron macht says the challenge is making sure we can get the pandemic under control to make people feel safe going back to work.
< our theory is that people are likely dropping out to take care of children if they have school aged children and they need to help them with their school work or to stay home and take care of sick relatives or people who might have been impacted by the covid?
"*19 pandemic or it might just be people who have uncertainty and aren't ready to come back into the labor market until they feel the covid?
"*19 pandemic is more under control.
> coronavirus deed also says workers may need to re?
"* consider their field of work such as leisure and hospitality employees may considering transitioning to home health aides..
Or nursing assistants.
Thanks jessica.
Deed says there are career?
"*force locations across the state if workers are interested in making a change in their career.
Locally ?
"* this is a look at the number of new covid?
"*19 cases within the past 24 hours... you can find your county on the map.
155 new cases in olmsted county... 42 in mower... and 25 in fillmore.
In north iowa... the number of new cases are quite low ?
"* due to low testing... 9 new cases in cerro gordo county 12 in mitchell stormteam 3 it's a very chilly start to the week.?
"*?
"* so i you're heading out you'll want to grab that winter coat and even let your car warm up.
Kimt stormteam 3 meteorloigist sara knox joins us now.
Sara what are you tracking?
Live tonight: mostly clear/cold lows: middle 10s wind: light tuesday: sunny skies highs: mid?
"*upper 30s wind: se 5?
"* wednesday: partly cloudy highs: upper 30s wind: s/n 5?
*- 10 coming up on kimt news three first at four?
"*?
"* americans across the u?
"*s are firing up their computers and maxing out those credit cards.
Hear from a credit counselor about what you lighting up your home for the holidays doesn't have to expensive.
I'm kimt news three's jeremy wall live with how can you save money on your
Cyber Monday may be saving some small businesses