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A researcher in Minnesota discovered shocking increases in death rates in the state, with year-over-year averages proving to be “astoundingly” high for younger age groups.

Researcher Marana Muse joined Liz Collin on her podcast once again to discuss her findings on death data, vaccines and COVID-19 testing in Minnesota.

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Dr. Scott Jensen joins Liz Collin after winning the GOP endorsement for Minnesota governor. 

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House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt joins the show to preview the final weeks of the legislative session. Public safety remains the GOP's top priority and DFL proposals will do nothing to fix the problem, according to Daudt. 

He also weighs in on a recent Alpha News investigation involving a prominent activist who has been lying about proposed legislation, and criticizes plans to replace police with unaccountable community groups.  

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It’s been 25 years since a serial killer went on a murderous rampage that claimed the lives of five people. The killing spree began in Minneapolis in April of 1997 and ended 79 days later — on July 15  — on the steps of a Miami Beach mansion with the murder of Gianni Versace, the Italian fashion designer. 

The gunman, Andrew Cunanan, died by suicide eight days later. 

Many Minnesotans were glued to the  more than two-month manhunt, including Dave Racer, who would eventually give a voice to the team who tracked Cunanan. 

Racer is the author of Death by Design, a detailed record of that time in history. 

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Colleen Ronnei joined Liz Collin for an episode of Liz Collin Reports this week to share the story of her son’s death and her mission to stop others like it.

Luke Ronnei struggled with mental health issues his whole life, Ronnei said, but he received great care and counseling. His anxiety worsened in high school and was coupled with depression. When he was prescribed opioids after getting his wisdom teeth out, it was a quick downward spiral into an addiction he hid well, his mother said.

Luke’s drug dealer, Beverly Burrell, is now in jail for selling drugs to five men who died of overdoses.

Watch Liz's report on the opioid crisis in Duluth 

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Katherine Kersten, senior policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, joins Liz Collin to discuss her new article exposing "the radical Ethnic Studies addition to Minnesota’s proposed Social Studies standards."

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Caryn Sullivan recently joined Alpha News as a columnist. She talks with Liz Collin about how it's time we stop living in a culture of fear and start thinking clearly again. Sullivan offers sound advice on how to handle life's curveballs and find purpose in the pain. 

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Two Minnesota residents joined Liz Collin this week for an in-depth look at the data surrounding COVID-19 deaths. 

Researcher Marana Muse spent upwards of 1,500 hours studying Minnesota death certificates she obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health and uncovered “illogical” data. 

Muse and attorney Greg Pulles analyzed all Minnesota death certificates from 2020 and 2021 for COVID-19 and found that only 291, or 2.67% of the 10,903 certificates they examined, were “COVID only” with no comorbidity listed.

Read their article for Alpha News: https://alphanews.org/commentary-who-died-from-covid-19-in-minnesota/

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Vicki Randall from Brainerd, Minn., lost her son, Sgt. Cody Lee Randall, to suicide during the pandemic in 2020. 

He was on base in Alaska where they have experienced a pandemic of their own — of suicides. Cody was seeing a counselor but his access to mental health treatment was cut off because of the government's response to the pandemic. 

He left behind a wife and then 5-year-old daughter. He was just 28. 

His mom talks with Liz Collin about the loss and the work she's now doing with Eagle's Healing Nest. 

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On the latest episode of "Liz Collin Reports," Liz spoke with a former public health nurse in Minneapolis who left the field after she said responses to the COVID pandemic made her and her work feel fraudulent.

When Liz asked her to elaborate on just what she meant by "feeling like a fraud," Laura Van Luven said she was trained as a public health nurse to incorporate considerations of mental and social health in her practice. Even pre-pandemic, she remembered feeling concerned for new mothers who were isolated for various reasons.

But then COVID came, and Van Luven suddenly found herself prevented from doing home visits, which exacerbated an already difficult situation for the families she encountered.

When asked if caring for these families "from afar" worked during the pandemic, Van Luven admitted the quality of the services she was able to provide took a significant hit.

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