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Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin announced on Monday that the tribal nation's St. Croix Casino Turtle Lake will close for 30 days due to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
- Croix Casino in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, has closed for about a month. An announcement on the casino's website says it will temporarily close at 2 a.m. 10, for 30 days, but an exact re-opening date will be announced later.
- TURTLE LAKE, Wis. (FOX 9) - A casino in western Wisconsin will be closing down for at least a month due to COVID-19 concerns. Croix Turtle Lake Casino posted an announcement on its.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A casino in western Wisconsin is closing for at least a month due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19.
St. Croix Casinos announced Monday that its Turtle Lake location had closed and would remain so for the next 30 days, adding that a re-opening date with be announced later. Turtle Lake is about 75 miles northeast of Minneapolis.
In a statement, the St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin said that they decided the closure was necessary for the safety of guests, workers and the Chippewa community.
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The closure comes as coronavirus cases surge in Wisconsin and across the Midwest. Over the weekend, health officials in Wisconsin reported a daily record high for new infections as more than 7,000 were tallied on Saturday alone.
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Currently, Wisconsin ranks fourth in the nation in per capita cases over the last two weeks. Since the start of the outbreak, 2,329 people have died in Wisconsin due to COVID-19.