Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar conducted a Zoom call with five rural Minnesotans Monday, including Jessica Wrobleski of Stony Ridge Foods in Benson, to get an idea of how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their businesses.

Also on the call were Michelle Dagget, resident of Lakeshirts, in Detroit Lakes, Tyler Stilson of 3D CNC of Mankato and Hutchinson, with a facility in Colorado as well, and Dr. Randy Simonson, former CEO of Cambridge Technologies. Also on the call was Diane Anderson, president and CEO of the Southwest Initiative Foundation.

One of the reasons that she wanted to conduct the Zoom call with representatives of businesses in rural Minnesota was the challenges created by the resurgence of COVID-19. Businesses are again being shutdown to slow the spread of the deadly virus...