Governor Tim Walz plans to announce a timeline today for lifting all COVID-19 restrictions in Minnesota while doubling down on the state’s vaccination push.

Walz has not given details of his plan but said Tuesday that Minnesotans should start assuming that they’re going to have a very normal-looking summer.

The governor and health officials have announced that nearly 46 percent of Minnesotans age 16 and older have now completed the vaccination process

An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has gained tens of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan only days ago

The rollout of the petition comes with Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas under a state of emergency with coronavirus infections rising, particularly new variants.

The petition suggests the Olympics cannot be held safely and says the games have drained finances away for other needs such as the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Olympics were originally scheduled for 2020 and as of now are less than three months away.

The St. Thomas’ men’s basketball team gained an important piece to its lineup in April. The former University of Minnesota forward Jarvis Omersa, an incoming junior, averaged a team-high 1.3 steals per game before leaving the Gophers due to personal health concerns surrounding COVID-19.

Omersa joins his former teammates from the 16U D1 Minnesota Program, Anders Nelson and Zach Theisen.

Lauren Price can be reached at lauren.price@stthomas.edu