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Girls Flag Football Debuts in Two Area High Schools
They arrived at the field with no previous workouts, practiced 45 minutes and then won their first-ever game against a team with previous game experience. Those were the girls from Houston in the Minnesota pilot summer league for girls flag football, which will be an Olympic sport in the next 2028 games. The National Football League (NFL) is promoting it, specifically in this area, by the Minnesota Vikings, who have invested $300,000 in developing the sport with the goal of seeing it sanctioned as a high school sport by the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). Eleven states already sanction girls flag football; Minnesota has just become one of another 19 states who have run pilot programs, resulting in 30 of the 51 state associations participating in girls flag football in some way.
Minnesotan’s Husband Appears at Target Field With Some Friends
A New Brighton woman's husband took a trip to Target Field this past Saturday night to hang out with a few (tens of thousands) of his friends. It really was thoughtful of her to let him out of the house on such a beautiful Minnesota evening!. In today's episode of...
Frat Nightmare: This Minnesotan Is the Victim of ‘The Worst Fraternity Hazing Injury Ever’
EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – A new true-crime series is putting the tragic story of Danny Santulli back in the headlines. Santulli currently lives with his parents in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. In October 2021, Daniel “Danny” Santulli, a freshman at the University of Missouri in Columbia, became the victim of...
Massive Chicken Nugget Recall Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota
Thousands of pounds of Chicken Nuggets have been recalled in Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, and across the nation. Perdue Farms has issued a significant recall of approximately 160,000 pounds of chicken nuggets due to potential metal contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has classified this as a Class I...
Medicare drug price negotiations will lower costs, save lives
Last week, the Biden-Harris administration celebrated a huge milestone in making health care more affordable. For the first time, Medicare is allowed to use their purchasing power to negotiate drug prices. The first round of negotiated drug prices will lower costs for ten of the costliest and most popular medications that treat conditions like diabetes, […]
Abortion rights could again be key issue in Minnesota's 2nd District race
MINNEAPOLIS — The race for Congress in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District is set. Former federal prosecutor Joe Teirab will face three-term Democratic Rep. Angie Craig in the November election.Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. Among the communities in the district are Red Wing, Hastings and Eagan.For years it was represented by Republicans. Craig broke that streak in 2018. Craig has won both her reelection bids in 2020 and 2022 by comfortable margins.This year she will face Teirab, a Marine Corps veteran and a former federal and county prosecutor. Craig credits her strong abortion rights positions as helping her...
Experts urge parents to check in on teens' mental health
MINNEAPOLIS — Between back-to-school shopping and last-minute cabin getaways, now might be the perfect opportunity to check in with your child about their mental health. The statistics are unsettling."We've seen a lot more anxiety, a lot more social anxiety, a significant increase in school refusal and that's been a really hard thing," Dr. Joshua Stein, PrairieCare child and adolescent psychiatrist and clinical director, said. According to the latest youth risk behavior survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40% of teenagers say they constantly feel sad or hopeless."That's a lot of our teenage population. So we want to make...
Honoring those who’ve helped: Hormel recognizes young people who have made a difference
From recognizing food insecurities to trying to ease global tensions, the youth who were honored as 10 Under 20 Food Heroes by Hormel Foods are a beacon of hope for the future. The winners, who came from all around the nation to Austin, were honored at the Hormel Institute Monday and Natlaie Dietz, a 13-year […] The post Honoring those who’ve helped: Hormel recognizes young people who have made a difference appeared first on Austin Daily Herald.
Larks advance, Lakers and Blues season comes to an end at Class C State Baseball Tournament.
This weekend is the 101’s State Amateur Baseball tournament in the state of Minnesota, and three teams from the North Star League played, with one advancing. We know for sure there will be a new state champion as Maple Lake the defending champs lost to Farming in the first round. The Litchfield Blues making their first state appearance since 2002, also lost, but Loretto won in ten innings, leaving two teams from the North Star League left going into next weekend, Buffalo and Loretto. The Larks will next play Saturday at 4 PM vs. Sauk Centre at Bell Plaine, while Buffalo (Who received a bye this weekend) will take on St. Joe’s at 7:30 PM on Friday night at Belle Plaine. You can hear both games right here on AM1360 KRWC, krwc1360.com and on our app. Below is a recap of this weekend’s games for the North Star League teams, and tournament bracket.
Austin's Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service gives an update on its new EMT-In-Training program
AUSTIN, Minn.- Mayo Clinic's new EMT-in-Training Program started this August and it is in its third week as of Monday, Aug. 19. According to its instructor, Amy Wallenburg, assistant supervisor for the Mayo Ambulance Service's Austin and Albert Lea stations, the new programs first 8 students have been doing fantastic so far.
Albert Lea arson defendant’s new plea hearing scheduled for September
(ABC 6 News) – The third of four Albert Lea arson suspects has a new plea hearing scheduled in Freeborn County Court. Kaden James Ashenfelter pleaded not guilty to a charge of aiding and abetting 1st-degree arson in December of 2023. Ashenfelter was scheduled to stand trial on the...
Man charged for allegedly using a tool to strike woman
A Minnesota man is being held in Mower County Jail and has been charged with three counts in connection to an altercation Sunday, during which he allegedly threatened to kill a woman. Commando Obang Gor, 21, of St. Cloud, has been charged with one felony count of second degree assault with a dangerous weapon, one […] The post Man charged for allegedly using a tool to strike woman appeared first on Austin Daily Herald.
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