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Minnesota Teen Girl Hospitalized After Crashing on I-90 in Olmsted County
Stewartville, MN (KROC-AM News)- A teenage girl was taken to a hospital after crashing on Interstate 90 in southeast Minnesota. She was the only person involved in the single-vehicle crash. The State Patrol responded to the wreck in Olmsted County shortly after 9:30 Tuesday night. Austin, MN Teen Girl Taken...
Minnesota Man Admits to Bribery in Feeding Our Future Fraud Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of five people charged with attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in a fraud case pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of...
Bears face long path to return to Class C State Tournament
The Cannon Falls Bears begin their quest to return to the Minnesota Baseball Association’s Class C State Tournament this week and they will have to take the long way to get there, all while knocking off some significant rust. Unlike the past few years, the Bears will have to...
Stacking credentials: Affordable higher ed for working adults
At Minnesota State College Southeast, we believe college is for everyone, and that means learners at all stages of their journey. Every individual has a distinctive history. Every individual has a distinct goal. Southeast is here to help learners with the next step of their journey to realize the opportunity for more – in their career, in their life, and for their family.
Winstars 14U softball wins state championship
The Winstars Velocity 14U Red team represented the Winona area well in the Minnesota State Softball Championships that were held from July 20-21 in Mankato, Minn. The Winstars were rolling on Saturday as they put up three blowout wins against 612 Fastpitch Minneapolis 10-2, Becker Blast 8-0, and Chisago Lakes 18-2. The Winstars team had a strong showing against the 3-0 Luverne team Sunday morning but lost the game 8-7 in the last inning as Luverne hit a walk-off double to advance to the championship game. The WinStars were then forced to play against a tough Eagan team to try to win their way back into the championship game. The WinStars girls refused to give up as they battled their way to victory in a12-8 win against Eagan. This win against Eagan earned themselves a chance at redemption against Luverne in the championship game(s). The Winstars needed to beat the undefeated Luverne team twice if they wanted to bring home a state championship due to Luverne being undefeated heading into the final game.
What to Know about Minnesota’s New Child Safety Seat Law
As we get ready to turn the page to another new month on the calendar, things are about to change for Minnesota parents transporting their young children. August 1, the state's new Child Passenger Safety Law goes into effect, with a few changes to the existing statutes. The new changes...
How Minnesota's Native Americans are safeguarding their musical traditions
At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with their ancestral culture. "I grew up singing my entire life, and I was always taught that dewe'igan is the heartbeat of our people," said Jakob Wilson, 19, using the Ojibwe term for drum that's rooted in the words for heart and sound. "The absolute power and feeling that comes off of the drum and the singers around it is incredible."Wilson has led the drum group at Hinckley-Finlayson High School. In 2023, Wilson's...
UMN develops new list of recommended species to make forests more resilient
At a seminar on Monday, an expert shared the University of Minnesota Extension’s climate-ready woodlands program. The list of tree species the program provided would help woodland stewards and owners in northern Minnesota better understand what species they can plant to help forests adapt to the changing climate. Anna...
A break in the rain this week?
Call it the Soggy Summer of 2024. I started counting rain days since the beginning of meteorological summer on June 1. Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport recorded at least a trace of rain on 18 of 30 days in June. July brought rain on 16 of 23 days so far this month.
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