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Waseca football captains look to make run in state playoffs coming off section championship
The 2024 Waseca Bluejays football team is looking to repeat as section champions and make a run in the state tournament, where they lost in the first round last year. The team is led by Brandyn Jascha, Demarius Russell, Ben Hagen, and Tauston Rupe. The four seniors were named captains for the 2024 season as they head into their final season playing under the lights on Friday nights. The Bluejays...
Stream Minnesota high school football games on FOX 9 this fall
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (FOX 9) - FOX 9 will highlight a high school football game of the week this fall — streaming on FOX9.com and FOX 9's YouTube channel, with some games also airing on FOX LOCAL. Schedule of games streaming on FOX 9. Here is FOX 9's...
Mesabi Trails Sees Spike in Popularity
EVELETH, Minn. — One of Minnesota’s largest trails has been gaining popularity. The St. Louis & Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority has been tracking the number of new people hiking along Mesabi Trail. The 165-mile trail has seen upwards of 140,000 users so far in 2024. The trail...
Like Tim Walz, we were also wrongly accused of abusing our special needs son
The internet is currently in an uproar over accusations that Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz supposedly abused Gus, his neurodivergent teen son, while onstage and on camera as his family joined him after his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Based only on a brief moment of Walz tugging on his son’s hand, commentators declared Walz an abuser with a secret rage problem. This misreading was so misguided even Snopes.com, a website devoted to fact-checking rumors, issued an unequivocal statement: “Online users wrongly claimed a video showed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz physically abusing his son, Gus, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.”
Why it matters that Gov. Tim Walz was a geography teacher
By now, many Americans outside of Minnesota have heard that our governor and Democratic Vice President nominee Tim Walz was a geography teacher. The question is whether most know what geography is and why this aspect of his resume is important. The unfortunate reality is that most Americans have only a cursory understanding of geography […]
Marek brothers retire law firm in Montgomery
Marek Law Office & Tax Service ended a long continued service for the Montgomery area on June 30, spanning 50 years from 1975-2024. William Marek, a 1969 New Prague High School Graduate, initially thought he wanted to be a high school teacher in math or science. He started his college education as such at Mankato State University.
Mallards knocked out in second round of state tournament
The Mallard baseball season came to a conclusion on Sunday at the Mini Met in Jordan on Sunday, losing to the Waconia Lakers 6-1 in the second round of the Minnesota Baseball Association state tournament, falling short of advancing to the final 16 teams that will continue playing Labor Day weekend.
Contractor damaged homes to collect insurance payouts for storm damage: Charges
Jaser Munir Zaabri, 36, of Minneapolis, is charged with first-degree damage to property and several counts of felony insurance fraud. Ring camera footage shows Zaabri damaging a home with the corner of his cell phone before reporting hail damage to homeowners, a criminal complaint says. Authorities say the damage was...
Redbirds lose to Courtland in Class C state tourney
All season long the Isanti Redbirds have been winning Town Ball games with sound pitching and tight defense. But both of those elements eluded them at the Class C state tournament, where they dropped an 8-1 decision to Courtland at Tiger Park in Belle Plaine on Sunday, August 25. The Redbirds committed a whopping seven errors and surrendered 13 hits, which was more than an offense that collected just four...
St. Peter band Pocket Lounge releases funky, eccentric debut album
When it comes to making music, rising St. Peter funk fusion band Pocket Lounge embraces the strange and the spontaneous. There is perhaps no better case study for band members Shailin O’Brien, Jack Sherwood and Charlie Kotasek’s love of musical improvisation and experimentation than their debut album “Walleye Denial.” Peppered with inside jokes, erroneous lyrics and oddball sounds like slide whistles and accordion solos, the project released on Aug. 12 is every bit as eccentric as its playful title implies. ...
WCCO superfans celebrate 75 years of marriage
MINNEAPOLIS — WCCO is celebrating 75 years of broadcasting, and we are honored to celebrate the 75th wedding anniversary of two of our super viewers.You can see the love Loretta and Bob Peterson have for each other, still dressing alike and holding hands after 75 years of marriage."So, 75 years. Yep, 75 wonderful years," said Bob Peterson.They met at a skating rink in Austin, Minnesota."I watched her and pretty soon I said, 'Can I skate with you?' and she said, 'Sure,'" said Bob Peterson, age 95. After the moonlight skate, Bob asked to drive her home. "She said, 'No you can't,...
Vikings waive Jaren Hall, sign Brett Rypien
Vikings quarterback Jaren Hall played well enough in the preseason to earn a spot on the initial 53-man roster. The Vikings have waived Hall and signed veteran Brett Rypien. Hall, a fifth-round pick from BYU, got the first start after Kirk Cousins suffered a torn Achilles tendon last year. On the opening drive, Hall suffered a concussion near the Atlanta goal line.
Giants might have gifted the Twins a perfect solution to their bullpen issues
We’ve reached the home stretch of the season, and while Minnesota is just 3.5 games out of first place in the AL Central the team is moving in the wrong direction. The Minnesota Twins appear to be running out of gas at the worst possible time. A sweep at the hand of the Atlanta Braves has revealed even more cracks in the facade, as a roster that wasn’t properly invested in over the last six months is coming apart at the seams.
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