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Royce White, who won the Minnesota Republican Senate primary, was never an NBA star
Royce White, who was selected in the first-round of the 2012 NBA Draft, won the Republican primary for a senate seat in Minnesota. After a very public battle with anxiety highlighted by his fear of flying, it became difficult for White to ever get on the court during his professional career.
St. Cloud Area Teams in State Amateur Baseball Tournament
The Class C and B State Amateur baseball tournaments start this weekend in Belle Plaine, Green Isle, Jordan and Shakopee. The lone St. Cloud area team playing in the Class B state tournament is the Cold Spring Springers. They will play the Minnetonka Monarchs Saturday at 6:30 p.m. in Shakopee.
Minneapolis to see one of its biggest post-pandemic music weekends
MINNEAPOLIS — Hours before Thursday night's show, Pantera fans took their place in line outside Minneapolis' First Avenue. Mark Crawford and Tim McLean came from Milwaukee to take advantage of the venue's rare, small setting."Drum sticks, guitar picks, they're more likely to get tossed to you if you're in the front row," said McLean. Pantera isn't the only show the two friends are seeing in Minneapolis this weekend. They're also heading to U.S. Bank Stadium on Friday night to see Metallica. The legendary metal band is playing two nights in Minneapolis."I've got so many Metallica tattoos and everything," said Matthew...
Fischer's run at U.S. Amateur ends
CHASKA, Minn. – Tom Fischer's resilient run at the U.S. Amateur came to an end Thursday at Hazeltine National Golf Club. The rising junior for Ole Miss men's golf from Birmingham, Ala., fell 2&1 in the round of 32, match play to Noah Kent of Iowa. It was another...
Feeding our Future trial bribe: Woman set to plea guilty
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - It appears the woman accused of dropping off a bag containing $120,000 to a juror in the Feeding our Future fraud case is now set to plead guilty. The court docket in the bribe case is now listing a change of plea hearing for Ladan Ali.
Minneapolis shooting leaves 1 man dead off Lake Street
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A shooting in broad daylight on Thursday left one man dead off Lake Street in Minneapolis. Police said they were called to the scene on 12th Avenue South shortly before 2 p.m. At the scene, officers found the victim in an alleyway next to a thrift...
Mother Says Body Found in Maple Grove Is Her Missing Son
The community is mourning after police found a deceased person in a Maple Grove neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. The mother of Nathaniel Chambers, a 17-year-old who was missing in the Maple Grove area, said in a Facebook post that the person found was her son. “It is with a sad heart...
The Pittsburgh Steelers Will Trade Russell Wilson to the Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings saw their star rookie quarterback, JJ McCarthy, undergo meniscus surgery on Wednesday. This procedure will force McCarthy to miss the entire 2024 season. McCarthy, who had been competing with Sam Darnold during training camp, showed a lot of promise early in camp and the preseason. Even if Darnold were to start in Week 1, it seemed likely that McCarthy would eventually take over. However, with McCarthy sidelined, Darnold now has another opportunity to revitalize his career. Initially, Darnold was signed as an insurance policy, with the Vikings fully aware they would draft a quarterback in the first round. What they couldn’t have predicted was that their top pick would be unable to play in a single meaningful game this season.
Vikings LB Blake Cashman injures finger, undergoes procedure
Wednesday was a no good, very bad day for the Minnesota Vikings and their fans. First, they were greeted with the news that rookie first-round quarterback J.J. McCarthy would not see the field at all this season after surgery to repair his meniscus. Things went from bad to worse, as...
Homeowners Face Gut-Punch: Minneapolis Faces Potential Record Property Tax INCREASE!
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has proposed an 8.1% increase in the city’s property tax levy for the upcoming year, marking the largest hike since at least 2008. This proposal, revealed on Wednesday, could result in an additional $200 in property taxes for the average homeowner in the city.
Iconic St. Paul apartments are headed into foreclosure, leaving residents scrambling
ST. PAUL, Minn. — An iconic downtown St. Paul apartment building is going into foreclosure, and the residents who live there say they're in shock.To hear some of them tell it, the Lowry Apartments across from St. Paul City Hall have been deteriorating for years."The building's full of mold, sheet rock falling down, filth all over the carpets," said Nelson Hill, who's lived at the Lowry for more than two years. "Very unsanitized. Unsafe to live in."Revis Wells, who's lived there for four years, described roach and mice infestations among other poor living conditions.The front entrance has a boarded up...
Twins place Byron Buxton on IL, and make an interesting move to replace him
It unfortunately seemed inevitable, but the Minnesota Twins confirmed everyone's worst fears on Thursday. Byron Buxton has been out since midway through Monday's win over the Royals, and he's going to remain sidelined for the time being. Buxton was placed on the 10-day IL with hip discomfort, which is anything...
HLWW School Board approves updated contracts for numerous positions
The Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted School Board approved several new two-year employee contracts during its meeting Monday evening. Due to work being done in the high school media center, the meeting took place in the middle school media center. The new contracts will be in effect through the end of the 2025-26...
Twin Cities Motorcycle Crash Leads to 11th Death in Seven Days on Minnesota’s Roads
Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News)- A motorcyclist lost her life in a crash on a freeway in the Twin Cities early Friday morning. She’s become at least the eleventh person to die on Minnesota’s roads in the past week. A motorcyclist, identified as 20-year-old Cooper Russell Bertram of Elko also died in a construction zone I-35 Wednesday night in southern Scott County.
Canadian wildfire smoke to trigger air quality alert
(St. Paul, MN) — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says parts of northwest Minnesota will be affected by Canadian wildfire smoke this week. Heavy ground-level smoke is expected in the region beginning this afternoon. The air quality alert will take effect at 3 p.m. today and will last until 6 p.m. Sunday.
Where Is Minnesota Looking At Adding A New Freeway?
I've been waiting years for some road relief, and while it's not coming to the St. Cloud area, at least in terms of a new freeway, the state of Minnesota is looking at converting a highway in the North Metro into the newest freeway. The move would eliminate stoplights and add over or underpasses for those intersections.
Minnesota’s D.A.R.E. Program To Pivot From Drugs to Cyberbullying
Remember the D.A.R.E. program in school? We were never ever ever ever ever ever gonna do drugs, because the lion in a t-shirt (and NO PANTS) told us not to and to also snitch on our parents if we caught them doing drugs, whether it was recreational drugs or prescription drugs. We didn't know the difference, we just saw "drugs" and snitched.
Walz administration awarded $2 million to Muslim group fundraising for al Qaeda-linked charity
EXCLUSIVE — Under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the state of Minnesota awarded over $2 million to an Islamic group that fundraises for a charity linked to an al Qaeda affiliate, according to funding records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The Islamic Association of North America, the recipient of the state grants from 2019 to 2024, […]
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