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People of Color Career Fair in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Ready for your next gig? Stop by the expanded People of Color Career Fair next week at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The fair takes place Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Convention Center's Ballroom and is free for all professionals hoping to expand their networks.
Meet the Candidates: Chaska Mayor
A pair of candidates are vying for the Chaska mayor's seat: Taylor Hubbard and George Glaros Jr. Each candidate in contested races was asked the same set of questions by the Patriot, and were asked to limit their responses to 100 words or less. Unedited responses from Hubbard can be found below. Glaros did not respond to the questionnaire. Early voting in Minnesota opened on Sept. 20, and Election Day...
Minneapolis park system named best among largest cities
MINNEAPOLIS — The parks in Minneapolis have been named the best in the country at an annual national park and recreation conference in Atlanta. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) was recognized with the 2024 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management. It was announced Wednesday by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration at the annual National Recreation and Park Association Conference.
'MNCares Campaign' mobilizes Minnesotans to help with Hurricane Helene relief
EDINA, Minnesota — Sitting at her mom's kitchen table in Edina, Lynne Russo realized it was Tuesday. "It's only Tuesday? It just feels like one long day since this hurricane," Russo said. While Russo has lived in Minnesota on and off since she was a teenager, she moved to...
Meet the Candidates: Independence Mayor
A pair of candidates are vying for the Independence mayor's seat in the November election - George "Trey" Lachicotte and Brad Lee Spencer. Each candidate in contested races was asked the same set of questions by the Laker Pioneer, and candidates were asked to limit their responses to 100 words or less. Lachicotte did not respond to the questionnaire. Unedited responses from Spencer can be found below. Early voting in...
Swimming: North streak continues, but South’s ends
Seventh-ranked Prior Lake defeats Cougars in SSC dual Lakeville North won its third consecutive South Suburban Conference girls swimming and diving meet Oct. 3, defeating Burnsville at Burnsville High School. The diving event took place at the Eagle Ridge Middle School pool, one hour before the swimming events at Burnsville High. The Panthers took an 11-4 lead after eighth-grader Grace Maakestad won diving and seventh-graders Courtney Krukow and Jillian Springer...
The millennial's milestone: Get hitched or run a marathon
MINNEAPOLIS — Nineties and 2000s babies are bonding over an unlikely pair of life’s milestones. “I’m officially at the age where you’re either getting married or running half marathons,” one runner posted on TikTok. Other users are sharing online and in person that they too are observing this quarter-life divergence.
Church strives to identify those buried in historic cemetery
St. Bernard Catholic Church in Cologne was completed in 1877, but even before there was a mission church and cemetery in what was known then as the village of Benton named after a stateman from Missouri. The first burial at the location was in 1857, but until now there was no record of who or where people are buried. Last month, however, that changed when a cemetery directory was completed and erected at the site. ...
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