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Historians diving for balloons and hoping for hot dish: What Smithsonian curators will be doing at the Democratic National Convention
Will there be Minnesota hot dish hats worn at the upcoming Democratic National Convention? Curators from the Smithsonian will be there, looking for both routine and unconventional campaign items.
New York Coffee Chain To Open First MN Store Next Week
Are you looking for different coffee options in the land of 10,000 lakes? You are in luck! A New York coffee chain is opening its first Minnesota store next week. Gregorys Coffee will open up in Albertville in the outlet center, on August 21. Gregorys Coffee will be entering unfamiliar...
Experts warn fireflies are disappearing
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — Another reason Minnesotans cherish their summers: fireflies. The dazzling beetles are only visible roughly three to four weeks out of the year from end of June to July, but researchers warn they are disappearing. Ben Pfeiffer, the founder of "Firefly Conservation and Research," told KARE...
Football schedule preview: Becker again playing championship contenders in 2024
BECKER – Football season is finally here and Becker will soon be back in action after a Section 8-4A championship loss to ROCORI. The Minnesota high school football season starts Thursday, August 29 and the Bulldogs are hoping to recreate or improve on a 9-1 record in 2023. Last year, Becker went undefeated in the regular season and the team was hoping to play for a fourth state championship. The Bulldogs last went to state in 2021, but...
Walz Appoints Tvedten to 7th District Court
ST. PAUL (WJON News) -- The seventh judicial district judge vacancies have been filled. Governor Tim Walz appointed Ole Tvedten to fill the vacancy to be chambered in St. Cloud, which was vacated when Sarah Hennesy was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Tvedten is currently head of the Criminal...
Work van cuts off trucker and ruins both their days
A motorist in a work van cut in front of a truck driver and ruined both of their days in this traffic cam footage captured in Minnesota. The accident happened on Interstate 494 at Highway 100 at around 6 in the morning. In the footage, traffic is flowing nicely until a work van realizes they […] The post Work van cuts off trucker and ruins both their days appeared first on CDLLife.
Heavy rain, t-storms Wednesday & Thursday; a nice weekend ahead
Temperatures and humidity have continued to climb over the past several days, and this will fuel our next system that will bring showers and thunderstorms to much of our region from late Wednesday afternoon through much of Thursday. While the overall threat of severe weather is low, there will be plenty of moisture available to be wrung out of the atmosphere, which could lead to locally heavy rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches or more before the system exits late Thursday. Behind the system, we will be left with a really nice, fairly typical August weekend with sunshine and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s.
Big Lots Closing Stores Nationwide, Including Minnesota And Wisconsin Locations
Another one bites the dust! A ton of big businesses have announced closures lately, or at the very least, the scaling back of some of their locations. A recent example of this is Italian chain Buca di Beppo, which abruptly closed thirteen locations across the country over the summer. Another...
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