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Central MN American Legion Baseball Playoff Update
HOSTED BY: ORTHOPEDIC SPORTS FIELD (OSF) SARTELL/SARTELL HIGH SCHOOL (SHS) The Sauk Rapids Post 254 defeated their rivals St. Cloud 76ers, they out hit them nine to three. They collected a double, they had four players with multi-hit games. They put up four runs in the first and they played errorless defense. Their starting pitcher was Ethan Swanson, he threw 6 1/3 innings to earn the win. He gave up two singles, one walk and he recorded nine strikeouts. Ben Rothstein threw 2/3 of an inning in relief to earn the save, he gave up one hit.
Commission on Judicial Selection Opens Application Process for Vacancies
(KNOX) – The Commission on Judicial Selection announced two vacancies in Minnesota’s First Judicial District. The vacancies will occur upon the retirement of the Honorable Janet L. Barke Cain and the Honorable Timothy J. McManus. These seats will be chambered in Hastings in Dakota County. The application process...
24 cited during protest outside Sen. Klobuchar's office in response to Netanyahu's speech
MINNEAPOLIS — Two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters were cited Wednesday evening for blocking the street outside Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar's office in downtown Minneapolis.The Free Palestine Coalition organized the protest in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress earlier in the day, which Klobuchar attended.The protesters called for an immediate and permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas War, as well as the end of all U.S. federal, state and local aid to Israel.The Minnesota State Patrol says troopers cited and released 24 people during the protest for blocking the road.The Minneapolis Police Department reports one woman in attendance was arrested for...
Water Levels Being Drastically Reduced To Save A Minnesota Lake
Sometimes, drastic measures need to be taken now to create a healthier situation later on. That can be true in our personal and professional lives, and it's also true in other things, including nature. An example would be when a lake becomes unhealthy, also known as impaired. Experts say that...
Minneapolis Park Board, union reach tentative agreement
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) and union leaders with Local 363 have reached a tentative agreement that could end a contentious strike that has stretched out for weeks. On Thursday around 4:00 p.m., both sides started a mediation session at the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation...
Minneapolis Prepares for Gas Infrastructure Overhaul in Bryn Mawr Neighborhood
Get ready for the roar of machinery and the dance of the construction crews, in Minneapolis. Starting early August, according to a bulletin from CenterPoint Energy, the Bryn Mawr neighborhood will see the start of natural gas main installations along several key streets, promising to modernize the energy infrastructure but testing the community's tolerance for inconvenience.
Brooklyn Park Police Arrest Dollar Tree Store Robber Trying To Escape on Bus
Brooklyn Park police are investigating a robbery Wednesday of a Dollar Tree store in which a suspect tried to escape on a nearby bus route. According to Brooklyn Park police, officers responded shortly before 5:40 p.m. to the Dollar Tree store, located at 8030 Brooklyn Boulevard. Upon learning of the...
Rio Severson named new Rocket girls basketball head coach
Rio Severson was named as the new Randolph girls basketball head coach in the wake of former head coach Dennis Trom’s retirement from the position late this spring. Severson spent the last few seasons as an assistant under Trom. It was her first high school coaching job after graduating college, though she had coached at the youth and AAU levels prior to that. She is a special education teacher for Randolph Schools, is from Grand Meadow and attended both Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa, and the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. Severson played basketball at Dordt, a NAIA school, in 2016-2017 before transferring to Northwestern where she played basketball the following three seasons.
Brooklyn Park City Council Schedules Special Meeting for July 29 to Address Civic Matters Pre-Election
Responding to disruptions in the regular City Council schedule, Brooklyn Park officials have arranged a special meeting set for July 29 at 6PM. Held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 5200 85th Ave N, council members look to address pressing matters before the annual Joint Council and Commissions meeting and the upcoming Central District Primary Election dominates the city's agenda. Being disrupted by the regular meeting schedule, the special meeting aims to keep the civic process on track.
I-35 construction to trigger major lane closures near Forest Lake
FOREST LAKE, Minn. — All road construction projects are bound to inconvenience somebody, but a concrete repair job that will unfold over the next couple of weeks promises a major impact on motorists. MnDOT says southbound I-35 at Forest Lake will be reduced to a single lane for a...
Twin Cities church group stranded for days in New Orleans after CrowdStrike outage
MINNEAPOLIS — A Twin Cities church group is on its way home tonight, after spending the last few days stranded in New Orleans. "We are really sick of the airport," Leisha Tays, supervising the trip, said in a FaceTime call from the airport. That trip, to the Evangelical Lutherans...
Minnesota Looking to Increase Numbers of This Animal
The Minnesota DNR in collaboration with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa plan to move elk from the northwestern part of the state to the northeastern part of the state near Cloquet and north. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON. He says the plan is to transfer 15 to 20 elk from the northwestern part of the state to the northeastern part with the hopes of growing the herd. Schmitt says elk used to live in that part of the state many years ago. He explains the plan is to do this annually starting in 2026 until the elk reproduce on their own.
A New Source of Minnesota Road Rage: Traffic Calming?
"Traffic Calming Measures". Sounds like an oxymoron of rage-inducing poppycock [haha...poppy]. It's a real thing, though, and it's been implemented in Minneapolis. And it's working so well that the application process is as backed up as traffic on Highway 10 North on a Friday afternoon. Minnesota Traffic Calming Program Works,...
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