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Young baking prodigy sweeps county fair
FOREST LAKE, Minn. — Marais Bower mixes her mint brownie batter with the ease that comes with experience. "I don’t really know," she says. "But I've been baking for a long time." Marais is 6 years old. The girl from Forest Lake has spent half her life entering...
Vasa News: Historic Blues in the Park
Patchouli & Terra Guitarra entertained everyone with their singing and Spanish guitar music on Aug. 14. Todd Albright sings and plays country blues on his 12-string guitar, focusing on historic blues music from 1880-1939. He will also share stories of that pre-WWII blues era when he takes the stage in Central Park on Aug. 21. The free concerts happen on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. throughout the summer, with food trucks opening at 6 p.m. Feel free to bring lawn chairs and coolers. Additional parking along East and West Avenues is permitted. These concerts are sponsored by Red Wing Arts, thanks to financial support from at least 23 local businesses and the Minnesota State Arts Board. See more details and the full summer schedule on the Red Wing Arts website.
Officer, deputy found to be justified in shooting suspect at Target in Woodbury
Two members of law enforcement were found to have lawfully used force when they shot a man who pointed a pellet gun at them in Woodbury in April. In a memo to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office determined that Officer James Stoffel with the Woodbury Public Safety Department and Deputy Brian Krook of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office were justified in using deadly force against 61-year-old Donald Eugene Roche.
Does living get much better than Northfield?
NEW YORK – the consumer finance magazine Money chose Northfield in Minnesota as one of the 50 best places to live in the United Stages. Writer Mallika Mitra cited affordable homes and “room for adventure” and Carleton and St. Olaf colleges. Then there’s the Jesse James Festival in Septembers. It’s a celebration not so much of the 1876 robbery of the First National Bank, when the notorious Jesse James gang rode their horses into town to rob the bank, but of the citizen-led manhunt that led to the gang’s demise. Population: 21,000.
Walton completes the Knights’ coaching staff with Luke Lopez and Ida Steingas
NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Carleton College head volleyball coach Abby Walton announced the additions of Luke Lopez and Ida Steingas to the Knights' staff as assistant coaches. Lopez and Steingas come to Northfield with a wealth of volleyball experience, both as collegiate players and coaches at the high school and club levels.
St. Charles teen recovers from heart transplant
ST. CHARLES, Minn. — A St. Charles teenager says he's lucky to be alive after a sudden illness required a heart transplant.Back in January, 16-year-old Braxton Wohlferd got violently sick after contracting a common childhood virus called parvovirus B-19. It was the middle of the wrestling season and just a few days after a tournament when Braxton Wohlferd thought he was coming down with the stomach flu."I started throwing up about 2:30 in the morning. And I kept throwing up every 30 minutes," said Braxton Wohlferd.It got bad enough that he called his mom Melissa to come home. By the time...
Police prevent woman from jumping off overpass in St. Paul
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The Vikings Just Got Away With HIGHWAY ROBBERY!
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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 WR carted off field with injury during training camp
The Minnesota Vikings just cannot seem to catch a break. The same day it was announced that quarterback J.J. McCarthy would miss his entire rookie season, Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison left practice on a cart due to an injury. The Athletic’s Alec Lewis reported Wednesday that Addison went down after leaping for a contested... The post Vikings WR carted off field with injury during training camp appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Kids’ entertainment, animal showings & cotton candy at the Goodhue County Fair
The Goodhue County fair brought beloved farm animals along with local entertainment and food to Zumbrota Aug. 6-10. The animal barns held everything from small show animals like rabbits all the way to cows. Kids enjoyed holding, petting and viewing the 4-H animals. Other attractions included free entertainment shows, rides and carnival classics like corndogs and cold brew coffee. Traffic throughout the fair bustled on Aug. 9 and brought in families and seniors for a full day of sun in the country.
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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