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Mississippi River in St. Paul expected to crest Saturday evening
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Harriet Island in St. Paul is still deep underwater as the Mississippi River is expected to crest Saturday evening.The river, which has been flooded for days, is projected to crest at 20.3 feet, which would make it the 7th worst flood of the Mississippi River on record.On Friday evening, President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in Minnesota, ordering federal aid to help areas affected by the storms and flooding.The funding currently applies to 22 counties, though the list is expected to grow as more damage estimates are accounted for. "Across our state, these floods have inflicted serious...
Minnesota family store is demolished from its perch near dam damaged by surging river
RAPIDAN, Minn. (AP) — County officials bought and demolished a Minnesota family store that was precariously perched beside a cliff near a flood-damaged dam, officials said Friday. Blue Earth County bought the Rapidan Dam Store and then removed the structure to lessen the downstream impact if it tumbled into...
Adopted Minnesotans Eagerly Await July 1st – Find Out Why
BIG CHANGES COMING FOR ADOPTED PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA JULY 1ST. If you or someone you know was adopted and have always wanted to know who your birth parents were, things are getting ready to change for you. A law passed in 2023 will now allow adopted people born in Minnesota,...
Dave Chaney, longtime photojournalist at WCCO, retires after 46 years
MINNEAPOLIS — After four and a half decades, WCCO is saying goodbye and good luck to a longtime photojournalist.Dave Chaney's career has taken him around the world, though some of his best stories happened here, in Minnesota."When you are young, you don't realize how big this job is until you do it for a while," Chaney reflected.He was hired on March 8, 1978 as a sound guy for WCCO. The young man from Shell Lake, Wisconsin was promoted to photographer just eight months later.In his career since, he's been in the room with every president since Ronald Reagan. He's been to...
See a Minnesota morning anchor come out as gay on live TV: ‘I'm so nervous right now'
Minnesota news anchor Jason Hackett recently attended a basketball game with his partner of five years. And for the first time, he didn't care if anyone was watching them. “He had his hand on my knee, and we were obviously together and I didn’t give a damn about what people thought,” Hackett, 36, tells TODAY.com.
Rep. Brad Finstad to survey Rapidan Dam damage on Saturday
(ABC 6 News) — Flooding remains a concern in Minnesota, particularly near Mankato as the Rapidan Dam continues to deal with significant erosion. As a result, U.S. House Representative Brad Finstad will be in Mankato on Saturday to survey the damage at the dam.
Minn. Dems reflect on Biden's debate performance
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Governor Tim Walz conceded Friday that President Joe Biden's debate performance did not go well, but said he's confident his fellow Democrat is still up to the job. Walz was questioned the morning after the first debate on this 2024 election cycle between President Biden and...
Local legislators share dismay over recent session at Chamber Growth Breakfast
For two legislators who say they enjoying working across the aisle to get things done, “tough” and “difficult” were the main words recently used to describe the 2024 legislative session. Sen. John Jasinski (R-Faribault) and Rep. John Petersburg (R-Waseca) presented their annual legislative wrap-up this month during the final installment of the most recent Owatonna Chamber Growth Breakfast series. Hosted in the upstairs venue at Torey’s Restaurant and Bar in downtown Owatonna, the two local legislators were joined by Beth Kadoun, vice president of tax...
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