Sunday 20th May, 2012
Rachel Slavik Is One Tough Mudder
SOMERSET, Wis. (WCCO) – At first glance it may look like your run of the mill race. Yet the Tough Mudder is anything but ordinary. In this newest trend of extreme competition, it is a race ...
Ruben Rosario: Minnesota couple can't forget brutal Bosnian war
Milutin Dimac, center, his wife, Seima Audacic-Dimac, and sons Jasmin and Eric, far right, sit for a photograph in the living room of their Coon Rapids home Friday, May 18, 2012. The former Bosnian ...
Tom Powers: Are owners at fault for Minnesota's unprecedented sports...
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } The owner of a professional sports team is a lot like your appendix. You never really think about him until you feel a sharp pain. And by then it's ...
Overcrowded day cares 'a recipe for disaster'
Star TribuneBeverly Greenagel was supervising 18 children -- six more than the law allowed -- on the day that Dane Ableidinger died in her care. She watched from her kitchen window as some of the kids hurled ...
North Side still pocked with vacant buildings
Star TribuneThe lingering force of the tornado that ripped apart north Minneapolis a year ago shows in the boarded, empty home where the mailbox is still stuffed with letters. The vacant, overgrown lot where a ...
Family returns from trip to find home ransacked
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A Bumpy Ride Ends At Duluth Airport
WCCODULUTH, Minn. (AP) – An Allegiant Air plane had to return to Duluth and make an emergency landing after engine trouble. Brian Ryks, executive director of the Duluth Airport Authority, says ...
MLB: Minnesota 5, Milwaukee 4
UPITrevor Plouffe socked a go-ahead homer in the 11th inning Saturday and the Minnesota Twins held on to outlast Milwaukee 5-4 in an interleague contest. The Brewers had forced extra innings when they ...
Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer gets a day of rest ... almost
Pioneer PressMilwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, left, watches as Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer (7) hits a two-RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Friday, May 18, 2012, in ...
Storms Cut Power To 8,000+, Level Trees In The South Metro
WCCOMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Heavy rain and winds have wreaked havoc throughout the metro Saturday evening. Xcel Energy reports that over 8,000 homes are without power throughout the metro, with the ...
Twins Go Four In A Row, Beat Brewers 5-4
WCCOMILWAUKEE (AP) -- Trevor Plouffe hit a solo home run in the top of the 11th inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Plouffe’s fourth homer ...
Tornado-Ravaged North Mpls Rebuilds, Remembers
WCCOMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the North Minneapolis tornado. On the weekend before the anniversary, the neighborhood celebrated the rebuilding efforts so ...
Plouffe's pinch-hit homer wins it in 11 innings
Minnesota TwinsMIN@MIL: Plouffe lifts a solo shot in the 11th MILWAUKEE -- With a .135 batting average entering Saturday's game against the Brewers, Trevor Plouffe has undoubtedly had his fair share of ...
Ron Paul Wins Minnesota State Convention
ABC NewsRon Paul backers have secured 12 of 13 delegates at Minnesota’ state GOP convention, according to a source who was there and is familiar with the delegates’ leanings. Saturday’s ...
Ron Paul backers complete weekend sweep in Minnesota
Twin CitiesDelegates fill out ballots during the Minnesota Republican State Convention at The River's Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud, Minn., Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/The St. Cloud Times, ...
Raw milk, and raw emotion, go to court
Star TribuneMelinda Olson has given her 12-year-old son raw milk for years. When he walked away virtually unscathed from a serious bike accident last year, she credited his healthy diet of raw milk dairy ...
Tevlin: Iron Ranger ready for rest after 'a good long run'
Star TribuneVIRGINIA, MINN. - He grew up on the edge of an open pit mine that became his playground, and as a young man he cleaned motel rooms and delivered the local newspaper, making enough to loan his dad ...
Crews still looking for missing Winona man who fell into Mississippi River
Star TribuneWINONA, Minn. - Crews are still looking for a Winona man who went missing after he fell off a boat into the Mississippi River. Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand has said two men were boating about 4 ...
Lileks: Art-A-Whirling? Salute venues, too
Star TribuneIt's Art-A-Whirl this weekend, where people walk around northeast Minneapolis galleries and look thoughtfully at things and say, "Hmmm." Occasionally someone will pause at a drinking ...
Romney, Paul Split Marks Minn. GOP Convention
WCCOST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- Mitt Romney might be the Republican Party’s presumed nominee for president, but maverick candidate Ron Paul scored the bigger win Saturday at Minnesota’s state ...
Funeral for Minnesota Avenue Shooting Victim
WKBWUpdated May 19, 2012 at 6:20 PM EDT BUFFALO (WKBW) The young woman who was shot and killed last weekend, as part of a wave of gun violence to hit the Queen City, was laid to rest on Saturday. It ...
Whistleblower: Loan consolidation -- for a fee
Star TribuneInstead of leaving you to track down student scholarships or fill out FAFSA forms yourself, companies will eagerly do it for you for a fee. Now, thousands of Minnesotans saddled with student debt ...
4-year-old boy injured in St. Paul hit and run
KARE 11ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Police are looking for the suspect involved in a hit and run crash that sent a 4-year-old boy to the hospital Saturday ...
Fresco project boosts small Minn. city
KARE 11, just up I-35 from the Twin Cities, is about to become a center of the art world. A local church is adding a very special project to their memory garden by County Highway 19. Renowned ...
Mpls Beaches Open; Lifeguards On Duty June 9
WCCOMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) has announced that area beaches are now open, but lifeguards are not on duty until June 9. The 12 beaches run by the MPRB ...
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