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Students remembered at grief stricken school after field trip tragedy
"It's just so sad to think something that tragic had to happen to innocent kids," said sixth grader Grace Hayden, who remembered her trip to Lilydale park not long ...
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Family friends gather Zach Sobiech while Clouds continues to soar
STILLWATER, Minn. -- On a day when there wasn't a cloud in the sky above Stillwater, hundreds gathered to celebrate the life of a young man whose music continues to soar in the charts. Family and friends poured into the Church of St. Michael Thursday morning for the funeral of Zach Sobiech. One hour before the service started, it was standing-room only. "[We're here] to honor a ...
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Curiocity Food Truck Feature — Neato’s Burgers
With so many new -- and delicious -- food trucks hitting the streets of the Twin Cities each summer, it’s almost too tough to keep up. Well, fear not, we’re here to help. Here’s this week’s food truck ...
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Authorities Ask For Help Finding Grand Rapids Man
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Authorities in Grand Rapids, Minn., are asking the public's help in finding a 53-year-old man who was last seen Monday night near a hospital. William Russell Martin was last seen around 10 p.m. near Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital on Golf Course Road, the city police department said. Martin is described as being 5-feet, 9-inches tall, 160 pounds, with brown eyes, a ...
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MN Teen Whose Song Topped iTunes Chart Laid To Rest
STILLWATER, Minn. (WCCO) – A Stillwater High School student, whose song recently landed at the top of the list of the top-selling singles on iTunes, is being laid to rest Thursday. Zach Sobiech died of bone cancer on Monday. He was 18 years ...
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Two children killed in Minnesota field trip landslide
Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, ...
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Dayton signs Minn. budget bills other legislation
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a pile of state budget bills and other legislation into law, including $2.1 billion in tax ...
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Minn. records more than 200 flu deaths this season
In its final weekly report until next fall, the Minnesota Department of Health said Thursday there were 201 flu-related deaths during the 2012-13 influenza ...
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Minnesota banks still face challenges Fed says
Minnesota banks' first-quarter performance was a mixed bag, with a drop in problem loans on the plus side, but balanced against continued difficulty returning to pre-recession levels of profitability. In the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' first-quarter report on the state's banks, signs of progress were tempered by signs the economy that isn't ramping up quickly. ...
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Minnesota Lynx get final roster down to 11 players
Lindsey Moore, the Lynx' number one draft pick finishes up at a photographers station at Media Day for the Minnesota Lynx at Target Center in Minneapolis Thursday May 16, 2013. (Pioneer Press: Jean ...
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Bakeries in Minneapolis The French Corner Bistro Bakery
Minneapolis Bakeries are in high demand--especially for those who love to indulge in authentic French pastries and baked goods. The French Corner Bakery & Bistro will open its doors on June 1. This new Twin Cities bakery will be conveniently located in the heart of downtown Minneapolis at 1200 Nicollet Mall, for more information call ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 23
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...
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New Minn. law allows more childhood abuse lawsuits
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse and want to file civil lawsuits will have much wider access to the courts under a bill awaiting Gov. Mark Dayton's ...
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Brutal flu season is over Minnesota recorded 201 related deaths
Health officials are officially closing the book on the flu season. In its final weekly report until next fall, the Minnesota Department of Health on Thursday said there were a total of 201 flu-related deaths during the 2012-13 influenza season. That's the highest annual tally in the four years that health officials have been collecting death statistics using current methods. In terms of ...
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Fashion truck coming St. Paul approves mobile retail licenses
First came the food trucks. Now, fashion trucks can rev their engines, head to downtown St. Paul and sell their products. Shops on wheels have been on the rise around the country including locally, and the city of St. Paul is making efforts to welcome them to the neighborhood. On Wednesday, the city of St. Paul unanimously approved an ordinance to create a new license category allowing for ...
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Minnesotas drought conditions improving
Drought is now affecting less than a quarter of Minnesota, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Drought Monitor. Since last week, the percentage of the state in drought dropped by nearly half -- from about 45 percent to 23 percent, according to the drought monitor, which released its latest drought map Thursday. The percentage of the state in a severe drought dropped from about 13 ...
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Searchers find body of second child killed in Minnesota mudslide
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Searchers on Thursday found the body of a second fourth-grader killed when a landslide swept students, who were on a fossil-hunting field trip, into a pit full of water and mud at a park in St. Paul, Minnesota, authorities ...
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Part Of Minn. Park Where Slide Killed 2 Closed
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman says an area of a park where two children were killed in a gravel slide is now indefinitely closed. Coleman also says no permits will be issued for fossil hunting in Lilydale Regional Park. Fourth-graders from two elementary schools were on a fossil-hunting field trip in the park Wednesday when a rockslide killed two children and ...
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Sports Verdict Who’s The NBA’s Biggest Villain LeBron James Vs. David Stern
With the Heat set to square off against the Pacers, the question on the mind of every fan is what, if anything, can manage to topple LeBron and his quest for a second title? As the feats, and really the legend of LeBron James grows ever larger, he has begun to transcend the game itself, much to the dismay of many fans. Consequently, is he, or Commissioner David Stern, the greatest villain ...
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Body of child found in deadly Minn. landslide
ST. PAUL, Minn. -; Authorities in St. Paul say they've recovered the body of a child missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured at a park along the Mississippi ...
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Body of missing student recovered from St. Paul park
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The body of a missing 4th grader from St. Louis Park has been recovered from a collapse area at the bottom of a bluff by St. Paul search crews. The child, identified by family members as 10-year-old Mohamed Fofana, was among four youngsters ...
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42 New Troopers Graduating From Training At Camp Ripley
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Just in time for the busy holiday travel weekend, Minnesota is getting some new state troopers. Forty two new state troopers cadets are graduating Thursday after four months of training at Camp Ripley. State Patrol Lieutenant Eric Roeske said they come from diverse backgrounds. Roeske said the new troopers will train in the field with veteran troopers for 16 weeks ...
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Dayton Vetoes Projects From Minn. Legacy Bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton has line-item vetoed to strike two provisions from a bill that distributes sales-tax money by way of state grants for the outdoors, parks and trails and arts and cultural ...
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Soul Asylum Headlining Target Field’s Skyline Festival
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Target Field will offer the opportunity for Twin Cities residents to re-familiarize themselves with one of their favorite local bands of the ’80s and ’90s. Soul Asylum has been announced as the headlining act of the Skyline Music Festival, which will be at the Target Field on Friday, July 26. That will be just two weeks after Kenny Chesney holds his ...
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Hastings robbery suspect held after tips
Acting on tips from the public, Hastings police arrested a 27-year-old man they say robbed a gas station at knife-point Wednesday, May 22. Joseph Robert Olson of Hastings was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of aggravated robbery and domestic assault, in connection with an April incident. In addition, Jacquelyn Irene Keehn, 31, also of Hastings, was arrested on suspicion of aiding an ...
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Block E's future finally brighter?
Block E has long been cursed with misfortune and a bad reputation. The acquisition of the mall of the same name, which stands on a block with a troubled history, may signal a change in fortune for the area.
Block E. For residents of Minneapolis the downtown city block has been a source of good times and bad, highs and lows, affluence and squalor, for almost one hundred years. Read more
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