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National Guard Major General Rick Nash says the Civil War paintings and other military artifacts that some consider too violent are an important tribute to Minnesota soldiers who saved the Union.
The famous statue of Mary Tyler Moore is out of storage and back on display in Minneapolis. The statue of the actress tossing her hat in the air as she did in the opening of her 1970s sitcom was removed from the Nicollet Mall a few months ago because of construction.
The Blenders are making their way to the Pantages Theatre.
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is in Minnesota this week. In its 17th year, the train travels through dozens of communities, raising food and cash donations for North American food banks. There are several stops in Minnesota this week, including Northeast Minneapolis Thursday and St. Paul Union Depot on Friday.
Before beginning his retirement from TV news, Mike Binkley produced one final Finding Minnesota report, a "thank you" to the state for all the memories.
It's called Operation Lifesaver and its focus is reducing the number of accidents along railroad tracks. The Minneapolis non-profit teamed up with the North Pole Express on Sunday.
It's an eventful show this on WCCO Saturday Morning. Here are some of the topics Mike Augustyniak and Natalie Nyhus talked about, and links for further investigation.
"NHTSA has released the full list of vehicles (by model year, make and model) affected by the Takata air bag recalls. Consumers can also use NHTSA's VIN look-up tool to see if their Vehicle Identification Number matches one of the approximately 19 million vehicles from 12 auto manufacturers involved in the recall."
Check out the delicious "Blue Bloods" crab cake recipe below!
Click here for more information on the Seward Neighborhood Winter Frolic & Art Crawl.
For many in the Twin Cities, it's just not the holiday season without a trip to see the Guthrie Theater's production of "A Christmas Carol." On WCCO 4 News at Noon this Friday, we featured two actors from this year's show -- Katie Kleiger plays Belle and Kitty, and Zach Keenan Kacey plays a young Ebenezer Scrooge.
The holidays can be a difficult time for many children who don't have a permanent home. So today the Minnesota Timberwolves had a surprise for some foster children to make their holiday brighter.
One Minnesota boy is learning how the power of the written word can bring two strangers together. Eight-year-old Braxton Lautizi has people from around the world who want to be his pen pal, and it all started with a request over social media.
The Southern University Marching Band -- with help from the Dancing Dolls -- absolutely nails Adele's massive hit song!
The murder rate is down overall in the United States. But violence like the San Bernardino shootings is becoming more common. The FBI studied active shootings where gunmen were "actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area."
