Vikings-Packers Game Big Deal To Minn. Political Campaigns
The Thursday night NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers is so big it even affects political strategy.
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The Thursday night NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers is so big it even affects political strategy.
Construction of the largest solar energy project in Minnnesota is now underway at the Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport. The new solar installation will be built on the top deck of the Terminal 1 parking ramps. When it's up and running, it will generate enough energy to handle about 20 percent of the airport's power supply.
Teddy Bridgewater is the player on everyone's minds, and now, on everyone's jerseys. The latest fan favorite was hard to keep in stock before Thursday's Vikings-Packers game. "Not in my size, otherwise I would've got one." Chad Mostrom said. "I have to call back tomorrow."
A 23-year-old man was charged Thursday in a case where two teenage girls went missing from their homes in Andover and were found a day later at a home in Burnsville.
A 62-year-old Maplewood man and self-proclaimed pastor was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for raping two young girls for almost a decade. Jacoby Kindred was convicted on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, and was given consecutive sentences of 144 months for each.
Toward the end of The Last Days in Vietnam, a marine who was part of the evacuation of Saigon describes the terrible episode as the Vietnam War "in microcosm." That is to say: It had the tragic mix of good intentions and poor leadership that led to broken promises and a country's demise. Yet, filmmaker Rory Kennedy's vital and moving documentary on the Fall of Saigon isn't so much about her pointing a finger, as it is about highlighting the pain, panic, heartbreak, and heroism wound up in those dark days in the spring of 1975.
Cottage Grove Police arrested a woman they believe is involved in the disappearance of her 7-year-old child Thursday afternoon. Tahya Yestar Sanders, 37, was arrested after allegedly fighting police officers questioning her about her child's whereabouts.
Minnesota has hired the top official to oversee research on the effects of marijuana for the state's new medical marijuana program. Dr. Thomas Arneson, an internal medicine specialist with research experience in several organizations, will head up research efforts in the state's Office of Medical Cannabis. His hire was announced Thursday. He starts Monday.
A 55-year-old Crosby man is dead after rollover crash in Aitkin, Minnesota Thursday morning, according to the state patrol. The accident happened at about 11:20 a.m. on Highway 169. Thomas Considine, who was driving a Chevy Silverado, was killed in the crash.
Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown, er, "Peanuts" gang! Yes, the iconic comic strip, "Peanuts," created by Charles Schulz, debuted on this day, 64 years ago.
The Twin Cities Marathon is still a few days away, but preps around the course are already underway and it may mean motorists will need to plan a detour.
One person is dead and another was seriously hurt in a head-on crash near Kimball Thursday morning. Authorities were called to the area of Highway 15 and 150th Street, just north of Kimball, at about 5:54 a.m. on a report of a head-on crash.
The Minnesota State High School League voted to postpone making a decision on the league's proposed policy about transgender students who want to play on athletic teams. As WCCO's Bill Hudson reported, the board wanted the currently written policy to move forward, but also to refine it before it becomes fully implemented.
Gov. Mark Dayton is heading to southwestern Minnesota next weekend for the 2014 Pheasant Hunting Opener in Minnesota. The annual Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener will be held in Worthington Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10-11.
