Don't Want To Spend Too Much At The State Fair? Plan Ahead
The Minnesota State Fair can be an expensive outing, but with a little planning you can make a dollar stretch and still have a good time.
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The Minnesota State Fair can be an expensive outing, but with a little planning you can make a dollar stretch and still have a good time.
The fire that damaged a historic house on one of Duluth's busiest streets has been ruled arson. Damage to the red sandstone Traphagen House is estimated at over $150,000. It was built in the 1890s and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Three lawsuits filed by retired NHL players over concussion-related injuries have been consolidated and will be heard by a federal judge in Minnesota. A special panel assigned the cases Tuesday to U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson of St. Paul.
An Inver Grove Heights woman lived to tell about how a jet ski exploded while she was riding it. It happened Sunday afternoon on the St. Croix River not far from Afton, Wis. Nicole Montez suffered a broken back. Her friend, the driver, wasn't hurt
The St. Paul Fire Chief praised several firefighters Tuesday morning for a job well done over the summer. Chief Tim Butler also presented the department's highest honor for civilians to a teenager. The Meritorious Service Award is for demonstrating courage in dangerous conditions.
A woman who once claimed to be Scottish royalty has now pled guilty to welfare fraud. Andrea Chisholm and her husband, Colin, are accused of collecting more than $165,000 in welfare payments while living in a lake-front mansion.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has decided against opening more of Minnesota's scientific and natural areas to hunting and trapping. The agency announced Tuesday that it won't loosen hunting restrictions in 10 of the 159 areas, which are known as SNAs. The areas are protected because they contain rare native plants and undisturbed shorelines.
A Wisconsin sheriff's deputy has been arrested in Minnesota on suspicion of drunken driving. The Milwaukee County sheriff's office identified her Tuesday as 41-year-old Capt. Catherine Trimboli.
A judge found the wife of a man accused of killing his neighbor in New Brighton over a deer-feeding feud not guilty of murder charges Tuesday morning in connection with the April incident. Paula Zumberge, 50, had been charged back in May with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree attempted murder.
A new study found the age and brand of football helmets doesn't lower the risk for concussions. University of Wisconsin researchers looked at more than 2,000 high school football players.
I read somewhere that it is National Peach Month. I'm not one for insignificant holidays, but it does coincide with peach season, so I'm going with it. And since I just ordered 25 pounds of organic peaches, it's officially peach week in my house.
The messy dispute between the Minnesota Vikings and their former punter, Chris Kluwe, has been settled. Kluwe had been threatening a $10 million lawsuit against the team, claiming he was let go because of his support for gay marriage.
Thirty-nine-year-old Cardie Jackson and 40-year-old Shonwta Jackson were charged with second-degree murder Tuesday in Hennepin County Court in the death of their 6-week-old daughter. Hennepin County prosecutor Amy Sweasy says the baby suffocated in a laundry basket filled with blankets and a pillow, where she regularly slept.
Residents of downtown Minneapolis may have been alarmed Monday night by the sight of low-flying helicopters near city buildings. But the police departments of Minneapolis and St. Paul say the public has nothing to fear, as it's all part of a Department of Defense training exercise.
Two inmates at a Minnesota prison are accused of filing $400,000 in false tax claims to the Internal Revenue Service, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Tony Terrell Robinson, 30, and Tanka James Tetzlaff, 39, were each charged Tuesday with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and 10 counts each of making false claims.
