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For many who have served, Memorial Day has a very special meaning. For some it's a day of pain, remembering the lives lost during combat. For others it's a time to honor the fallen and let others know why it's important to do so. But for most all who served, it is more than just a day off from work, barbecues and family gatherings.
In our 24/7 world, many of us have become obsessed with our high tech devices, but when we don't use them correctly or just plain overdo it, we may get some aches and pains. Doctors say they're seeing more cases of things like tablet neck, smart phone finger and mouse tendonitis.
The Memorial Day holiday in Minnesota is proof of how much difference a year can make. Memorial Day 2014 in Minnesota was quite different than Memorial Day 2013. Temps soared into the 80's in the Twin Cities on Monday.
The Minneapolis toddler who got national attention after falling eleven stories from an apartment building, and surviving, is back home with his family. It was on Mother's Day, May 11, at the Riverside Plaza apartments in Minneapolis when 15-month-old Musa Dayib slipped through a 5.5 inch slit on the family's balcony.
It was 21 years ago when the story of a Reno lounge singer turned convent choir director entered our lives for the better.
Authorities said there have been no injuries but residents in some far northwestern Minnesota towns have been evacuated after an oil line explosion Monday morning.
Health officials in Sioux Falls are urging residents to verify that their vaccinations are up-to-date, following a reported increase in the number of pertussis cases in South Dakota. The state Health Department late last week said 29 cases of pertussis or whooping cough had been reported statewide so far this year, compared to 67 in all of last year.
I'm not exactly surprised to see the box office receipts for this holiday weekend. Specifically, I'm not surprised to see that Godzilla is off by 77 percent of its opening weekend totals.
There once was one. Now, there are two ... days ... of Rock the Garden! And now we know who'll be performing at the Walker Art Center event. On Saturday, June 21, the weekend festival opens up with De La Soul, Matt and Kim, Best Coast, Jeremy Messersmith and Lizzo.
A 79-year-old woman was killed Saturday and an 88-year-old man was injured when the motorcycle they were on in western Wisconsin lost control and went into the ditch, according to the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office.
The only things Minnesotans are interested in as much as sports like rollerblading and football are personal injury lawyers, according to a new map created by the real estate website Estately.
Experts said Monarch butterfly numbers are dropping dangerously low, but there's an easy way you can help. The St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota has a garden specifically catered to pollenating and helping the Monarch butterfly.
It's Memorial Day, a day where we take time to honor those past and present who have served our country to ensure our freedom. It also leads to some confusion on what places are closed and what are open.
Authorities said they've recovered the body of a 14-year-old boy from the Mississippi River in St. Paul Park after a drowning Sunday night. The Washington County Sheriff's Office was called at about 5:13 p.m. to Lions Levee Park along the Mississippi River on a report of a drowning.
By this time next week, we will know who the Minnesota Republican party will nominate to run against Sen. Al Franken and Gov. Mark Dayton.
