Finding Minnesota: Alpine Village On The Iron Range
Knowing how to yodel is not required when you visit Biwabik, but you might be inspired to try. It's a Northwoods town with a Bavarian personality.
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Knowing how to yodel is not required when you visit Biwabik, but you might be inspired to try. It's a Northwoods town with a Bavarian personality.
Bloomington police cited a 29-year-old man for disorderly conduct for tossing 1,000 dollar bills over an upper floor railing at the Mall of America. Serge Vorobyov, of Apple Valley, admitted throwing the money as a choir performed "Let it Snow" on Friday.
Richfield Police are investigating after a 48-year-old man died at a home on the 7300 block of 12th Avenue. According to authorities, officers responded to a 911 call at the address around 4:53 a.m. Sunday, after the caller stated an assault was in progress.
Wisconsin authorities thought they could curb libidos at the state's nude beach by closing it on weekdays, but citation data shows the move just shifted the hanky-panky to the weekends.
The two officers involved in Friday's police-involved shooting that sent one man to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries have been identified.
While the rate of HIV has leveled off in Minnesota, there are some signs of trouble ahead. In Minnesota, nearly 3,500 people have died from HIV or AIDS and there's 7,500 people living with the disease in the state.
A proposal for Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine takes a crucial step forward Friday when regulators release a long-awaited updated environmental review that's certain to fuel the debate over whether the state can get the hundreds of jobs a new era of mining could bring without sacrificing its cherished waters and wild places.
Michigan authorities say at least 17 wolves have been killed in the Upper Peninsula during the state's first wolf hunt in decades. The state Department of Natural Resources says the latest count is through 6 a.m. EST Sunday.
Anoka County officials are investigating the disappearance of a 22-year-old man. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension issued a missing-person alert Saturday for Kevin Casserly, of Anoka.
It's been 20 years since one of Minnesota's deadliest airplane tragedies killed 18 people near Hibbing. On this day in 1993, a commuter plane that departed from Minneapolis crashed.
One Twin Cities community is rallying around a local family to help them cope with the death of their child. Tony and Sarah Zahradka lost their 18-month-old daughter, Janie, two months ago. Her passing is called Sudden Unexplained Death in a Child, or SUDC, which is 54-times rarer than SIDS. Sometimes loss is so painful that moving on seems impossible. "She was just kind of taken for no reason. It's kind of hard to deal with," Tony said.
An Anoka family is searching for a missing father of two. Kevin Casserly, 22, was last seen near the North Star station in Anoka on Nov. 12. Casserly has not contacted his family or shown up to work at Lakeland Tool. Kevin's sister, Alex Casserly, says her brother's disappearance has been very difficult to explain to his children. "[His kids] wanted to have a traditional Thanksgiving meal, and for them it was hard to understand why their dad wasn't there," Casserly said.
The Black Friday holiday shopping blitz has now stretched into a four-day shopping excursion. For mom and pop stores, the competition is bigger than ever. Sara Moulton spent Small Business Saturday shopping at one of her local favorites in Minneapolis, Patina. "The big stores are taking over holidays," Moulton said. "I just love supporting local businesses and giving back to the community." Patina manager Karin Tepparo says they don't tout deep discounts, but instead rely on their one-of-a-kind items to bring in customers.
It's a quirk of the Twin Cities dining scene that there are only a couple seafood restaurants. The new seafood restaurant Union Fish Market in downtown Minneapolis is hoping to fill the void. That's how Jason DeRusha got a taste of the delicious scallops in this week's DeRusha Eats.
The high-speed Internet capability that's an afterthought in big cities and regional centers is spreading ever deeper into the nation's countryside. It has been nudged along by billions in federal stimulus dollars and state efforts to expand a key amenity for both quality of life and business competitiveness.
