Video: Youth Sailing Days Regatta On White Bear Lake
Friday was a perfect day to go sailing. A few clouds in the sky and windy conditions helped competitors at the Twin Cities Youth Sailing Days Regatta on White Bear Lake.
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Friday was a perfect day to go sailing. A few clouds in the sky and windy conditions helped competitors at the Twin Cities Youth Sailing Days Regatta on White Bear Lake.
Police in Minneapolis are urging caution and seeking suspects after two women were reportedly raped this week. Authorities said the incidents happened two days apart, on Monday and Wednesday.
The man killed by a SWAT team sniper during a standoff Wednesday night in northern Minnesota has been identified. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office announced Friday that 34-year-old Miquell David Deppa, of Liberty Township, died due to blood loss from a gunshot wound.
Conditions weren't great for the fourth-annual State High School Muskie Fishing Tournament near Randall, Minn., on Friday. In fact, no one even caught a Muskie, as 10 high school teams qualified to compete in the event.
With the nice weather on tap for this weekend, many Minnesotans will be headed to the lakes. And to help keep everyone safe on the water, the DNR is ramping up patrols to crack down on drunken boaters. Friday marks the start of "Operation Dry Water" across the state. Boaters caught operating under the influence will have their boats impounded and could even be banned from boating.
It has been nearly a year since a 5-year-old boy went missing during one of the hottest days of summer. Last July, Scott Meyer snuck out the front door of his house in western Wisconsin and ran off. Because he is non-verbal with autism, hundreds turned out to try to find him. A search volunteer and his dog discovered Scott the next day after he'd spent a night in the nearby woods.
Despite a wet summer that's virtually wiped out Minnesota's drought, White Bear Lake still has a problem. The water level has been low for years.
In the village of Stockholm, Wis., local leaders faced a big dilemma. The charm of this town of 66 people lies in the historic homes and quaint storefronts perched along a bluff overlooking Lake Pepin.
A man suspected of stealing almost $10,000 in teeth-whitening strips, weight-loss pills, condoms, Rogaine and other products from Walgreen stores in Colorado has been arrested in Idaho. Sheriff's officials in Jefferson County, Colo., said Friday that 27-year-old Curtis M. Williams also is suspected in similar thefts in Utah, Minnesota, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska and Puerto Rico.
Being the barbarian to the form I am, I watched wide-eyed as Dessay sang Violetta to life. In gym clothes, with hair like she just skydived onto stage, Dessay hit notes in the ionosphere and with apparent ease, while also acting, taking direction, and speaking Italian. Her performance, which is the heartbeat of the documentary, bordered on superhuman. But that only held my interest for so long.
A 31-year-old Wyoming, Minn., man faces multiple charges in connection to the hit-and-run crash that killed an Army veteran earlier this month.
An Iowa woman says she has resolved her lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann that accused the former presidential candidate's campaign of stealing an email list of home school supporters. A lawyer for Barbara Heki, of Johnston, says the case against the Minnesota congresswoman and her senior Iowa campaign aides was dismissed Friday in Polk County District Court. Heki had been a longtime board member of the Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators and volunteered for Bachmann's 2012 Iowa caucus campaign.
The Minnesota Lottery will set a new sales record for the sixth consecutive year. According to the Lottery's Executive Director Ed Van Petten, last year's record amount of $520 million will easily be passed. "Sales for the current fiscal year were already ahead of last years by the end of May," Van Petten said. "When we close out the fiscal year on June 30, we will be well ahead of last year's total sales."
New Hope police are investigating after finding a dead body inside a car late Thursday night. According to the New Hope Police Department, the victim was discovered at 8:30 p.m. on the 7600 block of Bass Lake Road.
I was no great fan of "Olympus Has Fallen," a movie that I lamented "turns Americans in uniform into unwilling human fireworks." So why was it that I sat through the almost identically-plotted "White House Down" with a goofy grin on my face?
