Hello Kitty Purrs Into Minneapolis!
Hello Kitty is a pop culture icon, and she's here in Minnesota this weekend only. She's kicking off her North America tour called "Hello Kitty's Supercute Friendship Festival."
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Hello Kitty is a pop culture icon, and she's here in Minnesota this weekend only. She's kicking off her North America tour called "Hello Kitty's Supercute Friendship Festival."
A retired St. John's Abbey priest accused of sexually abusing children is dead. The law office of Jeff Anderson and Associates announced Friday that Father Richard Eckroth passed away this week at the age of 88.
A frequent presence on Minnesota's election ballots has died. Dick Franson ran for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide and local offices for a total of about 30 attempts. Franson died Wednesday after going through rehab for a concussion earlier this year. He was 86.
There are three world-champion sumo wrestlers doing live demonstrations and meeting fans Saturday at the Mall of America in Bloomington. These three champions weigh a combined 1,400 pounds!
The head of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp warns that he might have to lay off some of his employees if interest rates don't start climbing later this year. Chairman and CEO Richard Davis made that comment at a conference this week.
TV actor Dustin Diamond says he didn't intentionally stab a man in a barroom scuffle just outside of Milwaukee. The 38-year-old Diamond, who played Screech in the 1990s show "Saved by the Bell," is accused of stabbing a man on Christmas Day in Port Washington.
Scoring a lot of runs early in the game has played a big part in Minnesota's surprisingly strong start this season. It's the later innings that haven't been as fruitful for the Twins, who were shut down by Mark Buehrle on Friday night and saw their five-game winning streak snapped with a 6-4 loss.
It's been the backbone of high school sports for 100 years, and the Minnesota State High School League has been celebrating its history for the past several months.
The coach of the Faribault girls high school tennis team is trying to break a Guinness World Record.
Every Friday, we tackle a bunch of viewers' burning questions. This week, Heather Brown explores the Twins' camouflage jerseys, boats' steering wheels and license plate replacements.
The Minneapolis Aquatennial officially announced the 2015 dates on its Facebook page, and many were surprised to see the festivities would only last from July 22 to July 25.
The Hennepin County Attorney's office charged two young men with robbery and possession of a gun after a carjacking Thursday in Minneapolis. Seventeen-year-old Cortinez Powell and 18-year-old Justyn Hosley (pictured above) were with two other men when police approached them in a stolen vehicle in a fast food drive thru in north Minneapolis.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Wisconsin bar $7,000 for the death of an employee who died when her head got caught in a dumbwaiter. OSHA says WingDam Saloon and Grill in Fountain City failed to furnish a workplace free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause death to serious harm to employees.
Gov. Mark Dayton has abandoned his priority plan for a statewide pre-kindergarten program but remains at odds with GOP lawmakers over the amount of new funding for public schools. Republican leaders said Friday that progress had been made in private talks but the Democratic governor described the state of negotiations as a disappointment.
A St. Paul apartment complex is being forced to fix a dangerous, abandoned pool on its property after two young brothers nearly drowned in it on Memorial Day. According to police reports, 7-year-old Sher Kpor tried to grab a flip-flop from the pool's murky rainwater when he slipped and fell in.
