St. Paul gearing up for busy St. Patrick's Day weekend
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says they're cracking down on drunk driving, and there will be extra law enforcement in downtown St. Paul all day Friday and through the weekend.
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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says they're cracking down on drunk driving, and there will be extra law enforcement in downtown St. Paul all day Friday and through the weekend.
"March Madness is my favorite time of year. St Patrick's Day just starting March Madness is like a cherry on top," said Redmon Wallace. "You don't have many perfect days in the world. Today's a perfect day."
It's St. Patrick's Day, and the luck of the Irish will once again be flowing through the Twin Cities.
New figures show Minnesota's hospitality and tourism industry lost more than $15 billion in revenue over the last two years.
St. Paul's beloved St. Patrick's Day Parade will return in its traditional form this month for the first time in three years.
The St. Patrick's Day parade, put on by the St. Paul St. Patrick's Association, hosted their first parade since 2019.
Irish pubs in the Twin Cities are preparing to celebrate in a way that was missed in 2020.
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People celebrating St. Patrick's Day are cautioned to find a sober ride.
That's despite options for getting home, including free bus rides, Metro Transit and Uber.
Hundreds of people taking part in St. Patrick's Day festivities eventually ran out of luck and ended up in jail, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
It was a busy day in downtown Minneapolis for St. Patrick's Day, and the city says crime is on the decline.
Mike Augustyniak heads to a St. Paul Irish pub that's away from all the St. Patrick's Day chaos.
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If you're going out to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, there are plenty of options to get around safely that won't cost you a dime.
It's been a record-breaking week in St. Paul. Local businesses have seen a huge influx in traffic, partly because of high school hockey.
Officials say DWI arrests were slightly down on St. Patrick's day this year compared to last year.
St. Patrick's Day comes in second as the holiday for the highest number of DWI arrests per hour, and the numbers tend to climb when the holiday falls on a weekend.
It was hard to ignore the Irish spirit on the streets of St. Paul on Friday. The St. Patrick's Day Parade has become an annual tradition in the capital city -- but it's green year-round.
The Department of Public Safety said there will be extra officers on DWI patrols this weekend, looking for drunk drivers.
Locklin Road is comprised of Sheri O'Meara, Dan Kowalke, Gregg Weigand and Tom Greenwald. For more than a decade, they have played Celtic and original folk music in Minnesota and internationally, both live and through podcasts and radio.
Because St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday during Lent, Archbishop Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has given the go-ahead for Catholics to eat meat this Friday.
Create the perfect St. Patrick's Day party from scratch with these helpful hints!
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The president told the New York Times that joint strikes may not end for four to five weeks.
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The month of March will be a pivotal one as Minnesota attempts to emerge from the shadow of massive fraud.
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Monday begins a weeklong warm-up in Minnesota.
Minneapolis police need help solving a brutal attack that left a 45-year-old man in a coma.