Sunday 20th May, 2012
Doumit progressing from calf injury
'); } MILWAUKEE -- Ryan Doumit is continuing to make progress with his strained right calf, but is still only available for pinch-hit duty. Doumit served as a pinch-hitter in ...
Gardenhire wants consistency from Plouffe
'); } MILWAUKEE -- Twins manager Ron Gardenhire likes the recent power surge from Trevor Plouffe, but wants the utility player to have more consistent at-bats. Entering Sunday, ...
Pavano's Thursday start uncertain
'); } MILWAUKEE -- The Twins will decide by Tuesday whether right-hander Carl Pavano will start against the White Sox on Thursday, or if they'll use a spot starter with right-hander ...
Same-Sex Marriage Battle Intensifies in Minnesota
Christian PostThe battle for and against the constitutional ban on gay marriage has kicked into full swing in Minnesota six months ahead of the vote due to ...
Get A View Of The Solar Eclipse Tonight
WCCOMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Get ready for a special show in the sky Sunday night. At around 7:35 p.m., we will have a solar eclipse. The moon is going to pass in front of the sun, and we’ll ...
For gay marriage opponents, moments shape minds
Associated PressWhen President Obama announced his support for gay marriage, supporters and pundits declared it symbolic of a historic shift in American attitudes. But as the attention fades, the fact remains that ...
Ron Paul wins majority of delegates in Minnesota
CBS News(Credit: AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) (CBS News) Rep. Ron Paul won a majority of delegates in Minnesota's state convention on Saturday where his supporters captured 12 of the 13 delegate ...
Residents Displaced After Apartment Fire In Robbinsdale
WCCOROBBINSDALE, Minn. (WCCO) - At least one family is displaced from its residence after an apartment fire in Robbinsdale early Sunday morning. Fire crews responded to the 3700 block of Bridgeway ...
Minnesota Company Recalls Burger Meat
WCCOMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A southwestern, Minn., food company is recalling more than 400 pounds of its steakhouse burger meat because of misbranding and allergens, officials said. J&B Group out of ...
Lightning Causes House Fire In White Bear Lake
WCCOWHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) - Lightning is likely to blame for a house fire early Sunday morning in White Bear Lake. Fire crews responded to the fire at about 4:45 a.m. When they arrived, they ...
Twins go for first three-game sweep of season
Minnesota TwinsZack Greinke and the Brewers stand in the way of the Twins as they go for a three-game sweep in Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon. The Twins, who have yet to sweep a three-game series this season, ...
APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight
Associated PressHELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike ...
Rachel Slavik Is One Tough Mudder
WCCOSOMERSET, Wis. (WCCO) – At first glance it may look like your run of the mill race. Yet the Tough Mudder is anything but ordinary. In this newest trend of extreme competition, it is a race ...
When housing went bust, some neighbors built
Pioneer PressJosh Berger of Hugo, right, helps builders put up a wall on the house he's building across the street from his home. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri) views and the promise of maintenance-free ...
Ruben Rosario: Minnesota couple can't forget brutal Bosnian war
Pioneer PressMilutin Dimac, center, his wife, Seima Audacic-Dimac, and sons Jasmin and Eric, far right, sit for a photograph in the living room of their Coon Rapids home Friday, May 18, 2012. The former Bosnian ...
Joe Soucheray: Where once we bought cars, now we only park them
Pioneer PressOther than perhaps the management of storm water, the most pressing issue facing restaurants and bars in St. Paul is where the customers are supposed to park. It wouldn't be a problem if ...
Tom Powers: Are owners at fault for Minnesota's unprecedented sports...
Pioneer Press< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } The owner of a professional sports team is a lot like your appendix. You never really think about him until you feel a sharp pain. And by then it's ...
North Side still pocked with vacant buildings
Star TribuneThe lingering force of the tornado that ripped apart north Minneapolis a year ago shows in the boarded, empty home where the mailbox is still stuffed with letters. The vacant, overgrown lot where a ...
Family returns from trip to find home ransacked
KARE 11An Outbrain customer paid to distribute this content. We do our best to ensure that all of the links recommended to you lead to interesting content. To find out more information about driving ...
A Bumpy Ride Ends At Duluth Airport
WCCODULUTH, Minn. (AP) – An Allegiant Air plane had to return to Duluth and make an emergency landing after engine trouble. Brian Ryks, executive director of the Duluth Airport Authority, says ...
MLB: Minnesota 5, Milwaukee 4
UPITrevor Plouffe socked a go-ahead homer in the 11th inning Saturday and the Minnesota Twins held on to outlast Milwaukee 5-4 in an interleague contest. The Brewers had forced extra innings when they ...
St. Paul: Fans flock from all over to see ... the butcher?
Pioneer PressThe hand-painted sign, tacked high on a telephone pole in front of Stasny's Food Market in St. Paul's North End, might be cryptic to the unknowing. To customers of the shuttered Capitol ...
Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer gets a day of rest ... almost
Pioneer PressMilwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, left, watches as Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer (7) hits a two-RBI double during the fifth inning of a baseball game on Friday, May 18, 2012, in ...
Storms Cut Power To 8,000+, Level Trees In The South Metro
WCCOMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Heavy rain and winds have wreaked havoc throughout the metro Saturday evening. Xcel Energy reports that over 8,000 homes are without power throughout the metro, with the ...
Twins Go Four In A Row, Beat Brewers 5-4
WCCOMILWAUKEE (AP) -- Trevor Plouffe hit a solo home run in the top of the 11th inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Plouffe’s fourth homer ...
Tornado-Ravaged North Mpls Rebuilds, Remembers
WCCOMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the North Minneapolis tornado. On the weekend before the anniversary, the neighborhood celebrated the rebuilding efforts so ...
Plouffe's pinch-hit homer wins it in 11 innings
Minnesota TwinsMIN@MIL: Plouffe lifts a solo shot in the 11th MILWAUKEE -- With a .135 batting average entering Saturday's game against the Brewers, Trevor Plouffe has undoubtedly had his fair share of ...
Eagan motorcyclist critical after collision with semi
Pioneer PressAn Eagan man is in critical condition after a traffic accident in Dakota County on Saturday morning. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, 34-year-old Jeffrey D. Maciej was eastbound on ...
Inver Grove Heights motorcyclist injured in Oakdale chain reaction
Pioneer PressA 41-year-old Inver Grove Heights man was injured in a four-vehicle chain reaction accident in Washington County on Friday afternoon that began when his motorcycle was rear-ended by an SUV. ...
Ron Paul backers complete weekend sweep in Minnesota
Twin CitiesDelegates fill out ballots during the Minnesota Republican State Convention at The River's Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud, Minn., Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/The St. Cloud Times, ...
Motorcyclist dies in crash in Washington County
Star TribuneA 45-year-old man who died Friday night in a motorcycle crash in Forest Lake had alcohol in his system, the State Patrol said Saturday. The patrol identified the victim as Scott L. Vikander. About ...
Primary to settle 2 DFL school races in August
Star TribuneThe inaugural election of a school board member for southwest Minneapolis was thrown into an August primary that may draw up to four candidates after the area's DFL delegates deadlocked ...
Best Restaurants in Minneapolis: Kinhdo
ExaminerThe Best restaurants in Minneapolis are located in unlikely places. Kinhdo is a Vietnamese restaurant on the corner of 27th and Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis. The uptown Minneapolis restaurant has ...
St. Paul Lutherans oppose same-sex marriage ban
Associated PressST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- St. Paul area Lutherans are now on record against changing the state Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and ...
4-year-old boy injured in St. Paul hit-and-run
Associated PressSt. Paul Police spokesman Howie Padilla said the child and his family were preparing to go to a birthday party for him when he was struck by the motorcyclist around 1 p.m. ...
Romney, Paul Split Marks Minn. GOP Convention
WCCOST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- Mitt Romney might be the Republican Party’s presumed nominee for president, but maverick candidate Ron Paul scored the bigger win Saturday at Minnesota’s state ...
Funeral for Minnesota Avenue Shooting Victim
WKBWUpdated May 19, 2012 at 6:20 PM EDT BUFFALO (WKBW) The young woman who was shot and killed last weekend, as part of a wave of gun violence to hit the Queen City, was laid to rest on Saturday. It ...
Lileks: Art-A-Whirling? Salute venues, too
Star TribuneIt's Art-A-Whirl this weekend, where people walk around northeast Minneapolis galleries and look thoughtfully at things and say, "Hmmm." Occasionally someone will pause at a drinking ...
Minneapolis plaza restrictions are off the table
Star TribuneOccupy activists won a small victory last week when Minneapolis City Council President Barb Johnson indefinitely tabled her own effort to bar overnight activity in public plazas. Johnson's ...
Fresco project boosts small Minn. city
KARE 11, just up I-35 from the Twin Cities, is about to become a center of the art world. A local church is adding a very special project to their memory garden by County Highway 19. Renowned ...
Mpls Beaches Open; Lifeguards On Duty June 9
WCCOMINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) has announced that area beaches are now open, but lifeguards are not on duty until June 9. The 12 beaches run by the MPRB ...
Police: 3 Shot Near UW-Madison Campus
WCCOMADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Three people were shot outside bars near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, but their injuries are not life threatening. According to Madison police, a gunman fired ...
Revere starts as Gardy looks to play bench
Minnesota Twins'); } MILWAUKEE -- With six outfielders on his roster, including utility player Trevor Plouffe, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said he's doing his best to find playing time for backups ...
Gardenhire: Marquis needs to speed up
Minnesota Twins'); } MILWAUKEE -- Twins manager Ron Gardenhire met with right-hander Jason Marquis about picking up the pace during his next start against the Brewers on Sunday. Marquis has been ...
Mauer gets rare rest against Brewers
Minnesota Twins'); } MILWAUKEE -- After starting 17 straight games, Joe Mauer was out of the Twins' lineup against the Brewers on Saturday. It marked just the second time Mauer wasn't in the ...
Crews searching for Winona man who fell into river
Associated PressWinona County Sheriff Dave Brand has said two men were boating about 4 p.m. Thursday when Ralph Andring fell into the river. The 57-year-old was not wearing a life vest. The other man threw one to ...
Events scheduled for Minn. tornado anniversary
Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minneapolis officials plan to plant a tree in the yard of a woman whose husband died in the 2011 tornado to mark the first ...
Plane makes emergency landing in Minnesota
The Kansas City StarAn airplane headed from Duluth, Minn., to Las Vegas had to turn around and make an emergency landing after running into engine trouble.
Brian Ryks, executive director of the Duluth ...
DFL endorses three for schools
Star TribuneMinneapolis DFLers bestowed three endorsements for school board Saturday at Edison High School but remain deadlocked for the highly competitive southwest ...
Firefighters still working on Ely fire
KARE 11ELY, Minn. -- Firefighters are still working on extinguishing hot spots of a wildfire in northeastern Minnesota, but have allowed residents back into their ...
Supervalu CEO Herkert gets pay raise, but total is a third of his 2010 compensation
The Business JournalHerkert's "other compensation" includes $58,000 under a "miscellaneous" category, some of which was for personal use of Supervalu aircraft for him and his family. He is ...
Union of Concerned Scientists : Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Group's Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport
progressive newswireBillboard Calls for Sen. McCain to 'Get Serious' About Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON - August 19 - Northwest, the official airline of the Republican National ...
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