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The City of St. Peter’s 2-week-long celebration of the season – Winterfest – is now underway. St. Peter Community Development Director Russ Wille says that many popular Winterfest events are returning this year, including the …
26 Jan 13
The 2013 Brown County Dairy Princess coronation ceremony takes place this (SAT) afternoon at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm. The event is sponsored by the Brown County American Dairy Association, and also includes …
26 Jan 13
Boys Basketball: Springfield 82 MVL 49, GFW 61 Cathedral 57, Sleepy Eye 57 Wabasso 47,
26 Jan 13
Free-agent pitcher Carl Pavano is dealing with an injury setback. FoxSports.com reports the 37-year-old suffered a ruptured spleen when he slipped and fell while shoveling snow in his driveway in Vermont. He’s expected to be …
26 Jan 13
The Gophers look to get back on track this afternoon in Madison against Wisconsin. Minnesota has lost three straight to fall to 3-and-3 in Big Ten play. The Golden Gophers are 15-and-4 overall this year. …
26 Jan 13
Jordan Crawford scored 19 points off the bench to lift the Wizards over the Timberwolves, 114-101. Derrick Williams tallied 18 points and 11 rebounds for Minnesota, which has lost eight of its last nine. Mickael …
26 Jan 13
Todd Bertuzzi tallied a pair of goals to help the Red Wings defeat the Wild, 5-3. Zach Parise [[ puh-REE-zee ]] scored two goals for Minnesota, which fell to 2-and-2. Tom Gilbert added a goal …
26 Jan 13
29 percent of emloyers will do this when their employees call in sick. What is it? Answer: Give them a call at their home or ask them to b ring in a doctor’s note. These …
25 Jan 13
The warm, dry weather of the past week gave farmers their best opportunity yet for fieldwork this season. Around 5 days were suitable for fieldwork last week in Minnesota. That let corn planting advance by …
