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State champs! Fridley boys, Anoka's Salami win track and field championships
Seven. Six. Five. Two. One. Seven podium performances, put together by six superstar performers. Five top-three finishes, including two individual state titles. A weekend of eye-popping numbers, all adding up to one: Fridley boys track and field as the final team standing at the Class AA Track and Field Championships at St. Michael-Albertville June 6-8,...
Baby woodpeckers saved from storm damage in the north Twin Cities metro
LEXINGTON, Minn. — Severe storms that tore through the town of Lexington this week forced an evacuation for four tiny residents. Community service officers with Centennial Lake police were called to a neighborhood after the storm — not to help the homeowner, but baby woodpeckers nestled inside a fallen tree branch.The department shared the rescue in a post on Facebook on Thursday, showing part of the branch with the birds sitting in the back of a squad car. The officers transported them to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville for care.Brittney Yohannes, communications and development director for the animal hospital, said the story...
Man sentenced for fire at Shoreview barbershop
SHOREVIEW, Minn. — A man was sentenced Friday to probation and restitution for starting a fire inside a Shoreview barbershop.Dennis Manning will be on supervised probation for two years and pay $5,475 in restitution, according to court records. He also received a three-day jail sentence that was stayed.Manning pleaded guilty to negligent fire in March. Charges of first- and second-degree arson against him were dropped as part of a plea deal. The fire occurred at Pauly Ray's Sports Barbershop on Nov. 29, 2023.According to a criminal complaint, Manning was seen on surveillance video lighting a cloth on fire inside the shop. Authorities arrested Manning near the scene and found a lighter on him. WCCO profiled Manning shortly before the fire, when his landlord notified him he had 45 days to vacate the space occupied by Sportsmen's Barbers, Manning's shop in Columbia Heights. Manning told police the owner of Paul Ray's planned to move the shop to Columbia Heights, the complaint states. The owner said Manning repeatedly asked about moving the shop to Columbia Heights, but the owner had no intention of doing so. Note: The video above originally aired Dec. 3, 2023.
Lake Elmo in Billings restocked with cutthroat trout
BILLINGS, Mont. - Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks began stocking Lake Elmo with cutthroat trout on Tuesday. FWP says they released 400 cutthroat trout ranging in size from six inches to over a foot. The fish came all the way from the Yellowstone River Trout Hatchery in Big Timber. FWP...
Sports Recap: Totino-Grace baseball, Andover girls lacrosse reach state; area golfers in hunt after day 1
Legacy Christian Academy was in third place, just four strokes behind the leader, following the opening round of the Class A state boys golf tournament at Pebble Creek in Becker June 11. The final round of state meets for all three classes was scheduled for June 12. Legacy’s Tanner McNamee was tied for 15th place with a first round score of 78. Braylon Ylkanen was just a shot back in 17th place with a 79, followed by Elijah Wade (82), Trevor Zenk (85), Miles Greer...
Forest Lake Area High School changes daily schedule, start time
At the start of next school year, the Forest Lake Area High School will transition from a seven-period semi-block schedule to an equal seven-period day in an effort to accommodate a smaller full-time staff, as well as improve student academic achievement in classes and standardized testing. Under the current schedule, there are five class periods in a day, with the first three classes being 51 minutes long, and two class periods lasting 90 minutes, like a “block” schedule, which Forest Lake Area High School Principal...
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