- Crow Wing Power Community Trust Board has trustee opening 29 Mar 2020 09:23 Brainerd Dispatch The Crow Wing Power Community Trust Board is seeking volunteer applicants for a vacant board seat in District 1A or 1B in the northern territory, including Pequot Lakes, Breezy Point, Pine River, Backus and Hackensack. The board consists of nine Crow Wing …
- Lakes area families, friends keep in touch despite social distancing 29 Mar 2020 09:23 Brainerd Dispatch Some lakes area families, though, are pushing through, finding unique ways to continue safe, protected face-to-face visitations with their loved ones. Sue Kuhn of Nisswa is used to spending about three days a week out and about with her 99-year-old mom …
- Twins scout in South Korea stuck at home, but country's teams could start playing soon 29 Mar 2020 07:34 Star Tribune There just might be baseball played somewhere in this world as soon as the end of April, giving David Kim an opportunity to return to his perch in the stands. Kim is a Twins scout who works the Pacific Rim but, for the past several weeks, has been at his …
- Costco pulls out of plans to build in Duluth 29 Mar 2020 07:34 Star Tribune DULUTH – Costco says it is no longer coming to Duluth because of what it says are the high costs of developing in the city. The warehouse retail chain terminated its purchase agreement “due primarily to extraordinarily high project bids which far exceeded …
- Historic Calumet Inn in Pipestone, Minnesota, shuts down in fierce fight between owner and city 29 Mar 2020 07:34 Star Tribune Looking forward to its biggest bookings in years, the historic Calumet Inn in Pipestone, Minn., was shut down this month by city officials who condemned the 133-year-old building for fire code violations. The city’s abrupt action left the hotel’s owner, …
- 'Blue wall of silence': When the sexual assault suspect is a police officer 29 Mar 2020 07:34 Star Tribune Elisabeth Samson Lee sat alone in her office one quiet afternoon stuffing envelopes when a co-worker came up behind her, reached into her lap and rubbed his fingers across her crotch before grabbing an envelope. Horrified, she shot up and pushed her way …
- Academic allies: Former Gophers football teammates looked to as leaders 29 Mar 2020 07:34 Star Tribune They arrived at the University of Minnesota in 1998, part of the same football recruiting class, two players from different states and different backgrounds who quickly realized how much they had in common. Michael Lehan and Astein Osei were Gophers …
- Artists are still making art. The Interact Center will make sure of that, with your help 29 Mar 2020 07:33 Star Tribune The artist peered at the camera through gauzy swirls of tulle netting, ripped from a wedding dress he was reassembling into something wonderful and new. “Tulle Virus,” fabric artist BDG Wolfe captioned his selfie, adding his update to the Interact Center …
- Minnesotans hunker down at cabins to escape coronavirus 29 Mar 2020 07:33 Star Tribune CLEAR LAKE, WIS. – The way Mel Jacobson sees it, he’s in the world’s safest place right now. “When the virus hit, it was pretty natural to come here,” said the 85-year-old potter and teacher, who left his Minnetonka home 10 days ago for his 40 acres along …
- 'My biggest fear is she will die alone': Families agonize over separation as coronavirus spreads in Minnesota's nursing homes 29 Mar 2020 07:33 Star Tribune In the weeks since the coronavirus outbreak began, Jillian Van Hefty has tried to suppress any outward signs of the anguish she feels over being separated from her elderly mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease. But she couldn’t stop the tears one recent …
