Minnesota's new gold-on-gold uniforms shined for much of the first half, though they eventually rusted over against a better Ohio State team Saturday.
The Gophers dropped their third straight game of the season to the No. 8 Buckeyes…
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Christopher B. Melancon, in La Crosse, Wis., for this past weekend’s Oktoberfest celebration, walked across the hall from the apartment where he was staying, befriended a fellow inactive Marine and got a football party moved into his new friend’s place. That was typical of the 24-year-old Iraq veteran and Bloomington resident, said Anthony Triplett, another inactive Marine who was Melancon’s …
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LA CROSSE, WIS. - The man who drowned in the Mississippi River early Sunday morning after reportedly falling from a bridge has been identified as Christopher B. Melancon, 24, of Bloomington. Police said it was too early to know whether alcohol was a factor in the death. Initial eyewitness reports were conflicting, as one observer reported seeing the man jump from the bridge and another said he …
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LA CROSSE, WIS. - The man who drowned in the Mississippi River early Sunday morning after reportedly falling from a bridge has been identified as Christopher B. Melancon, 24, of Bloomington. Police said it was too early to know whether alcohol was a factor in the death. Initial eyewitness reports were conflicting, as one observer reported seeing the man jump from the bridge and another said he …
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LA CROSSE, WIS. - A college-age man drowned in the Mississippi River early Sunday morning after reportedly falling from a bridge, rekindling unpleasant memories in an region that has become notorious for the drowning of young, drunken men. Police said it was too early to know whether alcohol was a factor in the death of the Milwaukee man, whose name and age were not released but who was …
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The Minnesota volleyball team's fourth conference win of the season might have come at a high cost.
The No. 12 Gophers (11-3 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) swept No. 11 Michigan (13-3, 1-3) at the Sports Pavilion Sunday…
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Deborah Newman said Sunday that she knew something was wrong when she pulled into her rural Blaine property and her daughter’s show horse didn’t come up to the fence and nicker a greeting. It was about 10 p.m. on Thursday that Rose, a Morgan, displayed uncharacteristic lethargy: She held her head low, wouldn’t come when called and refused to eat. A man in dark clothing lurked in Rose’s outdoor …
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Five of the hell-raisers some are calling the “Ely Six” weren’t even born when the U.S. government created the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness along Minnesota’s northern border. But the bitterness that enormous change left in some Ely residents a generation ago runs like a coil of DNA through a 24-page criminal complaint describing the drunken shooting spree the six allegedly went on in …
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Deborah Newman said Sunday that she knew something was wrong when she pulled into her rural Blaine property and her daughter’s show horse didn’t come up to the fence and nicker a greeting. It was about 10 p.m. on Thursday that Rose, a Morgan, displayed uncharacteristic lethargy: She held her head low, wouldn’t come when called and refused to eat. A man in dark clothing lurked in Rose’s outdoor …
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When Mike Wendorf moved into a condominium in Minneapolis three years ago, he knew what to expect from downtown living. But reality twisted those expectations when tailgaters twice swarmed around his increasingly residential neighborhood north of the Metrodome over the weekend. The Gophers crowd had barely hauled away their empty beer kegs from the parking lot next to his high-rise Saturday …
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Shane, an abused Doberman from Pennsylvania, sat at attention at the feet of his trainer. Eric, a delinquent 18-year-old from Minnesota, knelt to the floor with a treat in his hand, urging the dog to lie down. It took several times before the dog’s belly hit the floor. When it did, the boy smiled, gave him the treat and tousled his head. It was an accomplishment for both. Eric is participating …
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MINNESOTA’S NEW STATEWIDE SMOKING BAN The Minnesota ban took effect at 12:01 a.m. today. In the United States, 22 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have passed smoke-free laws that cover restaurants and bars. Some states have yet to enact their bans. What’s covered: The Minnesota law applies to bars, restaurants, private clubs such as VFWs and American Legion halls, bowling alleys, …
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ABOUT HOME FOR LIFE Home for Life is a no-kill animal sanctuary in western Wisconsin. Animals deemed unfit for adoption come from across the nation to live out their lives at the facility. Some are trained to be therapy animals, providing a friendly face to people in nursing homes, hospitals and domestic abuse shelters. For more information, go to www.homeforlife.org.
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Effective Monday, any U.S. citizens traveling by air to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda must have a passport to enter or leave the U.S.
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Authorities are investigating the shooting of a truck driver by squirrel hunters. The St. Louis County sheriff’s office says the 56-year-old semi driver was
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