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The Minnesota Star Tribune •

Green Line disruption during Minnesota Yacht Club festival upsets St. Paul officials

A service disruption on the Green Line light rail line could cause issues for music lovers planning to attend the Minnesota Yacht Club festival later this month in St. Paul. Buses will replace the light rail across St. Paul, to the frustration of city officials as downtown prepares to host nearly 100,000 festivalgoers during the rail closure.From July 11 to 21, the line will undergo scheduled maintenance, with service to 13 stations from Raymond Avenue to Union Depot replaced by bus shuttles. Th...
The Minnesota Star Tribune •

Cyclists in Minneapolis celebrate freedom from pants on Independence Day

They rode for freedom — freedom from pants. Hundreds of bicyclists, most of them dressed in their underwear, took to the streets and trails of Minneapolis Friday on an annual ride that offered a unique way to celebrate the Fourth of July.It was the Freedom From Pants Ride, which began in June 2007 when someone on a Twin Cities cycling internet forum organized an underwear ride to escape the summer heat.Garrick Yoong, who participated in that first ride, said they decided to stage a sequel on Ind...
The Minnesota Star Tribune •

Kitties take center stage during annual Minneapolis cat tour

Feline aficionados flooded the streets of Lowry Hill East on a wet Thursday, cheering as cats appeared in windows, on front porches and across lawns.The Wedge Live Cat Tour, an annual guided walk across the neighborhood, showcased dozens of cats for the hundreds who showed up, all within a few hours.The event kicked off at Mueller Park, where parking was scarce for blocks in each direction. Rain had postponed the event Wednesday, and showers continued most of the day Thursday. But as the eventgo...
The Minnesota Star Tribune •

Anchor and reporter Pauleen Le announces departure from WCCO

WCCO anchor and reporter Pauleen Le announced Wednesday that she is leaving the station, with her last show airing Friday at noon.Le grew up in Eagan and interned at the Twin Cities television station while attending the University of St. Thomas. She spent time working in Fort Wayne, Ind., La Crosse, Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wis., before returning to WCCO in 2022.She reports for the morning newscast starting at 5 a.m. and anchors the 8:30-9 a.m. show on the CBS News Minnesota steaming service. I...
The Minnesota Star Tribune •

Parents scramble to find cheap supplies for grad parties after Party City closures

Tracy Berkovitz had a chaotic Friday morning. She was in the final stretch of a marathon effort to plan her son’s high school graduation party and still needed a tablecloth and other last-minute supplies.“I have hit up two different Walmart’s. I’ve looked at Michaels. I’ve been to Cub. I’ve looked at Target. I looked online at different places. I’ve ordered from Amazon,” said Berkovitz last week, right before her son’s graduation from Rosemount High School. “So I’ve gone to multiple different pl...
Estes Valley Voice •

Pro baseball player at bat in Bogey’s Sports Bar

Sandwiched between two houses off of Ivy Street and Moraine Avenue sits a trio of red shipping containers. Inside lies a fully functional sports bar, owned by former professional baseball player Terry Bogener, his son Cam, and wife Carolyn Newberry. Bogey’s Sports Bar gets its name from Terry’s playing days. While at the University of Oklahoma, he was given the nickname Bogey, a riff from his last name. His path to playing Division I ball, then in the Big Eight Conference, actually came from a d...
The Colorado Sun •

Thousands show up across Colorado to say “Hands Off!” to Trump administration

From Denver to Montrose, Fort Collins to Fairplay and as far south as Trinidad, tens of thousands of people showed up across Colorado on Saturday to protest actions of the Trump administration being felt first hand. They were part of a mass mobilization that led to more than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations held in all 50 states. 

A crush of 10,000 protesters spilled from the steps of the state Capitol across Lincoln Street and into Veterans Memorial park in Denver. Amid the sea of homemade si...

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