People & Places

• Coverage prompts more tips on Wetterling case
  Stearns County authorities have received about 30 more tips in the Jacob Wetterling case in the past week or so as his family marked the 20th anniversary of his abduction.October 23, 2009
• Comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83
  Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, died Thursday. He was 83.October 23, 2009
• All-star movie faces uphill struggle -- because it's about soccer
  A new movie called "The Damned United," opening in the Twin Cities this weekend, has a lot going for it, but the film faces a challenge at the U.S. box office because - it's about soccer.October 23, 2009
• Video: Foster care for fowl
  From Chicago to Houston to South Portland, Maine, the urban chicken movement has taken hold. More and more city folks are raising the birds right in their own backyards.October 22, 2009
• Twenty years on, hope lives for Jacob Wetterling
  It's been 20 years since Jerry and Patty Wetterling's son, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, went missing and little has changed in the case, however it has changed how law enforcement officials handle missing children cases track those who might kidnap or otherwise harm children.October 22, 2009
• Top European choral conductor brings program to Minneapolis
  One of the world's top choral conductors, Simon Halsey, is in Minnesota to lead a performance by VocalEssence and he says Minnesota has an international choral reputation.October 20, 2009
• Man who bought wolf on Craigslist must find it a new home
  An Austin, Minn., man bought the pet wolf after seeing an ad for it on Craigslist. But it's illegal to own a wolf in the city, so he must find another home for the animal.October 20, 2009
• Minneapolis teacher wins Milken educator award
  A Minneapolis math teacher has won The Milken National Educator Award, which is often called the "Oscars of teaching."October 20, 2009
• Panel to look at Lincoln's legacy in Minnesota
  President Abraham Lincoln never made it to Minnesota, but those who study him say his policies had a lasting effect on African-Americans and Dakota Indians in the state.October 20, 2009
• Former Theater de la Jeune Lune duo mounts new show
  A year after the collapse of Theater de la Jeune Lune, two of that company's central figures are returning together to a Twin Cities stage this week.October 20, 2009
• Gunflint Trail, a 'road built for no reason' becomes National Scenic Byway
  Hundreds of years after American Indians forged a footpath through eastern Minnesota to Lake Superior, the Gunflint Trail has received National Scenic Byway designation.October 19, 2009
• Pieces of Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge available as souvenirs
  Duluth residents and visitors now have a chance to own a piece of the city's iconic Aerial Lift Bridge.October 19, 2009
• Born in Melrose, world's oldest man honored
  Walter Breuning went to work for the Great Northern Railway in 1913 when he was just 16.October 19, 2009
• Ashland quartet swims to all 22 Apostle Islands
  Some might say, "It's crazy; it's over the top," and ask "Why would someone do such a thing?"October 17, 2009
• Rune Stone champion claims more evidence
  Many Scandinavian-Americans hold it as an article of faith, or at least reason enough to ignore Columbus Day: A rock plucked from roots of a tree in Minnesota in 1898 proves the Vikings were here first.October 17, 2009

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