Remembering WCCO's Bill Carlson News anchor Don Shelby of WCCO-TV remembers his colleague Bill Carlson. Carlson, who worked at WCCO for decades and last served as the station's noon anchor and movie critic, died Friday at age 73.Midday, March 6, 2008
Lunchroom ground zero of the nation's largest beef recall Congress opens hearings Wednesday looking into the recall of 140 million pounds of beef from a California meatpacker. Employees were suspected of slipping sick cows past inspectors, possibly contaminating the meat. Parents across Minnesota hope their kids haven't been eating that tainted meat.March 5, 2008
Novel mixes horses, riders, and encroaching wealth When Aryn Kyle began writing about a girl growing up at a Montana riding school, she meant it to be a short story. Yet, when she came back to it a few years later, it became her best-selling novel "The God of Animals."March 4, 2008
Guthrie Theater to premiere 'Little House' musical Aug. 15 A musical based on the "Little House" books about Laura Ingalls Wilder's pioneering Midwest family will have its world premiere Aug. 15 at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.March 4, 2008
St. Paul to celebrate St. Patrick's Day two days early Many of St. Paul's Irish will celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 15, because the typical date of March 17 conflicts with the Holy Week runup to Easter.March 4, 2008
Injured soldier wants to return to Minnesota Scott Adams is recovering from severe injuries he sustained in a bombing in Iraq. He wants to return to Minnesota by year's end.March 3, 2008
WCCO's Bill Carlson dies Bill Carlson, a longtime news anchor for WCCO TV, died Friday evening, the station announced.
He was 73.March 1, 2008
Man sentenced to jail for his role in death of 19-year-old An Excelsior man was sentenced to probation and 90 days in jail Friday after pleading guilty to felony charges of providing alcohol to a 19-year-old who got drunk and later died.March 1, 2008
Abstract painter sees stripes Sean Scully is one of the most respected abstract artists in the world. For the last 35 years he's explored just one shape: the stripe. This weekend the Minneapolis Institute of Arts opens a show of Scully's prints. Scully believes there is more to his stripes than meets the eye.February 29, 2008
New Argento work honors his late wife The Washington National Cathedral hosts the premiere of a major, new work by Minneapolis composer Dominick Argento on Sunday. It's the first music the Pulitzer Prize winner has written since his wife's death two years ago and he lost the will and energy for composing.February 28, 2008