Guilty Plea In Armed Walgreens Robberies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 25-year-old man has entered a guilty plea in the robbing of three Walgreens in the metro area. Last Thursday, Vincent Mark Smith entered a petition to enter a guilty plea on two...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty In Deadly School Bus-Bike Crash
WINONA, Minn. (WCCO) — A 56-year-old man has pleaded guilty to careless driving in the crash that killed a 73-year-old bicyclist in Winona. On April 13, 2012, Thomas Vincent Weaver and the court...
View ArticleTwins’ Parmelee Leaves After Being Hit In Helmet By Pitch
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins first baseman Chris Parmelee was hit in the helmet by a pitch from Boston’s Justin Thomas in the sixth inning and had to leave the game. The left-handed hitting...
View ArticleRed Sox Bullpen Hangs On For 7-6 Win Over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mike Aviles homered and the Boston Red Sox bullpen just barely avoided another big collapse in a 7-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night. Alfredo Aceves struck out...
View ArticleExpect A Price Hike For Summer Airfare
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The pumps aren’t the only place you can expect to pay more this summer. On average nationwide, airfare is up about 10 percent compared to this time last year. And some markets...
View ArticleLino Lakes Teacher Using ‘Horse Powered Reading’
LINO LAKES, Minn. (WCCO) — Students having problems with reading now have a new, very unique classroom as an option: Horse powered reading. At first glance, Michele Pickel looks like any teacher...
View ArticleGood Question: Do Voters Expect The President To Be Funny?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We expect to see a sitting President do news conferences, and interviews with “60 Minutes,” but slow jamming the news on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon? That’s what President Barack...
View ArticleRegister To Win This Week’s Hook Up Prize!
One Grand Prize winner will receive Four (4) tickets to Apassionata: the Beginning at Xcel Energy Center, August 24th, 2012 (Value: $276). One (1) Secondary Prize winner will receive Four (4) passes to...
View ArticleClick Here For Links From April 26, 2012
WCCO This Morning Weekend Entertainment Check out these weekend entertainment ideas from Natalie Kane’s “Working for the Weekend” segment. Dining Out For Life Art In Bloom Como Town Who’s Hiring?...
View ArticleTeen Driver Swatting Bugs Ejected From Car
DENT, Minn. (WCCO) – A teenage driver received non-life threatening injuries after rolling her vehicle and being ejected in Dent, Minn. Wednesday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says the...
View ArticleJohn Williams Video Smackdown for 4-26
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View ArticlePower Plate Wiggles Your Way To Health
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There’s a new machine popping up in gyms across the Twin Cities that’s doing the workout for you. Sounds like a dream come true, right? Well, there’s a little more to it than...
View ArticleWorking For The Weekend: Entertainment Best Bets
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Spring is in the air at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. One-hundred-and-fifty floral artists will create arrangements based on the works of art at the MIA that inspired them....
View ArticleWho Should Get The Ball?
A ball was tossed into the stands at a Rangers game. A little kid has a cow over not getting the ball. Click here to watch the video. Should the adults give the child the ball? Or is that the start...
View ArticleWhat’s In Your Garden: Brightening Your Planters
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Brightening up the outside of your home may be as easy as changing up your planters or potted plants. Holly Wagner talked to the garden experts at Bachman’s about which flowers do...
View ArticleHeat’s Dwyane Wade: ‘In My Mind, We’re Playing The Knicks’
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — There’s one day left in the NBA’s truncated regular season, and only two of the eight first-round postseason matchups opening this weekend have all the particulars decided. Indiana...
View ArticleBeef Industry Profits From Fast-Growing Exports
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Exports are big business for the U.S. beef industry, which shipped a record $5.4 billion worth of beef abroad last year. It was the first year sales surpassed those in 2003, when...
View ArticleTeen Bicyclist Struck, Killed In Crash
MINNETONKA, Minn. (WCCO) – St. Louis Park School District officials have identified the teenage bicyclist who was struck and killed in a crash in Minnetonka Wednesday. He was 17-year-old Andrew Dudley,...
View ArticleMN Company To Make New Shoes For America’s Tallest Man
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Good news for America’s tallest man. A new Minnesota company has pledged to create new shoes for 7-foot-8 Igor Vovkovinsky. Palidium, Inc. founder Greg Johnson said he saw...
View ArticleHistory Favors Richards, Rangers In Game 7 At MSG
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) – The opening round of the NHL playoffs hasn’t been kind to the Rangers in recent years. But Game 7s at Madison Square Garden? That’s a different matter entirely. Just as finishing...
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