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Barry Manilow is coming to Sioux City's Orpheum Theatre Friday, June 21st! With worldwide sales of more than 80 million records, Barry Manilow’s success is a benchmark in popular music. His concerts sell out instantly. Get your tickets today! Prices range between $39 to $129.
Barry is ranked as the top Adult Contemporary chart artist of all time, according to R&R (Radio & Records) and Billboard Magazines. Rolling Stone crowned him “a giant among entertainers… the...
MINNESOTA - Democrat Jim Graves, who was expected to challenge U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in the 6th District congressional race next year, dropped out of the race Friday following Bachmann's decision to not seek another term.
According to his campaign manager, Aaron Wells, Graves believed he had to run to restore effective representation to his community. When Bachmann dropped out of the race, Graves felt the greatest impediment to getting representation was eliminated and their goal was accomplished.
That "goal" was Bachmann's decision, announced in a pre-dawn video on...
RUSHMORE – After a manure spill Wednesday in Nobles County, water samples taken from a gravel pit in Little Rock Township will be sent to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for analysis to determine if contamination exists. According to Nobles County Environmental Services Director Wayne Smith, the spill has been contained with a dirt berm and some round bales.
The spill occurred when stockpiled manure slid down a hill into the gravel pit nearby. Tom Kresko, area hydrologist from the Department of Natural Resources, said the spill was contained to the pit and did not overflow...
WORTHINGTON — The Worthington Area YMCA and City of Worthington Aquatics Center outdoor pool is undergoing minor repairs related to winter-weather related cracking and will open as soon as the repairs are finished and weather permits.
According to YMCA Aquatics Director Connie Carlson, there is no definite date set for the repairs to be finished, but further updates regarding the pool’s status will be announced as soon as possible.
WORTHINGTON – The Achievement Center annual rummage sale continues this week through Friday at the Worthington Ice Arena – sale hours are from...
SLAYTON - When the Soyuz 35 spacecraft docked successfully at the International Space Station Tuesday, it brought a little bit of Murray County, Minnesota with it.
NASA astronaut and Vining, Minnesota native Karen Nyberg, on her second mission to the space station, brought along a picture of her niece Sami and Sami’s fiancé, Caleb Hackbarth, a U.S. Marine who just returned from a deployment in Afghanistan. That photo was taken by Sean Solheim, owner and operator of Sean Solheim Photography. He spent his elementary and high school years living in Avoca, and currently lives in...
WORTHINGTON – With the last date for city residents to put tree debris out on the curb now past, the Worthington City Council Tuesday turned to scheduling the annual spring clean-up dates for the week of June 17 through June 21. Public Works Director Jim Eulberg coordinated the dates with Eric Joens of Schaap Sanitation, and said residents can start placing items on the curb June 10.
Tree debris removal is on track to come in at just over $900,000, but the city opted to move forward with more aggressive tree trimming and stump grinding, hoping to gain reimbursement from the state’s...
ST. PAUL - A pair of groups that challenged Minnesota rules for a state wolf hunting and trapping season has been dealt another blow in court.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals Tuesday dismissed a petition aiming to undo rules that allowed for a wolf hunting season, the first of which was held last November.
In an official document, appellate judges stated the Center for Biological Diversity and Howling for Wolves lacked sufficient legal standing to challenge the Department of Natural Resources rules. The petitioners claimed the DNR adopted the rules in violation of the...
EMMETSBURG, Iowa - A two-year-old child is dead after a truck he was in somehow got knocked into gear and plunged into Five Island Lake near Emmetsburg, Iowa on Saturday.
The Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to the scene around 9:30 p.m. and found a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado, owned by Lance Hanson of Emmetsburg, in the lake.
Authorities said three children were in the truck, but family members and witnesses were able to get two of the children out. A third child was trapped in the vehicle, which was fully submerged. Rescue crews were able to free...
WORTHINGTON - In honor of Memorial Day, all city, county and state government offices will be closed Monday, including the law enforcement center at Prairie Justice Center. There will be no mail delivery, and the Nobles County Library will be closed. Area Financial institutes are all closed. Walmart will follow regular hours as will Hy-Vee, but the Hy-Vee pharmacy will close at 5 p.m. Monday. Fareway is open until 9 p.m. Saturday, but will be closed Sunday and Monday.
Schaap Sanitation will not make pick-ups Monday – those routes will be pick-up Tuesday.
ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed two provisions of a bill funding outdoors and arts projects, saying a House committee ignored a citizen advisory panel. The vetoes eliminated $3 million to fight aquatic invasive species that was destined for tribal and local governments and $6.3 million to improve Twin Cities parks.
Dayton wrote to legislative leaders, that the decision was difficult because he supports the causes but had said he would veto projects the advisory committee did not recommend.
Dayton blamed a House panel led by Rep. Phyllis Kahn, DFL-Minneapolis, for the...
