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Aug. 10—ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis woman will serve more than two years in prison for trying to set fire to a downtown 7-Eleven on fire during protests in 2020. Nautica Turner, 27, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis in February to conspiracy to commit arson. U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark sentenced her to 27 months on Tuesday. Authorities said she poured lighter fluid at the ...

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Aug. 10—BEMIDJI — Photo opportunities with Bemidji's Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues will be limited in the coming weeks, as a construction project has begun to help preserve the statues by improving drainage in the plaza. In recent years the spring freezes and thaws have resulted in damage to Babe's feet. The statues, which were installed in 1937, have also sustained decades of wear, ...

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Aug. 10—BEMIDJI — Second Harvest Heartland will be hosting a Farm Bill listening session from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the Bemidji Public Library, so stakeholders and members of the public in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District can share their experiences and insights with federal lawmakers. The Farm Bill, which will be negotiated during the 2023 legislative session, ...

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Aug. 10—BEMIDJI — Serenity Daken had never played miniature golf before Wednesday. So you can imagine her surprise when, by the third hole, she drained the first-ever hole-in-one at Boardwalk Mini Golf. "I was very shocked with myself because I had never done that before," Daken said. "It was very surprising. I'm shocked. I still am, honestly." Despite her rookie status, Daken and her aunt, ...

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Aug. 10—Olivia Newton-John captured the hearts of millions with her radiant smile, piercing eyes and long blond hair. She had a strong singing voice and charming Australian accent to go along with the beauty of a goddess and personality of an angel. "She was beautiful beyond belief, and she was always so nice to me," Joliet native Skip Griparis recalled. Newton-John, who sold more than 100 ...

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Gord Lewis, the guitarist for punk rock band Teenage Head, was killed by his adult son over the weekend, police in Canada said. Lewis, 65, was found dead at the home the two shared, the Hamilton Spectator reported. His 41-year-old son, Jonathan, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. “We are heartbroken and still trying to process the loss of our friend, bandmate and brother Gord ...

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Two people were arrested Wednesday after police say they fired a gun from a vehicle and fled when officers tried to pull them over. Anoka County sheriff’s deputies responded shortly after 1:45 p.m. to reports that the occupants of a BMW sedan shot at three motorcyclists on Lexington Avenue near Constance Boulevard in Ham Lake, according to a news release issued by the Anoka County sheriff’s ...

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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao plan to appeal their federal prison sentences for violating George Floyd's civil rights during his 2020 killing. On Wednesday, attorneys for the two ex-officers filed their intent to appeal the sentences handed down last month by Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson. Magnuson sentenced the two on the same day ...

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MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Democratic U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips is calling on Democrats and independent voters in Wyoming to switch parties and support fellow congresswoman Liz Cheney in the state's Aug. 16 Republican primary election. "You might be a little surprised that I'd be supporting Liz Cheney in her bid to continue representing Wyoming in the U.S. House," Phillips, a two-term Democrat, ...

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Aug. 10—ROCHESTER — The scope of an Olmsted County social worker's allegations of age, racial and gender discrimination took center stage Wednesday. Wilhelmina Jacob, a 20-year county employee, filed a lawsuit in April against the county, alleging younger, less qualified, white applicants have been given jobs she sought. While Aaron Knoll of the Minneapolis-based Greene Espel Law Firm said the ...