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Goats and sheep grazed on a hillside on the Capitol grounds in St. Paul on Wednesday

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

If you thought you saw a herd of sheep and goats grazing on a hillside on the Capitol grounds in St. Paul Wednesday, you weren’t hallucinating.Thirty sheep and 85 goats made short work of undesirable species such as buckthorn as part of multi-year native plants restoration project.A group called Goat Dispatch provided the critters, which have been deployed throughout Minnesota as flesh-and-blood vegetation mowers in recent years.See are past coverage of such efforts here, here and here.Related ArticlesOutdoors | St. Paul man sentenced for killing girlfriend’s friend during domestic assault Outdoors | St. Paul Northern Iron and Machine fined over $41K by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Outdoors | Girl, 17, missing from St. Paul found safe Outdoors | St. Paul City Council approves two sizable parks projects — a playground and sculpture garden — by Allianz Field Outdoors | St. Paul: Au...

Johnson advances in pigskin playoffs nail-biter over Como Park

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

Odds are heavily against the Johnson football season extending into next week, but the Governors at least have a chance to keep playing after ending the season of an intracity rival.By about 9 feet.J’Sean Jackson ran for 117 yards and a touchdown, Ali Farfan threw for a score, and Johnson held off Como Park 13-6 in a Class 4A, Section 3 playoff game Wednesday night.Postponed Tuesday afternoon because of storms with lightning that could have resulted in a daylight issue, the game was moved back a day and played at Harding High School. Johnson does not have lights at its stadium.The fourth-seeded Governors (6-3) will next play at top-seeded Hill-Murray (6-2), who had a first-round bye. Game time is 11 a.m. Saturday. Como Park, the section’s fifth seed, was beaten 56-6 by the Pioneers in last week’s regular season finale.“We pulled it out and it’s on to the next one. Just excited for the opportunity to advance,” said coach Richard Magembe. “… The next two days have to be absolute...

Timberwolves repeat last year’s mistakes in season-opening loss to Toronto

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

Minnesota looked slow, didn’t have any flow on offense and made far too many dumbfounding mistakes in its season-opening, 97-94 loss Wednesday in Toronto.Sound familiar?That was the recipe that got Minnesota run off the floor in a number of early-season contests a year ago. And the formula was equally as futile in Game 1 this fall in Canada.Toronto made all the hustle plays, while consistently sprinting past Minnesota’s big-ball lineups, turning the Timberwolves’ mistakes into 38 fast-break points.The good thing for Minnesota was there were positives to the fact it towered over the Raptors on the interior. The Wolves outrebounded Toronto 62-47, at least for one night correcting a major bugaboo from a year ago. The Timberwolves shot 22 free throws to Toronto’s 16.But 20 of those attempts from the charity stripe came in the first half. Over the final two quarters, Minnesota’s offensive got especially stagnant.The rhythm, flow and ball movement that were t...

Former Cuomo aide discusses new book at UAlbany's Writers Institute

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Melissa DeRosa, a former aide to ex-governor Andrew Cuomo, spoke at the University at Albany on Wednesday night. DeRosa served as Secretary to the Governor before she and Cuomo resigned amid a scandal involving sexual harassment allegations and alleged mishandling of nursing homes and COVID-19 deaths. DeRosa was a guest of the Writers Institute at UAlbany to discuss her new book, a memoir titled "What's Left Unsaid." DeRosa gave a defense of her and Cuomo's actions during the pandemic and blames much of the criticism aimed at her on a hostile media, something she said comes with the territory. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! "Everyone is entitled to have a position on what happened, and for a number of years, I was batted around like a piñata by the press, and there were a lot of things said about me that weren't true and a lot of things said about the administration that were not true," she said. "And ...

Real Kids Wear Pink hosts rock wall climb fundraiser

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A fundraiser for breast cancer awareness took place at Dick's House of Sport in Latham on Wednesday. Real Kids Wear Pink put on a charity rock climbing event at the rock wall inside the store. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Fifty percent of the proceeds from the event will go to the American Cancer Society to help find a cure for breast cancer. Carli O'Hara, who founded Real Kids Wear Pink, was pleased with the community partners who have helped her organization."It's honestly incredible, especially when you look back at all of our community partners, Dick's for example, really everyone who has supported us," she said.O'Hara said another upcoming event includes having students ride on a pink bus to school.

Police say ‘ghost nurses’ were bilking health system

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Four women are accused of forging documents that allegedly got them big paychecks from a Clayton business. Court records say the fraud scheme netted hundreds of thousands of dollars for unworked hours.It’s Elite Medical Staffing Group on Clayton Road, which offers thousands of expert nurses for medical centers across St. Louis.Court records indicate the company reported to Clayton Police that employees who had submitted time sheets for hours never worked.Investigators say the women were claiming they’d worked at a Maryland Heights senior living center and a Troy, Missouri, senior living center, and that the alleged forged time sheets made it appear as if a supervisor had signed off on the hours.A spokesperson for Elite Medical Staffing said the company has reimbursed the senior living centers for any losses, and it’s pressing charges against the former employees to the “fullest extent of the law.” Multiple people reported dead, injured in Maine shootings Th...

Residents offer feedback on spending NFL-Rams lawsuit money

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Board of Alderman’s Committee of the Whole met virtually Wednesday and discussed some of the ideas for spending funds received from a lawsuit over the departure of the former St. Louis Rams.The city received $280 million, including $30 million for an expansion of the Dome at America’s Center. The money has been sitting in an interest-bearing account while city lawmakers work on approving how the money will be spent.During Wednesday’s meeting, Cristina Garmendia, police advisor to the board’s president, shared feedback received from residents through an online survey.When asked about some of the challenges residents faced, some of the top responses included car damage from streets, student loan debt, and not receiving a timely or appropriate emergency response when calling 911.Residents also have an opportunity to submit ideas to address challenges. Some of those responses included implementing traffic-calming measures, creating apprenticeship programs and o...

Juvenile arrested for threat against Clinton County high school

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

CLINTON COUNTY, Ill. – The Clinton County State's Attorney's Office is considering charges against a juvenile who allegedly made a threat against a local high school Wednesday morning.According to Clinton County Sheriff Dan Travous, his office was notified around 6:30 a.m. of a threat against Wesclin High School.The school, located just off Illinois 160 between the cities of Trenton and New Baden, was closed as a precaution. Deputies were also dispatched to Wesclin Middle School. Multiple people reported dead, injured in Maine shootings By 1 p.m., investigators had obtained enough evidence to visit a home for a possible suspect, Travous said. Several people were at the home, all of whom agreed to interviews at the sheriff's office.One of the individuals, a juvenile, confessed to making the threat, the sheriff said. A parent had accompanied the juvenile to the sheriff's office.Investigators eventually determined the juvenile did not possess the means to act on their threat and rele...

Walnut Creek residents concerned after series of recent crimes in downtown

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KRON) -- The Walnut Creek Police Department is investigating more robberies as businesses say they're seeing a spike in crime. Just last week, Lululemon was taken for thousands of dollars. Police managed to catch the suspect in the Lululemon theft on Oct. 18, which totaled approximately $10,000. However, the increase in thefts is a big problem for businesses in the area. 5 suspects steal $100K worth of items from Apple Store in Burlingame: police The Lululemon theft is one of multiple Walnut Creek crimes reported in a week-long span. In addition, two other armed robberies were reported in the city from Oct. 18 to Oct. 21. On Oct. 18, two people were robbed at gunpoint downtown after having dinner. Police said the robbery happened around 9:30 p.m. in the area of Botelho Drive and Locust Street.A few days later, an armed robbery was reported on Saturday afternoon after a prearranged transaction went wrong. The victim had plans to meet with a bu...

Former Md. youth track coach sentenced to 21 years in prison for sexually abusing child

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:53:44 GMT

A former youth track coach from Waldorf, Maryland, will spend more than 20 years in prison after being sentenced for second degree rape, child pornography, and other offenses.Over the summer, 34-year-old Warren Gray plead guilty to the abuse, which started in 2017 when the victim was just 13 years old. It went on for four years and in 2021, Gray was arrested.The victim was a member of the track and field team at New Wave Track Club.Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said even after his arrest, Gray tried to argue that he believed that the victim was another coach on the team and not a 13-year-old girl — a claim Braveboy said nobody was buying.“It was completely unbelievable. We didn’t believe it. The judge certainly didn’t believe it,” said Braveboy. “He didn’t take full responsibility because he wanted to still make excuses for why he did such a horrible thing. And the judge didn’t buy it.”The abuse was...