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Great River Energy holding open houses on plans to rebuild Dakota County power lines

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

Dakota County residents are invited to open houses next week to learn about the proposed rebuild of electric transmission lines in two cities.Great River Energy, the wholesale electric cooperative supplier to Dakota County, is planning to rebuild nearly nine miles of 69-kilovolt transmission lines in Eagan and Burnsville and replace them with modern lines that can operate at up to 115-kV, according to a company news release.Robert Toomey, project manager for Great River Energy, said in an email that the Pilot Knob-Burnsville Rebuild Project will ensure reliable electric service to cooperative members and keep up with future electrical demand.While there is not a current need for increased voltage, Toomey said the company is seeing an increase in reliance on the use of electricity, such as the growth of electric vehicle usage. The increased electrification stands to benefit all cooperative members in the area, Toomey said of the electric supplier.Based in Maple Grove, the not-for-pro...

‘The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz’ opens Saturday at MN History Center

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

It was 1950: The Korean War was starting and the Cold War was underway. Jell-O salads were trending at dinner parties and Disney’s “Cinderella” was playing on the big screen. And, on Oct. 2, 1950, the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz debuted in syndication in several newspapers.Schulz and his comic strip’s connections to St. Paul (and this newspaper!) go back much further than 1950 — connections that are explored in an exhibit that opens at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul on Saturday and runs through June 9, 2024.Cartoonist Charles Schulz draws a picture of his cartoon character Charlie Brown in his Sebastopol, Calif. home in this 1966 file photo. Schulz will retire Jan. 4, 2000, after nearly 50 years of drawing his Peanuts comic strip, his wife confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1999. (AP Photo/File)“The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz” was originally curated by the Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa, ...

Red-hot Twins offense doused by Mariners’ George Kirby

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

SEATTLE — The Twins started Thursday’s series finale against the Mariners with one of the hottest offenses in baseball, averaging seven runs a game while going 5-1 on a seven-game road trip.The Twins had been hitting .287 as a team since returning from the All-Star break, with 10 doubles, 14 home runs and a +14 run differential. They also had taken two of three from the Mariners in their four-game series.George Kirby put an end to all that.The Mariners right-hander shut down the Twins, allowing just four hits while striking out 10 and walking none over seven innings in Seattle’s 5-0 victory at T-Mobile Park.“He came as advertised,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “We knew he was a hard-throwing strike-thrower, throws fastballs that do different things and just attacks the zone real well.”Kirby (9-8) didn’t allow a hit until Matt Wallner squibbed a single to left in the fourth inning. His 10 strikeouts and zero walks were career highs.Against Mariners ace Luis Castillo on Wednesda...

AFL remains an option for Albany; workers comp is a hang-up

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- MVP Arena General Manager Bob Belber is saying there's a chance. Belber tells NEWS10 ABC Sports Director Griffin Haas that the new Arena Football League remains an option for Albany.Belber tells NEWS10 that one ownership group has emerged as a frontrunner, and that group has been in talks with the AFL. The AFL announced their first 16 teams earlier this week, with more to be announced. Albany has also received additional interest from the Indoor Football League and the National Arena League. The potential hang up is the annual workers compensation premium of $1.5 million for arena football teams in New York State. Belber says most that's 15,000% higher than it typically would be for other businesses, or arena teams in other states. Belber adds the Empire's operating budget was around $1.5 million last year, so the workers compensation would double that price. Belber tells NEWS10 that the ownership group is currently working on lowering the $1.5 million price...

2 Alarm fire in Troy destroys 3 houses

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A two alarm fire in Troy claimed three houses Thursday morning. There are no injuries but 8 people were displaced. The damage caused the top floors of the three structures to collapse.MORE NEWS from NEWS 10Bright orange flames and a salt and pepper hued mix of smoke billowed toward the otherwise clear skies when the fire burned on Stow Avenue near St Michaels Avenue that morning. Ceasere Thomas lived in one of the affected buildings. He grabbed his daughter and got out in time. His brother Grady and the family dog also made it out safe. Ceasere vividly recalled what it was like to wake up to the flames.“I actually woke up to the fire and all the smoke and the alarm and smoke alarm going off. BAM BAM BAM, it was real loud” he told us. “But I didn't know what was going on so I checked the oven, you know things like that, the outlets but then I seen the heavy smoke coming through the windows coming through my fire...we have a fireplace that's built inside the...

Jamestown Mall one step closer to demolition

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The long vacant Jamestown Mall is one step closer to being torn down.On Thursday, the St. Louis County Port Authority announced that it had accepted a bid for a company to demolish the property. Target Contractors LLC of South Carolina has won the job.It's unclear when the demolition will start.The mall is in St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Shalonda Webb's district, who has long made it a goal to have the derelict mall torn down and to find a developer who will build something that benefits the community.Jamestown Mall opened in 1973 but, after years of hardship, was forced to shut down in 2014. It has been abandoned ever since. St. Louis County spent a million dollars to buy all the parcels of property to make it easier for a developer.

Plans to demolish former headquarters of 7-UP in Clayton to make room for new apartment complexes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

CLAYTON, Mo. - It was the one-time headquarters for 7-Up in downtown Clayton, but the long-vacant structure has a new fate. The old building is being torn down.The building was the former home of the World Trade Center, part of the St. Louis Partnership, the economic development agency for St. Louis County and City.However, with the costs of renovations not being feasible and the building not having a fire sprinkler system, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said the best decision was the property's potential for downtown Clayton.“St. Louis County has sold the old 7-Up headquarters in Clayton,” he said. “It’s been in our possession for about 50 years or so, hasn’t been used for about 10. We sold it for a higher and better use for $3.8 million to a real estate company here in Clayton.” Missouri & Illinois players win $1M in record Powerball jackpot A new 11-story residential building along 121 South and a grass lot at 111 South Meramec are expected to be built, with 300 apartm...

Colorado health insurers ask for 10% increase on individual market place next year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

People on Colorado’s individual health insurance market could see an average premium increase of 10% next year, though less for people on Colorado Option plans, if requested rate changes are approved.The state Division of Insurance and Gov. Jared Polis’ office announced the requested rate changes Thursday. The division will consider and decide on the requests in the fall, with a possibility they decline during regulators’ review process. Open enrollment begins in November.About 200,000 Coloradans are covered on the individual market, and about 28,000 of marketplace enrollees are on Colorado Option plans (though another 12,000 people are on those plans through other means). Most Coloradans are covered through employer-offered plans, Medicaid and Medicare.Health insurance companies are asking to increase premiums by an average of 11.1% for non-Colorado Option plans and 7.7% for Colorado Option plans. The exact increase varies from plan to plan. Officials did not have...

Man arrested for sexual assault of minor in Ventura County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

A 37-year-old man from Port Hueneme has been arrested and charged with sexual assault of a minor and possession of child pornography, as well as felony weapons violations and possession of illegal narcotics for sale, authorities announced earlier this week.  The investigation into the suspect, identified as Matthew Gomez, began in June after a 14-year-old girl filed a report with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, claiming that the 37-year-old had “sexually assaulted her continuously over an approximate two-year period,” a VCSO news release stated.  During their investigation, detectives discovered evidence that linked Gomez to the crimes and arrested him in Port Hueneme on July 12 for aggravated sexual assault of a minor and possession of child pornography.   Burglar caught on camera inside L.A. home At the time of his arrest, the suspect was also in possession of a concealed firearm, a high-capacity magazine and a controlled substance for sale, authorities said. &nbs...

Authorities search for inmate who escaped Los Angeles County facility

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:40:49 GMT

Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a Los Angeles County facility on Thursday.Evan Chezick, 41, escaped from the Julius Klein Conservation Camp in Azusa and was discovered missing around 7:30 a.m., according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.When authorities couldn’t find Chezick during a morning head count, staff members immediately searched the buildings and grounds but he was nowhere to be found.Chezick is described as a man standing 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 187 pounds.He has blonde/strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes and was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and gray sweat shorts.Chezick is currently serving a five-year and four-month sentence for second-strike charges of possessing/owning a firearm by a felon or addict and resisting/deterring an officer with threat/violence.Evan Chezick, 41, in a 2022 booking photo from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.He was admitted to the correctional facilit...