Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) back issues from September 2007:
Breakaway bull takes on fire hydrant -- and loses.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: John Brewer Sep. 1--Saber wasn't a bull that spooked easily. But something got to the 1,600-pound animal Friday morning as it was unloaded at the State Fairgrounds, causing it to run through the crowds near the coliseum before it rammed a fire hydrant and ...
Ford's ball fields closed after arsenic, metals found.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Nelson Sep. 1--Ford Motor Company is suspending use of the Little League fields on its property southeast of the company's Ranger truck plant in St. Paul, citing arsenic and other contaminants found under the turf. Traces of the toxin, as well as iron and ...
Soldier's life centered on serving.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Richard Chin Sep. 1--Andrew Nelson was an altar boy, an Eagle Scout and a soldier. "He had a servant's heart," said the Rev. Mike Foltz, the priest of the Moorhead, Minn., church where Nelson worshipped as a youth. This week, 22-year-old Nelson ...
38 years a firefighter, 38 years retired, 'Red' Haslach turns 100: He's thought to be city department's oldest retiree.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Mara H. Gottfried Sep. 1--It's been more than 60 years since some of Harold "Red" Haslach's fellow St. Paul firefighters were killed in the line of duty, but he still misses them. These days, most of Haslach's firefighter friends are gone, though it's not the ...
U must be wary of the MAC: Brewster's debut opponent has large group of returning starters.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Marcus R. Fuller Sep. 1--Bowling Green could look at what North Dakota State did at the Metrodome last season and get motivated for an upset victory over Minnesota, a team in transition with a new coaching staff, new system and a new quarterback. That would ...
Bears continue opening tradition: White Bear runs strong, makes it 11 of past 13.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Bruce Brothers Sep. 1--Classes don't begin for another three days at White Bear Lake High School, and as a brilliant sunset illuminated the Bears' football field, the half-full bleachers were populated by people wearing shorts, sandals and T-shirts. Down the ...
For one night, the flood is forgotten: Friday night football is huge in small towns. But on this particular Friday, no town welcomed the return of that tradition more than flood-ravaged Rushford.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Murphy Sep. 1--LEWISTON, Minn. -- Friday nights are communal experiences for the football-loving residents of Rushford, the Root River Valley city devastated by last month's floods. Several hundred Rushford-Peterson fans halted their rebuilding and ...
Stressful weeks come to an almost perfect end.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kelsie Smith Sep. 1--For a while, nothing else mattered. Not the 9 1/2 games separating Minnesota from first-place Cleveland, not the inconsistent play that's hampered the Twins all season. For a while, Scott Baker erased it all. For ...
Costly race could break city records: 1st Ward contenders outspend all other council candidates.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Hoppin Sep. 1--The race to represent St. Paul's 1st Ward -- easily the most diverse ward in the city, and through which a future light-rail line would run -- is shaping up as one of the most expensive City Council races in St. Paul history. The ...
The set's dead-on: Actors use historic cemetery for their roving meditation on life and death.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Dominic P. Papatola Sep. 1--They meet at 7 o'clock behind the mausoleum to practice their art. It might sound a little creepy, but where better to create and perform a meditation on life and death than the tranquil, beautiful grounds of Lakewood Cemetery in ...
Boston Scientific hopes studies improve stent market: Two reports due next week tackle issues of device's effectiveness.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Christopher Snowbeck Sep. 1--Boston Scientific officials are hoping a series of scientific studies will help pump up the struggling market for drug-coated stents. Stents are metal mesh tubes used to prop open heart arteries, and the Natick, Mass.-based ...
Customer survey knocks Travelers: Low rank for auto insurer may stem from merger.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Nicole Garrison-Sprenger Sep. 1--St. Paul-based Travelers Cos. ranks just about last among its auto insurance peers in the latest customer satisfaction study by J.D. Power and Associates. Out of 25 carriers, Travelers came in fourth lowest with a score of 750 ...
Bush offers help to beleaguered homeowners: 80,000 could get FHA-backed refinancing; Twin Cities critics say it's too little, too late.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jennifer Bjorhus Sep. 1--President Bush's proposal to help struggling homeowners get out of risky mortgages could throw a lifeline to some Minnesota families, but it's not much rope given the depth of the crisis, local housing counselors say. Among the most ...
Carbon-trading plan moves power project forward: Green groups call deal a state sellout.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Leslie Brooks Suzukamo Sep. 1--Seven regional utilities that propose building a controversial $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant on the South Dakota border have agreed to offset the carbon-dioxide emissions of the plant's Minnesota customers. The utilities ...
State's job seekers find fewer options: Openings fall, unemployed ranks swell in 2Q.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Julie Forster Sep. 1--More job seekers are competing for fewer jobs than last year. The number of job openings declined to 60,172 in the second quarter, down 6.3 percent from the same period a year ago, according to a twice-a-year state survey released ...
Missing woman possibly dead: Police find blood in apartment, signs of forced entry.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Elizabeth Mohr Sep. 1--Judy Lynn Rush is still missing. The blood recently found in her apartment has police wondering whether she is still alive. Police searched her Columbia Heights apartment last week and said the scene indicated "a very serious injury or ...
Baker's gem almost flawless: Rookie retires first 24 Royals in order; K.C. spoils perfect game, no-hitter in ninth.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Miller Sep. 1--The greatest night of Scott Baker's pitching career, a near-perfect performance that ranks with the most dominating in Twins history, had just ended. And the search for someone to blame had just begun. Was it manager Ron Gardenhire, whose ...
Raiders start fast, run away in a rout: Salamon scores four touchdowns in first-half spree.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Leighton Sep. 1--A blazing evening sun hadn't set Friday when Cretin-Derham Hall's first-string offense called it a night. The Raiders, in particular their marquee skill players, made such quick work of Forest Lake in the season opener for both teams that ...
Fason among cuts: Receiver McMullen, tight end Owens also out; 22 must go by today's deadline.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Don Seeholzer Sep. 1--Ciatrick Fason said he wasn't running for his job Thursday night, just trying to make a first down. It turns out he went 1 for 2. The day after his tackle-breaking, 11-yard run in the exhibition finale against Dallas, Fason ...
Twins give until it hurts in Game 1: Miscues in sixth allow K.C. to break away.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Miller Sep. 1--The Twins learned a few lessons during an interminable sixth inning Friday afternoon, but the most important one they probably knew already. "If you give a team extra outs," lectured manager Ron Gardenhire, "you can't expect to win." ...
Reigning champs stay neck and neck: Late goal lifts Woodbury into tie with Mahtomedi.
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Leighton Sep. 1--A sullen mood enveloped Minnesota's two best girls soccer team Friday afternoon. No. 2-ranked Mahtomedi, the defending Class A champion, was on the verge of feeling much better, but the Zephyrs surrendered a late goal to top-ranked ...
A rough start, a rougher finish: Gophers bow on two-point conversion in overtime.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Marcus R. Fuller Sep. 2--Tim Brewster raised expectations so high before his first game that the crowd of 49,253 fans at the Metrodome couldn't help but rain down with boos when the Gophers trailed Bowling Green 21-0 at halftime Saturday. After listening to ...
It was a bad summer to fly. Get used to it.: With airline delay horror stories multiplying, few see any relief in sight.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: John Welbes Sep. 2--Troy Unrau's flight arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 30 just as terrorists rammed a flaming Jeep Cherokee into the main terminal. The incident kept him in a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plane, at the gate, for seven hours. "They seized ...
Fresh on the farm: Urban Minnesotans are increasingly involved in agriculture - showing cows at fairs, enrolling in ag classes and taking an interest in where their food comes from. The 'adopt-a-farm movement' fulfills many city dwellers' longing for a simpler time.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Shaw Sep. 2--Kirstin Durow certainly seems like a farm girl. She has straw on her T-shirt. She uses her sleeping dairy calf as a pillow when she takes a nap. She doesn't flinch from the smells in the State Fair dairy barn. "I just love the ...
Schools try, try again on levies: Six districts could have measures on ballot this fall.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bao Ong Sep. 2--The beginning of the school year also signals the push to pass levies. Before students sharpen their pencils or crack open their textbooks for Tuesday's start of classes, at least four Dakota County school districts have decided to ask voters ...
Schools need voter approval to tap taxes: Districts offer new programs, bring in top administrators.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Megan Boldt Sep. 2--This school year, two Washington County school districts will ask voters to increase their property taxes to boost local education funding. Stillwater and South Washington County will have operating levy requests on the November ballot. ...
Schools start new year with changes: Districts add academic programs, building updates.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Elizabeth Mohr Sep. 2--While some school districts in the north suburbs are focusing on renovations and building updates, others are putting their efforts into new academic and specialty programs. After more than a year of staff training, St. Anthony Middle ...
Schools add space, programs, personnel: Even blackboards change: Electronic Smart Boards arrive.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Harter Sep. 2--The ever-growing Hudson School District will have new faces and fresh administrative and classroom space as it starts a new school year. With 1,700 students at the high school on Vine Street last year, the building was 180 over capacity ....
Links to the past.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Tad Reeve Sep. 2--Nine holes were done, and it was time to change. Off went the Dockers and the cotton polos. On went the lime-green bell-bottoms, the polyester button-down and the white belts. Out went the hybrids, the metal woods and the oversized ...
Roster almost ready: Vikings narrow team to 53 players.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sean Jensen Sep. 2--The Vikings whittled their roster to 53 players, and there were only a handful of modest surprises, among them safety Greg Blue, running back Artose Pinner and cornerback Dovonte Edwards. Here is a closer look at who remains on the roster ...
'We'll get it done': Five major sporting events in just less than 70 hours? No problem for the Metrodome crew.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Miller Sep. 2--Like a lot of his fellow Minnesotans, Al Kuehner wants the Twins to win. But Kuehner's rooting interest is a little more specific: He wants them to win fast. "Quicker the better, on a weekend like this," Kuehner said with a laugh as he ...
Twins set fall league roster.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kelsie Smith Sep. 2--The Twins announced the seven players who will play in the Arizona Fall League in October. Class AAA pitchers Ryan Mullins, Nick Blackburn and Brian Duensing, Class AA pitchers Anthony Swarzak and Class AA position players Trevor Plouffe and David ...
Gardy's OK with Perkins' excuse.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kelsie Smith Sep. 2--Ex-Gopher Glen Perkins, recalled from his minor league rehab assignment by the Twins on Friday, struggled in two recent rehab starts and in his last one gave up six runs on seven hits in three innings, failed to cover first base and tipped his ...
Silva worries, wins: Twins starter works through distractions.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kelsie Smith Sep. 2--Carlos Silva has much on his mind. Not like Scott Baker, who had the joy of a new baby, the excitement of a second son. More like worry over being traded, of getting shipped to a playoff contender before the Twins potentially ...
Liriano doing well in rehab: Pitcher has gained nearly 20 pounds.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kelsie Smith Sep. 2--Twins manager Ron Gardenhire walked through the clubhouse Friday morning, spotted Francisco Liriano and joked that his roster for next season already was showing up. Liriano took a break from rehabbing his surgically reconstructed elbow ...
Tough loss in opener doesn't deter Brewster.
Sep 02, 2007 ... Byline: Marcus R. Fuller Sep. 2--Two hours before the season opener against Bowling Green, a crowd numbering in the hundreds lined both sides of Kirby Puckett Place on the Metrodome plaza in downtown Minneapolis. Cheers of "Minnesota" and "Go Gophers" roared as Tim ...
School choice stays - for now: System 'not totally broken, not totally fixed,' leader says.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Doug Belden Sep. 3--ST. PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- The last time St. Paul took up a discussion of changing its school-choice system was two years ago, at which time school board members voted to delay any action until this fall at the earliest. Recently, they ...
Using classroom and cubicle: Jesuit school targets low-income teens, top-tier employers.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Emily Gurnon Sep. 3--The teens arrive looking a little stiff in their "business casual" clothes: ties for the boys, nothing revealing for the girls. Administrators stand at the door of their new high school and shake the students' hands, welcoming them as they walk in ...
Residents rally in wake of stabbing: Officer urges revival of neighborhood crime-watch network.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Bao Ong Sep. 3--HASTINGS -- The shock of one teenager stabbing another to death in Hastings propelled citizens to hold a community rally this weekend. On Sunday, about 50 residents gathered at Lions Park, blocks from where 16-year-old Allan Beckles stabbed ...
Neshek slip sliding away: Gardy: He's relying too much on favorite pitch.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Miller Sep. 3--PAT NESHEK ALLOWED A RUN -- two of them, actually, on a John Buck home run -- for the second straight appearance Sunday, and for the fourth time in seven appearances. The side-armer, who nearly made the American League all-star team in July, hasn't ...
Cleaning the Fair a 'round-the-clock job: And the workers who do it don't just empty trash. They also plan how each year's Fair can produce less waste.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: John Brewer Sep. 3--It's called swill, and it's nothing to be afraid of. The juice leaks from the thousands of trash bags collected each day at the Minnesota State Fair, and getting a face full of the stuff is seen as a badge of honor. "It smells ...
Minnesota launches science test this year: Interactive exam's goal is measuring how much students understand.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Megan Boldt Sep. 3--For the first time, Minnesota students this school year will sit for a statewide science exam. Given in grades five and eight and once in high school, it's the next step in the state's expanding testing and accountability system. ...
Nearly everyone can get flood insurance.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: David Hanners and Maryjo Webster Sep. 3--Ceil Strauss wanted flood insurance for her home in Hastings, so she called her agent. "He told me, 'You can't get flood insurance; you're not in the flood plain,' " Strauss recalled. Most folks might shrug, ...
For Twins, it's sweep now or else: Three wins over Cleveland a tall order.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Kelsie Smith Sep. 3--If any hope remains, it is clinging to these three games against Cleveland. If there is a chance, it seems, for the Twins to make the postseason, whether via wild card or division title, Minnesota must sweep the American League ...
Falcons worthy of attention: Vick missing, but Vikings still wary.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Don Seeholzer Sep. 3--Star quarterback Michael Vick has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL and is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to federal dogfighting charges. New starter Joey Harrington has a 23-43 career record and running back Warrick Dunn ...
Twins wear down: Four games in 51 hours wrap up with Bonser getting rocked.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Miller Sep. 3--The transition has begun. It probably will be put on hold for the next three days while the Twins gauge their odds of going undefeated over the final four weeks and charging into the playoffs -- let's call it unlikely -- but the windup of 2007 figures ...
Gophers fail another pass test: Defensive secondary still a primary problem.
Sep 03, 2007 ... Byline: Marcus R. Fuller Sep. 3--The same defensive secondary issues that contributed to former coach Glen Mason being fired last season plagued his replacement, Tim Brewster, in the Gophers' 32-31 overtime loss to Bowling Green in their season opener Saturday night. ...
They lived it, they felt it, he wrote it: A small-town Minnesota newspaper editor's reflections on life during the cataclysm of World War II play a key part in the telling of 'The War,' a new PBS documentary.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Don Boxmeyer Sep. 4--It was early in December 1941, and the small-town weekly newspaper editor in Luverne, Minn., had a column he had to write, because Charles Merrill, of Luverne, had a relative aboard a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor and Helen Houg was a nurse ...
Kids get lessons in online safety: Parents, teachers also taught about social network sites.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Alex Friedrich Sep. 4--In many high school shop classes, students spend the first day just learning about safety -- when to wear goggles, how to work the machines and how to cut properly. Now some authorities would like that to happen before students sit down ...
Fair's wild ride: A storm, a bull and a stabbing kept this Fair hopping.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: John Brewer Sep. 4--A windstorm, a stabbing and a runaway bull: The Minnesota State Fair churned out a lot of news this year, and not just for putting a sloppy Joe on a stick. Then there were the freebie bags that appeared everywhere, Rock-it the Robot -- the ...
Brothers bring glitz to St. Paul politics: Twins' good looks seem to propel their rise on local scene.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Hoppin Sep. 4--Presidential candidate Christopher Dodd steps to the microphone, a man in an unfamiliar environment, but a man impressed. It's midsummer, and several of St. Paul's politically active elite are on the back porch of a 7,000-square-foot, 1910 ...
Man on trial for stabbing girlfriend 19 times: Boyfriend was found alive with own wounds.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Harter Sep. 4--Investigators entered the Town of Star Prairie cabin slightly more than a year ago to find a brutal scene. Suzanne M. Weiland had been stabbed 19 times and lay dead on the floor. Peter G. Whyte sat slumped in a chair, his internal organs ...
Lawyers offer bridge victims free services: Other professionals have stepped up to join their efforts.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Emily Gurnon Sep. 4--A consortium of 18 law firms, some from as far away as International Falls and Fargo, N.D., is pooling resources to represent victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse and their families -- free of charge. No contingency, no fees, ...
Panthers are California bound: Travel plans for Spring Lake Park's football team include beach, the Coliseum - and a game.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Murphy Sep. 4--With a hole in its football schedule and a nearby opponent impossible to find, Spring Lake Park High School discovered a solution in the California desert and booked the mother of all road trips. Forget the typical school bus ride and ...
A CONTROL ISSUE: Fred Evans focuses on making a strong impression with the Vikings and overcoming his legal troubles.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Sean Jensen Sep. 4--The line is a crutch, something Fred Evans frequently relies upon to answer questions he cannot answer. "I don't worry about stuff I can't control," he often says. Unfortunately for him, because of his own actions, Evans has had ...
Twig likes this group of Saints: Series a homecoming for veteran coach.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Bruce Brothers Sep. 4--These aren't your grandfather's Saints. But, just like the old days, they are summertime winners. That's according to the man who should know, Wayne Terwilliger. Terwilliger, 82, a coach for the Fort Worth Cats who ...
Source: Twins' offer too short: Hunter said to want at least a five-year deal.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Miller and Kelsie Smith Sep. 4--Torii Hunter last week denied a report that the Twins had offered him a four-year contract, but a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations said Monday that the team had indeed made an offer -- but for three years, not four. ...
Mauer: 'I play hard ... hurt': Catcher unhappy work ethic challenged.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Kelsie Smith Sep. 4--Joe Mauer was fired up. That's what his manager -- who, by the way, also was quite fired up -- said. Columns in both Twin Cities newspapers Monday called for the catcher, plagued by injuries this season, to move from behind the plate to ...
Twins going in reverse: Indians feast on Minnesota's mistakes, extend Central lead.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Miller Sep. 4--They once were masters of minutiae, overlords of opportunism, and as Johan Santana felt compelled to remind Monday, champions of the Central Division. Now the Twins watch the Cleveland Indians prey on them the way they used to devour less-obsessed ...
Two tosses too much for Reyes: Reliever focusing on next year after left elbow pain returns.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Phil Miller Sep. 4--Dennys Reyes threw a baseball to a Twins trainer from about 80 feet away twice on Monday. Looks like those will be the final throws of his 2007 season. Reyes, testing his left elbow for the first time since a slight tear in his triceps was ...
BRIEF: I-35W closing this weekend between I-94 and Crosstown.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Nancy Yang Sep. 4--All lanes of Interstate 35W from Interstate 94 to Minnesota 62 will close from 10 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday for work on the Crosstown reconstruction project, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said. Westbound Minnesota 62 from Cedar ...
BRIEF: Mary Pawlenty joining mediation firm.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Salisbury Sep. 4--Minnesota's first lady, Mary Pawlenty, today announced she will join Gilbert Mediation Center as a mediator and arbitrator of civil disputes. Established by former Justice Jim Gilbert of the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Eden ...
BRIEF: U.S. 52 bridge inspection begins today.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Nancy Yang Sep. 4--Crews begin an in-depth inspection today of the U.S. 52 bridge across the Mississippi River near downtown St. Paul, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said. Traffic will reduced to a single lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each weekday in the ...
Prosecutor seeks judge's removal in murder trial.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Emily Gurnon Sep. 4--The state deserves to retry the case of an accused killer with a judge who is fair, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman argued this morning before the Minnesota Supreme Court. But Freeman was interrupted repeatedly during his 35 minutes ...
BRIEF: Macy's chief: No Twin Cities stores closing.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Gita Sitaramiah Sep. 4--Despite a shaky transition to becoming the nation's first national department store chain, a Macy's North executive said Tuesday that the company has no plans to shut down any Twin Cities stores, including its downtown St. Paul location. ...