Dictionary definition: St. Paul

Article: Twin Cities bridge collapses into ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  August 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... sift through records and wreckage to determine what caused an interstate highway bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minnesota's Twin Cities to collapse during the Wednesday evening rush hour. The disaster sent dozens of vehicles crashing ...

Article: Survey Finds 21 Poisons in Mississippi River near ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... the U.S. Geological Survey found in the Mississippi River above or below the Twin Cities as part of a first-time analysis of an ... walleyes taken from the Mississippi below the Twin Cities metro wastewater treatment plant have shown ...

Article: Largest Mississippi River Cleanup Set for ...
U.S. Newswire;  June 12, 2002 ;     589 words ... ... cleaning a 43 mile stretch of the Mississippi River, the largest river cleanup project ... undertaken. Set for June 22-30, the Mississippi River Relief - Big River Cleanup will involve ... organizations cleaning 43 river miles of the Mississippi River from Prescott, WI to Minneapolis ...

Article: RIVER EDUCATION TRIPS FOR TWIN CITIES' STUDENTS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 9, 2006 ;     640 words ... ... based learning that supports river stewardship. The Mississippi River, its science, heritage and care are the subject of year ... waterfall. Visit www.nps.gov/miss, or call the NPS Mississippi River Visitor Center in the Science Museum of Minnesota, St ...

Article: Ford sells hydro plant to Canadian company; By inking a deal for ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... ability to get that [plant operator] license transferred. And there was their interest in working with future users of the Twin Cities assembly plant site, should that be redeveloped. And then of course there was price," Denby said. The sale is contingent ...

Article: He's got the itch to swim; Martin Strel, who is making his way ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... s swim down the length of the Mississippi River began July 4 at its source in Lake Itasca, and reached the Twin Cities on Friday - Strel swam about 30 ... is a very important day." The Twin Cities is the first major metropolitan ...

Article: Sightseeing cruises evoke steamboat days; A seasoned riverboat ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... on one of its twice-daily river tours. Bowell, 76, has plied these waters since 1970, parlaying his love for the Mississippi River into a thriving, family-run business - the Padelford Packet Boat Co. - with two riverboats on Harriet Island and two ...