It just wasn’t in the cards, said Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Steve Murphy, DFL-Red Wing.
The transportation policy conference committee today (May 15) stripped
a primary seat belt provision from its report short days after the
House voted to refuse to accept the legislation.
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A 20-year-old Eagan student was found dead in her St. Olaf College
dormitory the morning of Wednesday, May 14, according to the college.
No cause of death was given for Veronica Schrader who was a sophomore at the school. See more in Thisweek Live story.
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 Theme for the K-2 spring concert was “Music colors our world.” The
songs were colorful, the performers, even more colorful and the crowd
enjoyed every minute of the show. The kindergarten class performed
“Little White Duck, Lavender’s Blue and Boy Blue.” The 1st grade
classes sang “Black and White, Song Sung Blue” and perhaps the biggest
hit of the night, a tribute to Elvis with “Blue Suede Shoes.” The 2nd
grade class performed “De Colores (Bright Colors), “What a Wonderful
World and Yellow Submarine.” Center, Madison Bechtel and Georgina
Steele search the audience for their parents. Far right: “What’s my
line again?” Gabriel Williams had a momentary “senior moment” and
forgot his line. Lucky Mrs. Kranz was there to assist. (Photos by Daniel McGonigle)
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The Ham Lake City Council May 5 approved a memorandum of understanding
(MOU) agreement with Anoka County for the Bunker Lake Boulevard and
Radisson Road reconstruction project, which will take place in 2009 and
2010.
See more in ABC Newspapers story by Eric Hagen.
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Folks living north of downtown North Branch may or may not want to join
resident John Heimer in trying to work out something with the Zinpro
company.
On certain days, when the wind blows just right, there’s something in the air that is offending at least one citizen. See more in ECM Post Review story by MaryHelen Swanson.
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The development of Marketplace was given the green light by the Forest Lake City Council.
The council unanimously approved the final plans for changes to Northland Mall during its regular meeting on Monday. See more in Jennifer Larson's Forest Lake Times story.
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 Two recently restored and rare warbirds – a Lockheed P-38L Lightning
and a Curtiss P-40K Warhawk – are scheduled to make a Saturday morning
visit at Blaine Aviation Weekend.
The two historic World War II-era aircraft are owned and maintained by businessman Ron Fagen of Granite Falls, Minn. See more in Blaine/Spring Lake Park Life story by Editor Tim Hennagir.
Aircraft restoration expert Erik Hokuf (left) and owner/pilot
Ron Fagen pose next to their recently restored and combat-veteran P-40K
Warhawk during the 2007 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. The rare World
War II fighter is scheduled to make an appearance Saturday, May 17, at
Blaine Aviation Weekend. (Photo Courtesy EAA AirVenture Today Online)
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Residents, landowners and business people along the Highway 95
corridor—east in Cambridge—received a first-hand look of proposed road
improvements during a May 13 open house at city hall.
Mn/DOT
project manager Dave Schwarting, Dist. 3-St. Cloud, fielded questions
and concerns regarding the safety and capacity improvements for Hwy.
95, between Hwy. 65 and Isanti County Hwy. 2. See more in Isanti County News story.
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Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman, a member of the Senate Agriculture
Committee, praised final passage of the House-Senate Farm Bill
Conference Report, which passed the Senate today (Thursday, May 15) by
a vote of 81-15.
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An 18-year-old Coon Rapids youth was charged in Anoka County District
Court this morning (Thursday, May 15) with three felonies in connection
with the assault/robbery of two Coon Rapids men in separate incidents
on Hanson Boulevard May 7.
Devonta James Lewis, 10708 Wren St. N.W., was arraigned on two
counts of first-degree aggravated robbery and one charge of
third-degree assault. See more in Editor Peter Bodley's ABC Newspapers update.
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A Princeton man’s body was found near Princeton Middle School on
Wednesday, May 14 with a possible gunshot wound to the head.
Shannon Loyel Salmela, 40, of rural Princeton was found in a field
behind the school, near the Rum River, called “Shady Acres.” A firearm
was found near the victim. See more in Mille Lacs County Times story.
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 Perhaps it began as it does for many hitters; grabbing bat after bat
after bat to see how it feels when you hold it, swing it, make contact.
You stand, ready for the pitch to make its way. You envision hitting
the ball out of the park...you dream that it is in front of thousands
of cheering fans for your favorite team, the Yankees, Cubs, Twins,
Diamondbacks. You swing. It feels good in your hands. You make contact.
The ball carries. You’ve found the perfect bat
So it was for Anthony Burruto, Orlando, Florida. His perfect bat? A Miken from Miken Sports in Caledonia.
Burruto, who was born without his tibula and fibula and has both legs
amputated, likes to play baseball. It is what he’d like to do when he
grows up.
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Minnesota employers eliminated 10,100 jobs in April, according to
seasonally adjusted figures released today by the Minnesota Department
of Employment and Economic Development.
On an over-the-year
basis, the number of jobs in the state grew 0.7 percent from April
2007, compared with a U.S. over-the-year growth rate of 0.3 percent.
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I opened “A Remarkable Mother,” by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster,
$22.95) with some trepidation. Ex-presidents don’t usually make great
writers, unless you count U.S. Grant and Teddy Roosevelt. Nixon made
too many excuses, Bill Clinton was way too windy. You get the drift.
But “A Remarkable Mother,” Carter’s 20th book, was promisingly brief
(only 222 pages) and although Carter’s presidency was marked with all
manner of trouble, I believe his post-presidential career has been
sterling, so I dove in.
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A measure to restrict night-time driving privileges and the number of
teenagers in a car for new teen drivers is enroute to becoming a
necessary law.
The House and Senate have passed similar measures and Gov. Tim Pawlenty has said he will sign it.
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Legislative leaders are rubbing their eyes but indicate they see a clear exit.
“We probably won’t go all the way to Monday,” opined House Speaker
Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, speaking Wednesday (May
14) on tpt’s “Almanac: At the Capitol.”
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 Three gubernatorial portraits were vandalized at the Capitol today
(Wednesday, May 14), the vandals using black and red markers to deface
the paintings of governors Jesse Ventura, Elmer Andersen, and Harold
LeVander.
The portraits of governors Elmer Andersen, Jesse Ventura, and Harold LeVander, had lines drawn on them perhaps by a narrow-tipped marker. The Minnesota Historical Society site manager has not yet returned a phone call. A major mark was placed across the portrait face of Andersen, near the tie of Ventura's portrait and on the mouth of LeVander's portrait.
(Photo by T.W. Budig, ECM Capitol Reporter)
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