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For sale: A green thumb’s house on Summit Avenue (with a conservatory!)

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

A gardener’s masterpiece is for sale on St. Paul’s Summit Avenue — just in time for another growing season.Marge Hols, the former Pioneer Press gardening columnist, died last summer, about six months after being diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. She was 86.“Marge was the skilled gardener, I was the unskilled labor,” said her husband, David Hols, a retired attorney. “After Marge passed away, I realized it wasn’t practical for an 87-year-old to live alone in 4,000 square feet, and so I started making plans to move out.”The exterior of 1180 Summit Ave. in St. Paul, photographed in the summer of 2022. The English Tudor-style home, built in 1909, is on the market for the first time in decades. (Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Realty)An early photo of 1180 Summit Ave. in St. Paul, taken soon after it was built in 1909. (Courtesy of Brian Hols)George Van Slyck and his son, DeForest Van Slyck next to the 1180 Summit Ave. home in St. Paul. ...

Jordan Addison’s route to Vikings was his route running

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

During the leadup to this weekend’s NFL Draft, Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O’Connell met with reporters and answered questions.One of them was about whether the Vikings subscribed to the traditional way of looking at NFL receivers, i.e. they should be tall and sturdy.“We have these conversations often in a way that we have to have an opinion on it, but we don’t think we know more than we know,” Adofo-Mensah said.If that wasn’t exactly clear, the Vikings made their feelings on the debate clearer on Thursday night when they used the 23rd pick on Jordan Addison, Southern Cal’s 5-foot-11, 175-pound leading receiver last season.The Vikings already have a prototype NFL receiver in 6-1, 195-pound Justin Jefferson, the NFL’s 2022 Offensive Player of Year after catching 128 passes for 1,809 yards and eight touchdowns. By spending their first-round collateral on Addison, Minnesota has come out hard on the smaller-can-be-better side.The team officially intro...

‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ review: A real-live adventure this time from Disney’s recycling bin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

You could say “Peter Pan & Wendy,” the latest voyage to the Disney+ recycling bin, is an unexpectedly strong movie. But it’s not unexpected, so really, you shouldn’t call it that.The director and co-writer David Lowery has made nothing but interesting features, six so far, and while his latest (co-written by Toby Halbrooks) turns into a bit of a Lost Boy here and there in its brooding investigation of why Captain Hook, played by a happily camp-averse Jude Law, got that way, it’s a stirring adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s fantasy, now streaming.“Peter Pan & Wendy” starts where it ought to, in London at night. In Lowery’s film, the Darling family (Molly Parker and Alan Tudyk appear as Ma and Pa in the bookend sequences) is about to send a trepidatious Wendy off to boarding school. Like the eternal boy she’s been hearing about in stories most of her young life, she prefers not to grow up too quickly.The magical arrival of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, and the whisking of the eager Dar...

MN Senate passes bill to legalize marijuana

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

The Minnesota Senate on Friday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. It’s the furthest along that legalization has ever gotten in the Legislature.Democratic Gov. Tim Walz said he’d sign legalization into law, but before a bill can get to his desk, the Senate and House will need to iron out differences between their proposals. The House legalization bill passed on Tuesday.Backers of legalization have not touted marijuana as a big money maker for the state, but instead point to the unequal outcomes for different groups in society and wasted law enforcement resources.“The prohibition of cannabis is a failed system that has not achieved the desired goals and has had incredible cost for our communities, especially our communities of color,” said bill sponsor Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville.Bill passes on vote of 34-33Legalization has passed in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor-controlled House before, but the GOP-controlled Senate never allowed bills to move forw...

NEWS10 welcomes K.C. Kantz as new evening anchor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - NEWS10 is happy to welcome anchor K.C. Kantz to the team. He will join the evening crew and anchor the evening and late shows.He grew up in Edinboro and studied journalism at Edinboro University. His first job was a weekend sports anchor at WSEE in Erie, PA. He joined WTAJ in Altoona in 2010 on the sports desk before making his transition to the news desk anchoring the morning news until May of 2021. He left Altoona to join the Morning News for WLNE in Providence, RI for the past two years. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On joining the team at NEWS10, Kantz said “I’m ecstatic to join the wonderful team at WTEN. They have a winning attitude and deliver on that day in and day out. I can’t wait to get started.”You can read his bio below:K.C.’s broadcasting career began his sophomore year of college when he was hired as a weekend sports anchor at the Erie, Pa CBS affiliate. Nearly two decades later, K.C...

National American Postal Union protests

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -April 28 is International Workers' Memorial Day, and the American Postal Workers Union is rallying together for change when it comes to working conditions. They say they are pushing to have management see their worth as people, not profits, starting with accountability at all levels. School lockdown drills may see changes Postal workers including Ibrahim Pedrinan, President of the APWU Local 390, say they are standing up for themselves at the risk of losing their own jobs. "We've had supervisors get zero discipline. Where someone who's a late father is facing potential discipline for just being 15, 20 minutes late. It's bullying, it's intimidation. Retaliation against people who are just trying to make sure that everyone has a safe work environment," stated Pedrinan. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Workers are also asking for management to hire more employees to lessen their stress. Vice President ...

Three officers hurt, one shot in St. Louis just north of Forest Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Three officers are hurt and one was shot Friday afternoon in St. Louis, just a little north of Forest Park. Authorities have responded to the 5700 block of Kingsbury Place in the Skinker-Debaliviere neighborhood in connection with the investigation. Trending -- Students and teacher rally around fired Webster Groves teacher FOX 2 has learned that several officers responded to a CIT call for mental health assistance outside an apartment complex. As the officers approached the subject, one officer was shot in the shoulder. The subject reportedly fired shots from his pocket. Two other officers quickly confronted the subject and suffered injuries to their hands during a struggle to detain the subject. This situation unfolded just before 4:30 p.m. The subject accused of firing shots is now in custody, according to a SLMPD spokesperson. All three officers are being sent to the hospital in unknown condition. SLMPD says the officer who was shot was conscious and breathing whil...

Nuggets Journal: Denver’s attitude vs. Suns is encouraging, but it’s depth might matter more

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

When the Nuggets ousted the Timberwolves in five games on Tuesday night, Michael Porter Jr. dwelled on his rough shooting night for about the length of time it takes him to fire off an uncontested 3-pointer.“I’m not really tripping about how many points I score, especially in the playoff game,” Porter said. “It’s all about the win.”It didn’t matter to Porter that he’d scored just eight points (albeit huge ones) and was inefficient from the field. In 39 minutes, Porter snatched 10 boards and had a key deflection to break up a Rudy Gobert lob in the fourth quarter.It was one small example of the Nuggets’ complete buy-in this playoff run, and why they believe, at the outset of their second-round series against Phoenix, they have as good a chance as any remaining team to win a title.“All the teams that win championships, everybody sacrifices,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said following practice on Friday afternoon.“Get over yourself,” was a mantra he’s repeated dozens of times this sea...

Police ID homeless man accused of biting LAPD officer’s finger off during encounter at Metro station

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

A man who allegedly bit off a portion of an LAPD officer’s finger during an encounter at a Metro Red Line station Thursday has been identified.Ephraim Okorie, 36, described as being homeless, was booked on suspicion of mayhem, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Homeless man bites off LAPD officer’s finger at Metro subway station The incident unfolded around 10:15 a.m. at the subway station in East Hollywood.Officers assigned to the Red Line were patrolling when they saw a man board the train while in possession of narcotic paraphernalia, police said. The officers approached the man and escorted him off the train.That’s when Okorie “became violent and fought with the officers,” resulting in the officers using force, police said.At some point Okorie allegedly bit a part of a sergeant’s pinky finger, police said.A portion of an Los Angeles police sergeant's pinky finger was bitten off by a homeless man during an arrest at the Metro Red Line subway station on April 27, 20...

Disneyland temporarily pauses 'Fantasmic!' performance after fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:52 GMT

Disneyland’s popular nighttime show, Fantasmic!, is going on hiatus through at least May 14 after a fire destroyed a large dragon prop during a performance last week weekend, a Disneyland official confirmed with KTLA.As of Friday afternoon, show performances have been removed from the official Disneyland app. Dragon prop catches fire during Disneyland show; Disney temporarily suspends similar fire effects globally “Performances of Fantasmic are currently paused through at least May 14. We know our guests love and miss Fantasmic and Disneyland Resort teams are working hard to assess when we can bring back an adjusted show as quickly and safely as possible.” a Disneyland official told KTLA on Friday. The nighttime show was abruptly halted on April 22 after the Maleficent dragon prop caught fire during the show’s finale. The flames first ignited from the dragon’s face before spreading to the rest of its body, videos from the scene showed.A fire broke out during a nighttime Fantasmic!...