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How closely did you follow the local news this week? Take our quiz and find out.

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

The Morning Report, our weekday newsletter, quizzes readers about our local news coverage on Fridays.Answer these five questions and check your answers at the end of the article.Sign up for the Morning Report or our other free newsletters at twincities.com/newsletters.SundayCatalytic converter thefts are down in St. Paul. Police say reasons include:A. New, dedicated alarms protect the converters.B. The increased use of vehicle and home/business surveillance cameras act as deterrents.C.  New restrictions on the sale and transportation of detached catalytic converters are helping.MondayA philanthropist donated $2.5 million to the Battered Women’s Justice Project and $2 million to the Hmong American Partnership, both in St. Paul, it was announced on Monday. That donor is:A. Mackenzie ScottB. Jeff BezosC. Taylor SwiftTuesdayA popular St. Paul marketplace is looking to expand into the suburbs.A. The European Christmas Market at Lowertown.B. Frogtown’s HmongTown Marketplace on Como Avenue...

Pittsfield to honor SSGT. Jacob Galliher

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (NEWS10) -- The City of Pittsfield will honor SSGT. Jacob "Jake" Galliher on Friday at approximately 3:15 p.m. SSGT. Galliher was involved in the tragic crash of an Osprey while serving in the United States Air Force-Japan. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! SSGT. Galliher was a graduate of Taconic High School in 2017. According to the City, SSGT. Galliher's procession will begin at Westover Air Force Base, then travel on the Massachusetts Turnpike to downtown Lee, then through downtown Lenox, via Walker Street. The route will continue to Pittsfield via Route 7 (South Street) to Park Square where they will turn left onto West Street to Taconic High School. After Taconic, the procession will return to North Street, turn left down North Street, and end at Dery Funeral Home on Bradford Street.Flags are available to the public and can be picked up, after noon today, at the following locations:City Hall, 70 Allen StreetDepart...

Last call for artists to enter 120th anniversary Grant's Farm mural competition

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Last call for artists! In celebration of its 120th anniversary, Grant's Farm is looking for someone to design and paint a permanent mural that celebrates the legendary aspects of the St. Louis property.The call for artists was announced earlier this year, but the deadline has arrived.  The deadline for all mural design submissions is tonight at midnight. Asian elephant ‘Raja’ leaving St. Louis Zoo The winner will receive $5,000 in cash. Grant's Farm will also pay for all the materials necessary to install the mural.Two runners-up will receive $1,000 in cash each. For more information about how you can submit your idea, click here.

Crews responding to building fires in Madison, Illinois

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

MADISON, Ill. - Emergency crews are responding to building fires in Madison, Illinois.Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter, Nic Lopez, captured footage of the scene located on the 1500 block of Market Street, where firefighters are still dousing the two buildings with water. One of the buildings was a former mechanic shop. Two St. Louis-area highways among ‘America’s most loathed,’ report says Smoke can still be seen shooting from the buildings. So far, the cause of the fire has not been reported. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Is “Die Hard” the world’s greatest Christmas movie? The Denver Center’s “Yippee Ki Yay” offers its own witty take

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

‘Tis the season, to be sure. The time of the year when pop culture moments — from Zuzu’s petals to Kevin Williamson’s bracing scream, from a cue-card declaration of love, actually, to a melancholy little island of misfit toys — comprise a lingua franca.And so, to crib from Sam the Snowman’s jaunty intro to “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”: Do you recall the greatest Christmas action hero of all?Whether you do or don’t, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts has a treat for you. In Richard Marsh’s solo show “Yippee Ki Yay: The Die Hard Parody,” John McClane gets his due and then some. You may recall that the smirking, wise-cracking character shot a TV star named Bruce Willis out of a cannon and into the canon of 1980s action movies.Like most parodies, this serio-silly homage gains momentum as it flatters and teases audience familiarity with the source material. (I can’t help but wonder what the one soul who raised her hand when Marsh asked who had never seen “Die Hard” made ...

Opinion: Celebrate our county clerks instead of demonizing them

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

Colorado has a rich history of being a local-control state. We have numerous elected officials that serve at the local level. Whether it be in a municipality, a county, a school district, or a special district; local governments are the heart of our governmental system here in Colorado.Over the past few years, particularly in the last few months, our county clerks have come under attack as widespread misinformation has been brought to the people and media of Colorado surrounding election integrity.In the 2020 election, Donald Trump easily won the counties I represent in the northeast corner of the state. Yet, despite an overwhelming majority of votes for Trump, I constantly heard that the election had been stolen while campaigning for my current office. This fall, after working diligently with my colleagues to make sure Proposition HH was defeated throughout the state, once again the election integrity of our county clerks was called into question – this time by Ron Hanks, chair of ...

Ghosts on the Glacier: Mystery still surrounds 1973 death of Denver climber Janet Johnson on Aconcagua

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

By John Branch, The New York TimesHigh on Mount Aconcagua, the Western Hemisphere’s highest mountain, the shrinking Polish Glacier spits out what it once devoured — in this case, a 50-year-old Nikomat 35 mm camera.Two porters, preparing for an upcoming expedition, had been securing ropes in the thin and arid air of a clear February day. It was midsummer in South America. The camera glistened in the sun, daring to be noticed.The lens was shattered. A dial on top showed that 24 photographs had been taken.The bottom half of the camera was saddled into a worn leather holster with a thick strap. On the holster, in blue embossing tape, was an American name and a Colorado address.In the snow-and-ice seasonal cycles of the mountains, abandoned and lost equipment is discovered each summer — tattered tents, dropped ice axes, lost mittens. Occasionally, a body.This was not just another camera, though the porters did not know that yet. One of them carried it down to camp. There, a v...

Denver brewery closes after 5 years in north Denver

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

Oasis Brewing, a small taproom located inside a former church in Denver’s Highland Square, said Wednesday on Facebook that it will close for good on Dec. 23.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | “Newgrass” bar taking over for Sancho’s Broken Arrow on Colfax Restaurants, Food and Drink | Colorado barley farmers aim to brew a sustainable future with novel grains Restaurants, Food and Drink | Denver’s best New Year’s Eve parties to ring in 2024 Restaurants, Food and Drink | Highlands Ranch brewery to close and make way for another longtime beer maker to move in Restaurants, Food and Drink | Westbound & Down Brewing buys two other Colorado beer makers “It is with a heavy heart that we are closing Oasis after a final day of serving amazing beer on December 23rd. Words cannot express how grateful we are for the community around us and the support we have ha...

Colorado Convention Center unveils rooftop expansion that’s expected to deliver economic boost

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

Denver city officials and business leaders converged atop the Colorado Convention Center Thursday to celebrate the completion of an 80,000-square-foot rooftop ballroom — part of a project that’s a decade and $233 million in the making.The project hit several hurdles, including a bid-ridding scandal, but the focus at the ribbon-cutting ceremony was on the boost in downtown spending and tax revenue the expansion is expected to deliver.The new flexible space, dubbed the Bluebird Ballroom, comes with an outdoor terrace. It’s part of an estimated 250,000-square-foot expansion at the convention center that is all but completed, according to an online dashboard tracking its progress.The ballroom’s coming availability already has allowed Visit Denver and its partners to book an additional $200 million worth of events at the convention center in the coming years, Richard Scharf, the organization’s president and CEO, told attendees.Normally, they would have been ...

Colorado’s respiratory virus season is most normal since pandemic started — for now

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:59:01 GMT

Colorado is so far experiencing its most typical respiratory virus season since the start of the pandemic, but no one knows whether the bugs have any tricks to pull over the winter months.In the winters of 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 raged while influenza and respiratory syncytial virus — or RSV — essentially took some time off.Last year, with most precautions gone, the other viruses made their seasonal appearance earlier than they usually do, and RSV overflowed pediatric hospital beds as young children went through their first bout with it. While most people only develop a cold when they get RSV, it can be severe for babies, toddlers and older adults.As of mid-December, flu and RSV are causing relatively normal levels of illnesses and hospitalizations, though both virus’ spread is still increasing, state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said.COVID-19 hospitalizations have plateaued for the moment, but since the virus hasn’t settled into a typical seasonal patte...