LAKE CITY -- Members of the Lake City Yacht Club regularly go sailing because it's their passion, but this weekend they'll also sail for a cause

In an attempt to achieve greater racial balance, St. Cloud school district plans to provide free rides to students in the district who want to attend language immersion programs. It's part of a district integration plan that St.

For the first six months they have their licenses, Minnesota drivers ages 16 and 17 may not drive between midnight and 5 a.m. and may have only one passenger younger than 20; work and school exceptions exist.

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Department leaders investigate a proposal to combine their departments; officers and firefighters are concerned about training and response times.

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Director Brian Matuszak's specialty is slapstick, but the three one-act comedies, translated from Finnish, presented Thursday at the Proctor Area Community Center, don't afford many opportunities for pratfalls and spit takes. Making do with what he's got to work with, Matuszak stages them with a degree of physicality that would have, in their original productions, had the performers hospitalized for hysteria or demonic possession.

Denard Span was a high-profile outfield prospect who looked as if he wouldn't pan out. But after being sent down this spring, he bounced back up and now appears to be here to stay.

It took a southeastern Minnesota farming family three years to prove that their "financial adviser" was embezzling their savings.

Scores from 7 million students nationwide show that girls and boys do equally well on tests. But Minnesota's high school girls still lag.

Shakopee resident Gary Kasper, pictured
here in his 1977 Monte Carlo, arrived to the Minnesota Valley Rally early at 5 p.m. because he wanted to be
the first vehicle at the new , which is modeled after a successful car show
held on opposite Fridays in Hastings.

Remaining shows are scheduled from 6 to
10 p.m. August 1, 15 and 29 and Sept. 12 and 26. (Staff photo by Shannon Fiecke) 

By Shannon Fiecke, Staff Writer

He's a great conversationalist, a ferocious reader, a lover of
music, an excellent cook and a gifted leader trained in the sciences and
theology. As one of his parishioners says, “Father Bill” could have done
anything with his life. But he chose to serve God. And he chose to come to
Shakopee.

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