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Drought hammers lawns, crops, rivers in Minnesota

Drought hammers lawns, crops, rivers in Minnesota Bob Shaw, Ava Kian © Provided by Twin Cities Pioneer Press St. Croix River observers are warning boaters about low water levels so far this year. The low backwaters can be seen in this photograph Tuesday, June 15, 2021, north of Stillwater near Arcola Mills looking northeast along the St. Croix toward the Apple River. (Courtesy of Greg Schulz of PicturesOverStillwater.com} To their arsenal of lawn-care products, homeowners must now add something new calendars. The worst drought in nine years is drying up Minnesota, and the result is calendar-based watering bans that are rolling out city-by-city across the Twin Cities.

St. Paul man ID'd as driver in fatal crash with Green Line train

St. Paul man ID’d as driver in fatal crash with Green Line train Mara H. Gottfried © Provided by Twin Cities Pioneer Press St. Paul firefighters responded to a crash between a vehicle and Green Line train that killed the vehicle s driver and injured a passenger in the vehicle on Sunday, July 4, 2021. (Courtesy of the St. Paul Fire Department) Metro Transit police continue to investigate the cause of a weekend Green Line crash that killed a driver and injured another man. Vaughn Terry Hudson, 50, of St. Paul, died at the scene of the collision with a light-rail train on University Avenue near Rice Street, Metro Transit spokesman Howie Padilla said Tuesday. A 57-year-old passenger in his vehicle sustained critical injuries.

Community rallies around St. Paul firefighters, fundraising to protect them with ballistic gear

Community rallies around St. Paul firefighters, fundraising to protect them with ballistic gear Mara H. Gottfried © Provided by Twin Cities Pioneer Press St. Paul firefighters look over their new body armor at Station 1 on Randolph Avenue and West 7th Street in St. Paul on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. More than $70,000 was raised for 30 sets of bullet-resistant vests and helmets through the Shield616 non-profit organization. (John Autey / Pioneer Press) When St. Paul Fire Capt. Tom Bever’s mother was terminally ill with cancer, in their last months together he had a chance to tell her about a project close to his heart fundraising to purchase bullet-resistant vests for firefighters when they’re in potentially dangerous situations.

Privacy law stops St. Paul from starting college funds for babies of unwed mothers

Privacy law stops St. Paul from starting college funds for babies of unwed mothers Josh Verges © Provided by Twin Cities Pioneer Press St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter gives a onesie that says I m a CollegeBound Saint Paul Baby to Chee and Mary Vang and their newborn son, Rowan, the first baby born in 2020 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Rowan was born at 4:25 a.m. on New Years Day. The Vangs are from St. Paul. Mayor Carter met several families at Regions whose babies will be the recipients of college savings accounts through a new citywide program College Bound St. Paul. (Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press)