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Stories from June 1, 2019

Gophers softball season ends with loss at Women's College World Series

"We didn't play our best," Minnesota coach Jamie Trachsel said. "We're not going to make excuses about it. We certainly won't have any regrets about it. ... We're not going to let one weekend define or change anything we've been able to accomplish together."
by Associated Press

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Wayward bison in Rochester is located, put down

Wayward bison in Rochester is located, put down

The nearly weeklong saga of a bison on the loose in the Rochester area came to an end on Friday evening.
by MPR News Staff

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Some Sunday morning frost in northern Minnesota; milder temps this week

It was a nice, sun-splashed Saturday across most of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Our Saturday afternoon high of 73 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was fairly typical for June 1.  Our average high temp is 74 degrees this time of year in the Twin Cities metro area.  The average Twin Cities high temp increases…
by Ron Trenda

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'Start with truth and end with art': Poet Ocean Vuong on his debut novel

'Start with truth and end with art': Poet Ocean Vuong on his debut novel

"On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous," written as a letter from a son to his immigrant mother who cannot read, aims "to speak to a rich American tradition of autobiography," its author says.
by Scott Simon

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Arrest in 43-year-old murder case stuns Wisconsin town

Arrest in 43-year-old murder case stuns Wisconsin town

Word of the arrest — via a friend's text message — hit Wayne Sankey like a thunderbolt. "I said, 'You gotta be kidding me,'" Sankey recalled. "And then I told the wife and she couldn't believe it. 'There's no way,' she said. 'Ray down the road?'"
by Associated Press

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Duluth renames city park in the Ojibwe language

Duluth renames city park in the Ojibwe language

What used to be known as Lake Place Park is now called Gichi-Ode' Akiing, which means A Grand Heart Place in the Ojibwe language, after a naming ceremony Friday. Backers say the name change will increase the visibility of Native Americans in Duluth
by Dan Kraker

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U.K. volunteers still honor U.S. airmen, 75 years after D-Day

U.K. volunteers still honor U.S. airmen, 75 years after D-Day

75 years after D-Day, Britain remains dotted with memorials to American soldiers of World War II, many built and still tended by local people who honor those who died and remember the thousands of others they drank and danced with, and fought alongside.
by Associated Press

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Is it summer yet?; frost advisory northern Minnesota Saturday night

Is it summer yet?; frost advisory northern Minnesota Saturday night

Today is the start of meteorological summer! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has this explanation of the meteorological seasons: Meteorologists and climatologists break the seasons down into groupings of three months based on the annual temperature cycle as well as our calendar. We generally think of winter as the coldest time of the year…
by Ron Trenda

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Scientists find flaws in plan to lift U.S. wolf protections

Scientists find flaws in plan to lift U.S. wolf protections

Scientists tasked with reviewing government plans to lift protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. said in a report released Friday that the proposal has numerous factual errors and other problems.
by Associated Press

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