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Lynx stumble in Game 3

Lynx stumble in Game 3

It was a tough night for the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx as they fell to the Indiana Fever 76-59 in Game 3 of this year's finals. Shavonte Zellous scored a career-high 30 points to help the Fever, while Rebekkah Brunson, who scored 12 points, was the only Minnesota player to reach double figures.

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Photos: Senate candidate Kurt Bills on the road

Photos: Senate candidate Kurt Bills on the road

Republican Kurt Bills goes into the final weeks of the U.S. Senate campaign at a financial disadvantage compared to incumbent Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Federal Election Commission records show. And the most recent polls have him trailing Klobuchar by a wide margin. We accompanied Bills on a recent campaign swing. He travels in one of three blue school buses named Constitution, Liberty and Freedom.

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Photos: Minnesota's Donovan Palmquist, kiln builder

Photos: Minnesota's Donovan Palmquist, kiln builder

Donovan Palmquist, 57, grew up thinking his devotion to fly fishing would lead to a career in biology, maybe veterinary medicine. But praise for his pottery from a college professor swayed him away from natural science and toward art. He and his partner Colleen Riley live on 14 acres near Farmington, Minn. -- plenty of room for their studios and kilns.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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MPR photos of the week

MPR photos of the week

The 2012 campaign trail, the Vikings lose to the Redskins and the Lynx tie the Fever in the WNBA finals, biologists track wolves, farmers harvest the beet fields, and a Minneapolis woman draws strength from her Barbie collection. All that and more in our photos of the week.

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Photos: The power of Robin Hickman's Barbie collection

Photos: The power of Robin Hickman's Barbie collection

Robin Hickman has been called a St. Paul "treasure." She's a social activist, a TV and film producer, and a long-time leader in the African American community. But what makes Hickman most proud these days is her extensive multicultural doll collection, and how she uses it enhance the lives of others.
by Nikki Tundel

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Photos from Game 2, WNBA Finals

Photos from Game 2, WNBA Finals

The Minnesota Lynx defeat the Indiana Fever, 83-71, in the second game of the WNBA Finals. The series is tied at one game each. Seimone Augustus scored 23 of her 27 points in the second half to help push the Lynx up on the Fever; Maya Moore pitched in 23 points and the defending champion Lynx forced the Fever into 24 turnovers, 15 after halftime.

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Photos: More Vikings stadium designs

Photos: More Vikings stadium designs

Dallas-based HKS Inc. beat out four other competitors to design the new Vikings stadium. At a public meeting on October 15 they released more of their proposed stadium designs. The Vikings and the architectural firm hope to unveil a final design in January or February.

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Photos: A perfect day in Grand Marais, Minn.

Photos: A perfect day in Grand Marais, Minn.

Nestled amid a snaggletooth mountain range and Lake Superior, Grand Marais happens to be home to some of the most magnificent scenery in the region.

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Photos: Harvesting sugar beets in the Red River Valley

Photos: Harvesting sugar beets in the Red River Valley

Sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley are busy harvesting a bumper crop this fall, the second harvest since American Crystal Sugar locked 1,300 union workers out of its five factories in a labor dispute.
by Nathaniel Minor

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Michelle Hensley's Ten Thousand Things Theater

Michelle Hensley's Ten Thousand Things Theater

Michelle Hensley, artistic director for Ten Thousand Things Theater, brings quality theatrical performances to people in prisons, homeless shelters, women's shelter and fixed-income retirement homes.
by Jennifer Simonson

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