Mounds View native Jordan Boll had just watched the Vikings beat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night at AT&T Stadium. He was walking back to his rental car with a few friends when he heard an engine revving in the distance.

The rest is a blur.

Minnesota Vikings fan Jordan Boll, 30, of Mounds View, seen Dec. 14, 2025, in Arlington, Texas, was leaving after the Vikings’ victory over the Dallas  Cowboys that evening when he was hit by a truck in the parking lot. He fractured his spine, and local police are still looking for the driver. (Courtesy of Jordan Boll)

Boll, 30, was struck by a pickup truck in the parking lot. The vehicle immediately fled the scene. Arlington, Texas, police are investigating to  determine the identity of the driver is ongoing.

“I kind of blacked out,” Boll said Thursday in an interview with the Pioneer Press. “I woke up to some random woman squeezing my hand, and they put me in the back of an ambulance.”

After being evaluated at a local hospital, doctors determined Boll suffered a fractured vertebrae in the incident. He was discharged and flew back to the Twin Cities on Tuesday afternoon and is staying with his parents as he recovers.

“Just getting out of bed is a chore,” he said. “They’re basically taking care of me until I can get back on my feet.”

Boll said he was wearing an Adrian Peterson Vikings jersey at the time.

According to FOX4 in Dallas, Arlington police said they took statements from several witnesses who described seeing a pickup being driven erratically in the parking lot before hitting Bell. Witnesses said the truck didn’t stop and exited the lot.

It’s unclear how long it will take Boll to get back to full strength. He said he’s scheduled to see a specialist this week. He’s He’s currently self employed and works mostly in snow removal during the winter and said he hopes to get back to work sooner rather than later.

In the meantime, a GoFundMe has been set up to help Boll with some of his medical expenses

“This is when I make most of my money,” he said. “I’m not making any money right now.”

If an arrest is made in the near future, Boll said he plans to press charges.

“I’m not the crying type, and I’ve been crying,” he said. “This is going to affect every part of my life. A good vacation turned into a nightmare in an instant. It really sucks.”

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rainfall on Iran’s Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its famed Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as red soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of deep red.

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The beach is known for its vivid red sand and cliffs, created by high concentrations of iron oxide.

When rain falls, as it did starting on Tuesday, streams of red soil flow toward the shoreline, coloring both the beach and the surrounding water and creating a sharp contrast with the blue waters of the Persian Gulf.

The phenomenon regularly attracts tourists, photographers and social media attention.

Beyond its visual appeal, the red soil — locally known as gelak — is exported in limited quantities and used in the production of cosmetics, pigments and some traditional products.

Hormuz Island lies in the Strait of Hormuz, where the Persian Gulf meets the Gulf of Oman, about 1,080 kilometers south of Iran’s capital, Tehran. Rainfall is relatively rare on the arid island, and happens mainly during the winter and early spring.

The island has become a popular destination with visitors drawn to its unusual landscapes.

When the Minnesota Wild were a mess of injuries last season, Carson Lambos got a taste of NHL life. Just not on the ice.

Lambos, 22, was called up for a few games last season and traveled and skated with the team on an East Coast road trip. But he didn’t play in a game, and headed back to Iowa after coming oh so close to his NHL debut.

But this month, with the Wild missing injured blue liners Zach Bogosian. Jake Middleton, Jonas Brodin and Daemon Hunt — the latter two on injured reserve — Lambos was the first healthy body to get the call to Columbus.

“I’m just really excited and grateful that I have this chance,” Lambos said following the team’s morning skate in Columbus. “(I’ve been) reflecting on the journey a little bit today, so it’s exciting to be here and savor the moment.”

Originally from Winnipeg, Lambos was playing major junior hockey in his hometown, and on loan with a team in Finland, when the Wild grabbed him with the 26th pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. He had at least a half-dozen friends and family making the trip to central Ohio to see his first NHL outing.

“He’s a good, young, developing player. He’s a strong kid. He’s got mobility, he competes hard. I think he can move the puck,” Wild coach John Hynes said following morning skate. “I think he’s earned the opportunity. He’s played for a while, and I thought he had a good training camp for us. So, I’m excited to see him play tonight.”

The insertion of Lambos into the lineup came on the same day that Hunt was added to the IR, and another Iowa defenseman — Davis Spacek — was recalled from Iowa. Hynes was not ready to give a timeline on the injury for Hunt, who left Tuesday’s win versus Washington in the first period following what looked like a knee-on-knee collision with a Capitals player.

“I wouldn’t classify it yet as week-to-week,” Hynes said. “We’ve got to let something settle down and then we’ll see how he’ll be. I think it’s one of those things where 48 hours after, you’ll kind of see what it’s going to be.”

The changes on the blue line come less than a week after the addition of Quinn Hughes to the mix on Minnesota’s back end. For Columbus, that meant prepping for a very different team than the one the Blue Jackets beat in October in St. Paul. Hughes is suddenly and rightfully the focus of their attention.

“Well, he is an extremely special player. Obviously. A lot of our pre-scout is around him and how he breaks the puck out, how he plays in the offensive zone, how he plays in the neutral zone,” said Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason, who coached the Wild 25 months ago before being replaced by Hynes.

“Their top line is as good as any line in the league. And then combine him and Faber, they’re special, right? So, we’ll have to pay special attention, but they’ve got obviously other weapons as well, and their goaltending is fantastic.”

Evason also had a good sense of humor about his former employer when asked what has made the Wild so successful lately.

“They’re coached better,” he said.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The seven states that rely on the Colorado River to supply farms and cities across the U.S. West appear no closer to reaching a consensus on a long-term plan for sharing the dwindling resource.

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The river’s future was the center of discussions this week at the annual Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas, where water leaders from California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming gathered alongside federal and tribal officials.

It comes after the states blew past a November deadline for a new plan to deal with drought and water shortages after 2026, when current guidelines expire. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has set a new deadline of Feb. 14.

Nevada’s lead negotiator said it is unlikely the states will reach agreement that quickly.

“As we sit here mid-December with a looming February deadline, I don’t see any clear path to a long-term deal, but I do see a path to the possibility of a shorter-term deal to keep us out of court,” John Entsminger of the Southern Nevada Water Authority told The Associated Press.

An essential resource

More than 40 million people across seven states, Mexico and Native American tribes depend on the water from the river. Farmers in California and Arizona use it to grow the nation’s winter vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage and carrots. It provides water and electricity to millions of homes and businesses across the basin.

But longstanding drought, chronic overuse and increasing temperatures have forced a reckoning on the river’s future. Existing water conservation agreements that determine who must use less in times of shortage expire in 2026. After two years of negotiating, states still haven’t reached a deal for what comes next.

The federal government continues to refrain from coming up with its own solution — preferring the seven basin states reach consensus themselves. If they don’t, a federally imposed plan could leave parties unhappy and result in costly, lengthy litigation.

Not only is this water fight between the upper and lower basins, individual municipalities, tribal nations and water agencies have their own stakes in this battle. California, which has the largest share of Colorado River water, has over 200 water agencies alone, each with their own customers.

“It’s a rabbit hole you can dive down in, and it is incredibly complex,” said Noah Garrison, a water researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles.

No deal emerges

During a Thursday panel of state negotiators, none appeared willing to bend on their demands. Each highlighted what their state has done to conserve water, from turf-removal projects to canal lining in order to reduce seepage, and they explained why their state can’t take on more. Instead, they said, others should bear the burden.

Entsminger, of Nevada, said he could see a short-term deal lasting five years that sets new rules around water releases and storage at Lakes Powell and Mead — two key reservoirs.

Lower Basin states pitched a reduction of 1.5 million acre-feet per year to cover a structural deficit that occurs when water evaporates or is absorbed into the ground as it flows downstream. An acre-foot is enough water to supply two to three households a year.

But they want to see a similar contribution from the Upper Basin. The Upper Basin states, however, don’t think they should have to make additional cuts because they already don’t use their full share of the water and are legally obligated to send a certain amount of water downstream.

“Our water users feel that pain,” said Estevan López, New Mexico’s representative for the Upper Colorado River Commission.

Upper Basin states want less water released from Lake Powell to Lake Mead.

But Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, said he hasn’t seen anything on the table from the Upper Basin that would compel him to ask Arizona lawmakers to approve those demands.

Within the coming weeks, the Bureau of Reclamation will release a range of possible proposals, but it will not identify a specific set of operating guidelines the federal government would prefer.

Scott Cameron, the bureau’s acting commissioner, implored the states to find compromise.

“Cooperation is better than litigation,” he said during the conference. “The only certainty around litigation in the Colorado River basin is a bunch of water lawyers are going to be able to put their children and grandchildren through graduate school. There are much better ways to spend several hundred million dollars.”