26 Mar 2024

Metal band Korn to hit St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center on 30th anniversary tour

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Metal band Korn will celebrate 30 years in the business with a 25-city fall tour that ends Oct. 27 with a stop at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Neither the promoter nor the venue announced prices. Citi cardholders have access to a presale that runs through 10 p.m. Thursday. Gojira and Spiritbox are also on the bill.

Guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer, bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu and drummer David Silveria formed Korn after the lead singer quit the trio’s previous band, L.A.P.D. Silveria recruited guitarist Brian “Head” Welch and vocalist Jonathan Davis to join what would become Korn. (The backward letter R in their logo was inspired by Toys R Us as several band members had previously worked for the retailer.)

Korn’s self-titled 1994 debut album set the tone for the band’s career, with lyrics about child abuse and bullying and a sound that fused metal and hip-hop. The group pioneered what would become known as nu metal, opening the doors for the likes of Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Kid Rock, Staind and Disturbed.

The singles “Got the Life” and “Freak on a Leash” from Korn’s third album, 1998’s “Follow the Leader,” broke through to mainstream audiences and Korn enjoyed a run for several years as one of the country’s biggest rock bands.

While they never again reached that peak of popularity, Korn has remained a staple of rock radio, most recently with “Start the Healing” and “Worst Is on Its Way” from the group’s 14th album “Requiem.”

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26 Mar 2024

Tune into Gov. Tim Walz’s state of the state address at 7 p.m.

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Gov. Tim Walz is delivering the State of State address tonight from Owatonna High School in southern Minnesota.

The speech begins at 7 p.m. and can be viewed online at: www.youtube.com/@mngov/streams. Listeners can also catch Walz’s address on Minnesota Public Radio.

In his sixth State of the State address, Walz is expected to highlight achievements of Democratic-Farmer-Labor-controlled state government, which over the past year has passed legislation ranging from paid family and medical leave to significant new spending on education.

Typically, the governor delivers his address from the Capitol in St. Paul before a joint session of the Minnesota Senate and House. But this year, he’s taking the show on the road to a new high school building in Owatonna, likely to highlight his administration and legislature’s investments in education.

It’s not the first time Walz has done his annual speech somewhere other than the Capitol. During the coronavirus pandemic, Walz delivered the State of the State from the Governor’s Residence in St. Paul in 2020 and from Mankato West High School in 2021.

Check back on Twin Cities.com for more coverage of the governor’s speech and rebuttal from minority Republican lawmakers.

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26 Mar 2024

Minnesota man caught in sex sting and accused of attempted bestiality pleads guilty to solicitation

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A Sauk Centre, Minn., man has struck a plea deal in a 2022 case that says he met up with a police decoy posing as a 17-year-old girl in Woodbury so he could pay her to have sex with his 240-pound English mastiff dog named “Lincoln.”

Lee Adam Terro, 49, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to solicitation of someone under 18 for prostitution, a felony charge filed after he responded to an online advertisement by the East Metro Sex Trafficking Task Force and set up a meeting with an undercover officer.

Lee Adam Terro (Courtesy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office)

In exchange for the guilty plea, two other charges will be dismissed at his May 29 sentencing: gross misdemeanor attempted bestiality and misdemeanor cruelty-mistreatment of animals.

The agreement calls for a cap of 60 days in jail and a stay of imposition, meaning the felony conviction will be deemed a misdemeanor if Terro successfully follows terms of five years of probation.

According to the criminal complaint filed in Washington County District Court on Oct. 4, 2022:

Terro initiated a text conversation with the decoy on Sept. 20, saying he wanted the girl to have sexual intercourse with his dog while he watched and masturbated. Twice the decoy told Terro she was 17 years old, which he acknowledged.

Terro agreed to pay the decoy $350 to watch and an extra $50 to film the sexual encounter. Over the course of several days, Terro “vividly described” in texts “the process of how his dog would have sexual intercourse,” the complaint states. He said it would last anywhere between a half-hour and an hour.

Terro sent the decoy several links to bestiality websites that showed dogs having sex with people. He said he would bring the decoy flavored vodka.

Officers were in Sauk Centre when Terro left his home for the Oct. 2 meet-up. They followed him for 120 miles until he got to the gas station, when he was arrested.

In his car, officers found Lincoln, along with $400 and a bottle of flavored vodka. Officers seized Terro’s cellphone and recovered the text message string between him and the decoy.

In an interview with police, Terro admitted to searching for a commercial sex ad, communicating with someone who he believed was a 17-year-old girl and arranging the meeting, charges say. He said that once he arrived at the gas station, he planned to cancel the meeting.

Lincoln was seized by the task force and handed over to the Animal Humane Society in Woodbury, according to court documents.

‘Sex act’

Terro has been out of jail since posting a $25,000 bond two days after his arrest. He appeared before Judge Juanita Freeman with his attorney, Max Keller.

“What did you agree to do, sir?” Freeman asked.

“Agreed to meet her in exchange for money for sexual … ” Terro said with his voice trailing off.

“Some sort of sex act?” the judge asked.

“Yes, ma’am,” he said.

“That was after you learned she was 17 years old,” she asked.

“Yes, ma’am,” he said.

The judge agreed that Terro’s independent psycho-sexual examination will suffice as part of a pre-sentence investigation.

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26 Mar 2024

Down time hasn’t been good for Wild’s playoff prospects

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The Wild returned to practice Tuesday after two days off for players, a welcome chance for bodies to heal and minds to reset after 71 NHL hockey games.

But there was no getting past the fact that those 48 hours were terrible for the Wild’s postseason prospects because while the Wild rested, the three teams directly ahead of them in the Western Conference standings went 4-0-1.

“Back to business,” veteran goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury said after an hour-long practice at TRIA Rink Tuesday morning. “(It) can’t change the way we think or play.”

Minnesota resumes play Thursday night against the San Jose Sharks at Xcel Energy Center with little margin for error in its quest to make the playoffs for the fourth straight season, eight points out of a wild card spot with just 11 regular-season games remaining.

After losing to St. Louis, 5-4 in overtime, on Saturday afternoon, the Wild had pulled within four points of Vegas for the eighth spot in the West, and the last of two conference wild card spots. After Golden Knights victories over Columbus and St. Louis, that was eight when the Wild returned to practice.

“I know I didn’t scoreboard-watch,” coach John Hynes said. “Now, we’re back at practice today. We’ll have a good meeting tomorrow and another practice, and we’ll get right back into play.”

The bad news is that with a game Tuesday at Nashville, Vegas could have a chance to put 10 points between them and Minnesota before the Wild drop the puck against the Sharks. The good news is they should have two of their best players back.

Center Joel Eriksson Ek and Jonas Brodin each went through a complete, lively practice on Tuesday and appear on pace to play in Thursday’s 7 p.m. puck drop.

“Reading and reacting, some confrontational things, a lot of game situations,” Hynes said. “Both looked good. So we’ll see how they respond to that, and then we’ve got another day tomorrow.”

Both players have been out with lower-body injuries. Eriksson Ek, second on the team with 29 goals and 60 points, hasn’t played since March 12. Brodin, one of the team’s top veteran defensemen, was injured late in a 4-0 victory at Anaheim on March 19.

“Big part of the team, obviously,” Fleury said. “Two key guys for us. Hopefully it went well for them today. I haven’t seen them (since practice), but it’s good to have them back.”

Forward Marcus Foligno did not practice Tuesday, but Hynes said it was a maintenance day. Foligno has been playing on a lower body injury suffered Feb. 9 in a 3-2 victory over Pittsburgh.

“The plan is for him to practice tomorrow,” Hynes said. “We’re just trying to manage him for the games.”

Briefly

The Wild have signed St. Cloud State defenseman Jack Peart to a three-year, entry-level contract starting next season. The Grand Rapids native was a second-round pick in the 2021 entry draft. In 108 career games with the Huskies, Peart recorded eight goals, 55 points and 113 blocked shots.

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