ROCHESTER, Minn. — Two people were reported dead at the scene of a Friday night house fire in Rochester.

The Rochester Fire Department said that it was called to the fire, at 822 Fox Pointe Lane Southwest, at 10:15 p.m.

There, they found heavy smoke coming from the garage and main floor, as well as flames along the roofline in the rear of the large, single-family structure.

Firefighters fought the fire both inside and outside the house, and additional firefighters went inside to search for people. They found two adults in the home’s garage and brought them outside. Efforts to revive them were not successful, and both adults were pronounced dead at the scene.

The fire was found in the garage and attic, but was extinguished. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Victim autopsy results were pending.

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It’s been a long journey home for the Frost, playing eight of their first 10 games on the road. Frost fans’ long wait to see them paid off as Grace Zumwinkle and Katy Knoll led Minnesota to a 6-2 victory over Seattle on Sunday in St. Paul.

The Frost were down one of their key players, Dominique Petrie, who suffered a lower body injury against Montreal and landed on long-term injury reserve earlier in the week. With Petrie’s absence, the Frost changed up their lines.

“We make no secret that when you’re part of the Frost, we expect a lot from you, and we need you to contribute,” said head coach Ken Klee. “We switched them up a little bit the other day, and I know we can put different combinations, different players with different people and then when we have injuries, it’s not as big a deal trying to figure out how you’re going to plug holes.”

Zumwinkle led the way for the Frost on Sunday, scoring two goals and just missing out on completing the hat trick late in the third period.

“I think as a line we had a lot of great chances, and I think coming into a game that’s what you’ve got to focus on,” said Zumwinke. “Hopefully you’ll be able to execute on a few of those, and I think today we saw that with all the lines, especially with Katy getting two goals as well.

“She loves to score goals, she’ll tell you that herself. Tonight she had a lot, and obviously two really nice ones,” said Klee.

Part of her success against the Torrent may stem from a bit of sibling rivalry. Zumwinkle’s younger sister, Emily, is a Seattle reserve, and they are the first-ever sisters to play in the PWHL. While Emily didn’t make the trip back home to Minnesota, it still gave Grace a little something extra to get the win over Seattle.

“As sisters, we all love each other. But there’s that rivalry at the end of the day. I know she’s cheering for own team as she should be. But that is that sisterly love and bond we share,” Zumwinkle said.

Knoll was just as much of a pain for the Torrent. She came up big after the Frost made 14 shots on goal and had the advantage of a power play. Brita Curl-Salemme and Taylor Heise were able to set up an excellent pass over to Knoll, who was just left of the goal, for a slap shot that put the Frost up 1-0 in the first period.

Then, in the third period, Knoll caught a long pass from Sidney Morin from behind the Frost goal and into the Torrent’s defensive zone to make it 5-1.

“Always love playing at home,” said Knoll. “The energy is so fun to play in front of and, like coach said, change the lines up a little bit. The way the staff kind of preaches it is you should be ready to play with anyone, and that’s kind of how our system goes.”

Rooney kept the Torrent scoreless until late in the second period, when right wing Jessie Eldridge scored with the right side of the net wide open to make it 3-1. Torrent center Danielle Serdachny would get another goal with just 7:04 left to make it 5-2.

The Frost would also get goals from Heise and rookie Abby Hustler in the third period. Heise and Curl-Salemme both had two assists. Curl-Salemme now leads the PWHL with nine assists.

The Frost next play the Sirens in New York at 6 p.m. CST Friday.

Minnesota’s Mae Batherson controls the puck behind the night during the Frost’s game against Seattle at the Grand Casino Arena on January 11, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Courtesy of PWHL)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Josh Allen took a pounding, doled out punishment and delivered Buffalo its first road playoff victory in more than three decades, 27-24 over Jacksonville in the AFC’s wild-card opener Sunday.

With linebacker Devin Lloyd bearing down on him, Allen found Brandin Cooks for 36 yards just before the two-minute warning and then capped the go-ahead drive with a 1-yard touchdown run in which Jacksonville let him score.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – JANUARY 11: Dalton Kincaid #86 of the Buffalo Bills scores a touchdown against Greg Newsome II #6 of the Jacksonville Jaguars during the fourth quarter in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at EverBank Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)

On the play before his score, Allen gained 10 yards on a sneak, refusing to go down while being pushed and pulled to the goal line.

“Just trusting everybody on the field,” Allen said. “Great win, great team win. All we’ve got to do is play our game, find a way to win a football game. We’re on to the next.”

Buffalo will play at Denver or New England next week, a chance to build a road winning streak after a decades-long skid.

“We got to go do it again. We got to go do it again,” Allen said.

Focused on getting rid of the ball quickly and negating Jacksonville’s pass rush most of the game, Allen completed 28 of 35 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown. He ran for two scores, was sacked just once and played turnover-free football. Khalil Shakir caught 12 passes for 82 yards for the Bills.

It was necessary considering NFL rushing leader James Cook was mostly bottled up, finishing with 46 yards on 15 carries.

“You know, we’re going to play for each other, we’re gonna fight to the very last second, and you saw that here today,” Allen said.

Buffalo (13-5) intercepted a deflected pass on Jacksonville’s final drive to seal the victory.

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. (1) breaks a tackle attempt by Buffalo Bills cornerback Jordan Hancock (37) before scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

The Bills had been 0-5 on the road in the playoffs under coach Sean McDermott, starting with a 10-3 loss at Jacksonville in the 2017 wild-card round. The Bills had dropped eight consecutive postseason games on the road since winning at Miami in the 1992 AFC championship game. It had been the NFL’s second-longest, active road playoff skid.

The Jaguars (13-5) took the lead with 4:03 to play on Trevor Lawrence’s third TD pass of the game, but they couldn’t hold it against the NFL’s reigning MVP.

Lawrence completed 18 of 30 passes for 207 yards, with TD throws to Brian Thomas Jr., Parker Washington and Travis Etienne. Washington finished with seven catches for 107 yards.

Coach Liam Coen surely will get questioned for not running the ball more against one of the league’s most porous run defenses.

Etienne and rookie Bhayshul Tuten combined for 118 yards on just 14 carries.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – JANUARY 11: Trevor Lawrence #16 of the Jacksonville Jaguars is tackled by Jordan Hancock #37 and Shaq Thompson #45 of the Buffalo Bills during the second quarter in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at EverBank Stadium on January 11, 2026 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

Allen, meanwhile, showed his toughness. He twice ended up in the medical tent in the first half but didn’t miss a snap. He got hammered in the head twice during one play, with Josh Hines-Allen landing on the side of his helmet right after teammate Travon Walker tackled him to the ground. His left ear appeared to be bleeding, but he got checked out and returned.

Allen later slammed his right hand into the helmet of right guard O’Cyrus Torrence after releasing the ball. And he completed the injury trifecta when his left leg got bent awkwardly on his 2-yard TD run.

Allen stayed on the ground following that last hit from Hines-Allen and gingerly walked to the sideline and back into the tent. But, as usual, the 6-foot-5, 237-pounder powered through and was back on the field making plays.

The Jaguars had a chance to tie the game at the end of the first half, but Cam Little was wide left on a 54-yarder. The miss ended a streak of 20 consecutive field goals made for the second-year pro from Arkansas.

Little kicked the two longest field goals in NFL history this season — a 68-yarder at Las Vegas and a 67-yarder last week against Tennessee.

He got a chance after the Bills were flagged for being offside following a 34-yard completion that got Little into range.

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As you walk around downtown St. Paul, you might notice recent updates to a sidewalk staple. The trash cans have gone solar.

“They do a couple of things, so it’s kind of a joke that they’re the Cadillac of the containers,” said Sarah Haas, administrator of the city’s Garbage and Recycling Program. “But our old containers were dated and easy to rifle through and spread litter.”

The city of St. Paul spent close to $475,000 to replace 94 traditional trash cans and 20 recycling bins with 81 Bigbelly smart trash bins, which are each paired with a Bigbelly recycling bin, according to Haas. The containers, which total 162, include solar-powered smart features like compactors, and some have a sensor that alerts workers when the bin is full.

“The main purpose is to provide an opportunity to reduce litter and to provide visitors, residents and folks that are there to work downtown with a way to conveniently dispose of their material so they’re not littering,” Haas said. “Also, the No. 1 thing probably was reducing labor and creating a safer environment for the employees.”

Haas said that because the bins are self-compacting, they can handle up to 150 gallons of material, much more than the previous garbage cans, which held close to 50 gallons of waste. An increased capacity for trash means workers are able to delegate their time more efficiently, and the bins need to be emptied half as often. The new bins are also making their jobs safer, Haas said.

In an effort to encourage recycling and reduce littering in downtown St. Paul, the city has purchased 162 Bigbelly brand smart trash bins, seen here Nov. 12, 2025. The bins have solar-powered compactors and can hold about three times the waste of traditional trash cans. (Jaime DeLage / Pioneer Press)

“They were having to take those old bins and lift them up over their shoulders into the truck to dump,” Haas said. “With the new bins, they’re either bagged or use a lifter on their vehicle to empty them. So it’s reducing strain, increasing recycling and beautifying.”

Passersby might notice that the locations of some of the waste bins have moved as well.

“We evaluated the fullness of the container compared with foot traffic to determine placement,” Haas said.

The Bigbelly trash bins look better, Haas said, and downtown does too, as a result. It’s what she’s heard most from the community, she said; that and “Why are there solar-panel garbage cans downtown?”

The solar panels control the compactor, Haas said, and work all year round, even in the snow. The city made sure to place the bins in areas where the sun could reach the solar panels, she said.

Each bin also has a message on the side about reducing litter and recycling more, Haas said. Before the Bigbelly replacements came in, the city had fewer recycling bins than trash cans. Now each waste bin also offers an opportunity to recycle, she said.

Some traditional waste bins are still left in the city, many of which will be moved in the spring, according to Haas; an additional shipment of Bigbellys will be on its way once the weather warms.

One fun feature of the bins is that they can be wrapped with designs and information to promote businesses and events, or simply to display art, Haas said.

“If I use the Wild (for example), and if they want a hockey-themed bin in front of their building, they could sponsor that and have the bins wrapped with that,” Haas said.

Haas said throughout the city, some of the previous trash bins had mosaics on them, which many found to be aesthetically appealing. Those bins are being turned into planters, she said, as the reduce, reuse, recycle motto is being put into practice.

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