Saints starting pitcher Louie Varland is a reluctant interview these days. The 26-year-old right-hander’s responses to questions are as brief as they are guarded. No offense should be taken. Nor, for near certainty, is any offense intended. The St. Paul … Continued
Wednesday night’s game promised to offer the Twins a glimpse at two of their brightest prospects. Infielder Brooks Lee’s major league debut couldn’t have gone much better. Starter David Festa’s second game, well … that was a different story. Lee, … Continued
Minnesota United is stress-testing the jurisprudence of Murphy’s Law. Amid a stubborn and growing list of absent players, the Loons’ play early in Wednesday’s game against Vancouver Whitecaps further pushed the adage of what can go wrong, will go wrong. … Continued
The Rev. Jo H. Campe III, who overcame addiction and revived the Central Park United Methodist Church in St. Paul, died June 24 from a respiratory illness. He was 79. Rev. Jo Campe In 2000, the United Methodist minister decided … Continued
The Twins hope to pencil the names “Lewis” and “Lee” into the lineup together hundreds of times over the course of the upcoming years. But Wednesday, the first time Brooks Lee got the call, it came at Royce Lewis’s expense. … Continued
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike slammed into a residential building next to the main medical center in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, wounding at least seven people, hospital authorities and witnesses said Wednesday. Nasser Hospital sits … Continued