None of the Tim Walz failings have been enjoyable to chronicle. Jesse Ventura, Gov. Turnbuckle, was enjoyable to cover, even when he threatened to mow down the media with his state SUV. One time, Rudy Perpich brought an ink-stained lot … Continued
Zach Zarembinski fell in love with Isabelle Richard over a head of lettuce. It happened in October 2024 at a restaurant in Lakeville. Richard ordered a salad that “came out looking like a head of iceberg lettuce, and she didn’t … Continued
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Like many youngsters growing up in northern Minnesota, TJ Erickson (Timothy James, in case you’re wondering) started fishing at an early age in his hometown of Roseau. At first, his dad was always there, and then … Continued
The Second World War was won on the home front as well as the battlefield. As early as 1942, the British government pledged itself, as soon as the Nazis were defeated, to slaying “Five Giants on the road to reconstruction”: … Continued
Pioneer Press staffers who cover the Vikings take a stab at predicting Sunday’s game against visiting Washington: Dane Mizutani Commanders 23, Vikings 13: Not sure we can pick the Vikings to win any game the rest of the way with … Continued
There was a lot of talk this week about the culture that Kevin O’Connell has worked hard to build in Minnesota. It’s what the Vikings hired him in to do, and while O’Connell has championed the transformation in good times, … Continued