(Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers) SALLY FRANSON: Minnesota author discusses her novels “Big In Sweden” and “A Lady’s Guide to Selling Out” in the Union Depot’s Stories at the Station reading series presented by Story Line Books. Free. 6 p.m. Thursday, … Continued
This Thursday we’ll have our first full moon of astronomical summer but for all practical purposes the moon will be pretty much full all week long. As much as full moons louse up the skies for real stargazing and astrophotography, … Continued
Oklahoman Fred Newton swims down the Mississippi River near Inver Grove Heights on his way to New Orleans from the Ford Dam in this July 1930 clipping from the St. Paul Dispatch. (Pioneer Press files) The Mississippi River runs 1,826 … Continued
Today is Sunday, July 6, the 187th day of 2024. There are 178 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as … Continued
It wasn’t just fireworks lighting up the night sky in Two Harbors, Minn., this Fourth of July. For the first time in six years, the iconic light from the North Shore city’s lighthouse beacon 25 miles northeast of Duluth will … Continued