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Key Biden agency slapped with another subpoena related to voter registration push in crucial swing state
FIRST ON FOX: The Republican-led House Small Business Committee has issued a subpoena for President Biden’s Small Business Administration (SBA) after the committee says the agency failed to turn over information related to efforts to funnel resources to help register key swing state voters.
“The House Committee on Small Business (Committee) is investigating the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) implementation of Executive Order (EO) 14019 and its related Memorandum of Understanding and Memorandum of Agreement (collectively, the MOU) with the Michigan Department of State (MDOS), which designated the SBA as a Voter Registration Agency in the State of Michigan under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA),” the Small Business Committee wrote to the Small Business Administration on Tuesday.
“The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate legislative solutions to the SBA’s use of federal funds to conduct voter registration activities. Unfortunately, the SBA has produced only a small portion of the documents and communications that the Committee has requested and has done so slowly and after multiple attempts by the Committee to obtain any relevant information,” the letter continued.
The committee has been investigating Biden’s SBA for months after it announced an MOU in March with the Michigan Department of State to “promote civic engagement and voter registration in Michigan” that it called the “first-of-its-kind collaboration” that immediately raised questions from the committee.
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Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams, right, and President Biden. (Getty Images)
“Indeed, in response to the Committee request for all documents and communications related to the MOU, the SBA has only provided 359 pages of largely duplicative documents in the four months since this investigation began,” the letter added. “The SBA’s continual obstruction has hindered the Committee’s ability to consider legislative reforms needed to ensure the integrity of the 2024 elections and equal access to the ballot box for all Americans.”
The MOU, which has been uploaded to the Congressional Repository, outlines the coordination between Michigan and the Biden administration where the state will “provide the Agency access to training resources related to the online Michigan Voter Information Center (MVIC)” and “The Agency shall provide voter registration training to all personnel conducting activities under this MOA.
“This training shall include information on who is eligible to register to vote, the interactions during which Agency staff must make voter registration services available, instructions to Agency staff on how to refer individuals to register to vote online using MVIC, and an overview of additional information that is available to voters in MVIC,” the MOU continued.
The MOU also discusses how the Michigan Department of State would “create a unique URL for the SBA to use to drive online visitors to register to vote,” and that the SBA’s Michigan field office would allow state government officials to facilitate in-person voter registration at the federal agency’s business outreach events.
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Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, is seen outside a House Republican Conference election meeting in the Longworth Building on Tuesday, Oc. 24, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The committee released the documentation earlier this year in the interest of “transparency” and after seeing the MOU, the committee’s previous concerns that the program is “unconstitutional” and an improper use of taxpayer funds were not assuaged.
Earlier this year, the committee expressed concerns that the agreement between the Biden administration meant that the SBA was serving as a “campaign arm” for Biden’s re-election efforts, which now have been effectively passed to Vice President Kamala Harris since Biden dropped out of the race, and she became the presumptive nominee.
The committee announced earlier this year that its investigation found that 22 out of 25 SBA outreach events from January to April had taken place in counties with the highest population of Democratic National Committee (DNC) target demographics.
Meanwhile, 11 of 15 Michigan counties that showed the largest voter registration increases over the last year have ranked highest in population of young voters and Black voters, according to the committee — two of the left’s most-sought voting blocs.
“It is unfortunate that the Committee has been forced to issue yet another subpoena to the SBA,” Committee Chairman Roger Williams told Fox News Digital in a statement.
“Sadly, the SBA has repeatedly stonewalled the investigation into their electioneering efforts in Michigan. As I have said before, we want to work with, not against, the SBA to help Main Street, but their unwillingness to cooperate has made it difficult to do so. With less than 100 days till the election, this investigation has never been more important. This Committee will use every tool available to put an end to this abuse of taxpayer resources.”
In May, the committee issued its first ever subpoena under the leadership of Williams to SBA Chief of Staff Arthur Plews and his special adviser, Tyler Robinson, after they were said to have been no-shows at scheduled transcribed interviews with the committee and failed to turn over documents related to the program.
During the course of its investigation, the committee has asked for “every email and official correspondence between the SBA and businesses related to this MOU; and every email and official correspondence between the SBA and other government agencies related to this MOU” along with “seeking the calendars and travel itineraries for 11 identified SBA employees and any trip summaries, transcripts, or any related documents memorializing reimbursements for the travel and trips.”
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“On June 14, 2024, the SBA provided 49 different media advisories announcing events from March 2023 through May 2024 but no substantive communications,” the committee said. “Notably, the SBA did not provide calendars or itineraries for any of its employees, nor did it provide any summaries or transcripts of events. Worse yet, as the Committee informed the SBA at the time, the production was not responsive to any of the Committee’s requests.”
“After giving the SBA time to comply with these requests and making numerous accommodations as to the prioritization and scope of the requests, the Committee and Ranking Member Ernst sent a follow-up letter to the SBA on July 15, 2024, reiterating their outstanding requests and memorializing the prioritization of documents,” the subpoena’s cover letter explains.
The committee says that on July 29, 2024, the SBA ultimately “produced two messages from the same email chain as prior productions, both of which can be found no less than eight times in the July 2, 2024, production, but provided no other responsive documents.”
The committee told Fox News Digital the information provided was “lackluster” which led to the subpoena being filed.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, an SBA spokesperson said, “The SBA is one of many federal agencies fulfilling its role under the National Voter Registration Act and the President’s Executive Order to ensure that more Americans, including small business owners, can fully participate in our democracy.”
“Over the last few months, the SBA has provided extensive testimony, information, and documents in response to congressional inquires. Any suggestion that the agency is conducting improper work or that its response has been anything other than cooperative is completely without basis.”
Prior to the subpoenas being issued, the SBA sent a letter to the committee that was obtained by Fox News Digital making the case it has been compliant with the committee’s inquiries and touting the “SBA’s extensive record of accommodation by providing documents, communications, and testimony to the Committee has consistently demonstrated SBA’s transparency and that the Agency has only been engaged in nonpartisan activities regarding the MOU and work with the State of Michigan.”
“Just last week, on July 24, 2024, Associate Administrator Jennifer Kim also testified at a House Small Business Subcommittee hearing that SBA has not yet begun any of the activities agreed to under the MOU,” the SBA wrote.
Jason Snead, Honest Elections Project executive director, told Fox News Digital earlier this year that he applauds the committee’s efforts investigating this unprecedented agreement.”
“This is the latest example of the Biden Administration’s ongoing efforts to manipulate the levers of the federal government for political advantage,” Snead said.
“With Executive Order 14019, President Biden has ordered every federal agency to collaborate with liberal organizations to mobilize voters. The Administration is even using taxpayers’ dollars to pay college students to turn out voters. This program raises serious concerns about the misuse and abuse of federal agencies for political gain, and the public deserves answers.”
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Three first-time Democratic candidates for key Michigan U.S. House districts each own at least one home in Washington, D.C., that’s valued at more than $1 million as they stump for votes in a campaign where the cost of housing has become a prominent issue.
In the 7th Congressional District, anchored by the Lansing area, Democrat Bridget Brink reported in a financial disclosure form having four investment properties in Washington, D.C., though one was sold last year, according to her campaign.
Brink, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, valued two of the four properties between $1 million and $5 million, and, according to Washington, D.C., property tax records, she’s listed as an owner of two homes in the nation’s capital worth more than $1 million.
Another 7th District hopeful, former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam, reported having an investment property in Washington, D.C., worth between $1 million and $5 million. And Democrat Eric Chung, a former Commerce Department lawyer who’s running in the 10th District, owns a home worth more than $1 million in Washington, D.C., according to property tax records.
The details underscore what some observers see as a growing trend in the battleground state: Congressional hopefuls with ties to Michigan returning to the state to run for Congress there.
“There does seem to be an uptick in the number of such candidacies in recent years,” said Bill Ballenger, a former Republican state lawmaker and longtime political pundit in Michigan.
The ties each candidate has to the area where they are running for Congress could be more scrutinized this year as national Democrats and Republicans both target the 7th and 10th districts in the midterm elections, with Democrats aiming to flip control of the seats.
What Brink, Chung and Maasdam are attempting to do — running for the U.S. House in a Michigan congressional district where they aren’t longtime residents — has precedent.
In 2017, Elissa Slotkin, a former Central Intelligence Agency official who worked for presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, moved back to her family’s farm in Oakland County and beat Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Bishop of Rochester for a seat in the U.S. House, representing what’s now the 7th District. The Holly Democrat is now Michigan’s junior U.S. senator.
Lansing, where Brink and Maasdam are now running for Congress, is more than 500 miles from Washington, D.C., where they own properties and hope to serve constituents. The average home value in Ingham County is $229,189, according to the real estate website Zillow.
The homes that Brink and Maasdam own in Washington, D.C., are worth more than four times that amount. In Macomb County, where Chung is running, the average home is worth $273,000, per Zillow.
“I’m a little taken aback by the opportunism here by people who have relatively little to no ties to a district showing up to run there,” said John Sellek, CEO of the firm Harbor Strategic, who has advised Republican campaigns.
“It’s galling to think that I could pick up and move to Dayton, Ohio, because maybe there’s an open seat there, and I run because they didn’t have another candidate. That’s not great.”
Both Brink and Maasdam are in a three-way Democratic primary race with climate activist Will Lawrence for their party’s nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, in the general election. Barrett is a former state lawmaker serving his first term in Congress.
Jason Cabel Roe, a consultant who works with Barrett, contended that Brink and Maasdam were both recruited by Democrats in Washington, D.C., to run in the 7th.
“I think it underscores that they have little connection to the districts that they’re running in,” Roe said. “And they’re creatures of D.C.”
Lawrence said the candidates’ ties to the district matter to voters there.
“People want a representative of the district to work for us in D.C.,” Lawrence said. “They don’t want someone hand-selected by D.C. insiders to come out here and tell us what we want.”
Lawrence contended that affordable housing is a huge issue in the race. In some areas of the 7th, new housing hasn’t been built in decades, he added.
Maasdam’s campaign said the D.C. property dates back to the candidate’s time working at the Obama White House and is now a rental property. Maasdam lives in Ann Arbor Township.
The D.C. houses were bought over a quarter-century when Brink, who now lives in Lansing, had overseas assignments in the Foreign Service as well as worked at the State Department and the National Security Council under Obama, Brink’s campaign said. The three houses are now leased out, the campaign said.
The campaign of Chung, who lives in Sterling Heights, refused to answer questions about his D.C. house.
Moving home to run for office
During the 2024 election, neither Brink, Maasdam nor Chung was registered to vote in the districts where they are now running.
Brink bought a house in Lansing in May 2025 before launching her campaign for the 7th District seat a few weeks later. She registered to vote in Michigan in June 2025, according to VoterRecords.com.
Maasdam lives in Ann Arbor Township, outside the 7th District. He registered to vote in 2020 at the Ann Arbor Township address, according to VoterRecords.com, which is located in the 6th District held by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor. Congressional candidates are not legally required to live in the district they are running for.
Chung registered to vote in Sterling Heights in April 2025, after previously being registered in D.C., according to VoterRecords.com. He is vying for the Democratic nomination in a three-way contest in the 10th District, which is open as Republican U.S. Rep. John James of Shelby Township runs for governor.
Another congressional candidate in a competitive district, Republican Amir Hassan, also moved from the Washington, D.C. area back to Michigan to run for Congress last year, aiming to challenge Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet of Bay City in the 8th District that includes Flint, Saginaw and Midland.
Hassan worked in federal law enforcement for 11 years before moving back to his hometown of Flint in July 2025 and launching a campaign. He and his wife, however, sold their home in Maryland’s Charles County last year, according to local records.
Hassan’s campaign said that, because of the nature of his work, Hassan had to live near where his protectees ― Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and then Secretary Sean Duffy ― were based, which is why he lived in suburban Washington.
Chung’s home in D.C. is also likely from his days working there, though his campaign refused to answer questions about it.
An attorney, Chung spent two years at the Commerce Department in Washington working to implement President Joe Biden’s 2022 law to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. Before that, he was at the law firm Covington & Burling LLP.
Chung has said he quit the Trump administration after President Donald Trump “gutted” the CHIPS Act program. He moved back to Michigan (he grew up in Madison Heights) in April 2025 and launched his campaign for Congress the same month.
“Eric lives in the community he grew up in, in Sterling Heights, and is proud of the grassroots momentum behind his campaign to flip this seat,” Chung spokesperson Taylor Whitsell said in an email.
Chung did not disclose his downtown D.C. property in a financial disclosure in 2025. When a Detroit News reporter visited the home on Thursday, there were cobwebs on the front gate and the door, suggesting no one is currently occupying the row house.
Candidates and members of Congress are not required to disclose personal residences on their financial disclosures, according to ethics guidelines. If a property does not generate rental income, it generally does not need to be reported.
Why Matt Maasdam owns 3 homes
To qualify for office, candidates for the U.S. House are not required to reside in the district that they are seeking to represent. They must, however, live in that state.
Other members of Congress from Michigan have lived outside of the district that they’re elected to represent, including the late Democratic Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Detroit and James, who won the 10th District seat in 2022 while living outside of the district in Farmington Hills. After being elected, James moved to Shelby Township in the district.
But it’s generally considered good form to live among your constituents. Both Reps. John Moolenaar, a Republican, and Debbie Dingell, a Democrat, for instance, moved after the redistricting process in 2022 drew them out of their respective districts.
Owning homes out of state can lead to residency questions that can dog politicians for multiple election cycles, including GOP Senate hopeful Mike Rogers’ $1.7 million home in Cape Coral, Florida, and U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman’s home in St. Francisville, Louisiana.
Calling Rogers a “Florida resident” was a recurring theme among Democrats during his 2024 Senate bid, and Bergman’s home in Louisiana has continued to fuel critics, who claim he doesn’t really live in the remote western Upper Peninsula.
But residency questions and other local issues are increasingly overshadowed by national issues in races like U.S. House contests, thanks in part to social media “outrage” takes, Sellek said.
“The way that politics has been whipped into a frenzy over the last decade means people get mad over policy positions every day on social media,” he said. “Something as quaint as, ‘Are you even from here, do you shop at our stores or your kids go to our schools?’ It doesn’t matter as much.”
Maasdam’s campaign said he intends to move into the 7th District from his home in Ann Arbor Township by the Fourth of July.
In October, he purchased a lake home in Livingston County’s Genoa Township for $725,000. The house is on West Crooked Lake near Brighton.
Maasdam grew up in Nebraska, graduated from the University of Michigan and spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy, deploying to Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and the Pacific as a SEAL. He later served as Obama’s military aide at the White House, responsible for carrying the “nuclear football.” Maasdam then went into business, working as an executive at Under Armor and then at e-commerce startups.
Maasdam previously told The Detroit News that he moved to Michigan in 2019.
“After their service, he and his wife, Laura, a veteran Navy helicopter pilot, chose to bring their family back to Michigan, because they wanted their two sons to grow up with the values that define this state: family, teamwork, grit, and hard work,” Maasdam spokeswoman Emma Grundhauser said.
In addition to his two homes in Michigan, Maasdam owns a row home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of D.C., which is valued at $1.1 million in tax records. The average residential home in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is $922,903, according to Zillow.
The D.C. home dates to Maasdam’s time working at the White House when he wanted to be close enough that he could access the campus quickly in case of an emergency, Grundhauser said.
Since leaving D.C., he has rented that home out to military families in the area, Grundhauser said. The property produces up to $50,000 a year in rental income, according to Maasdam’s financial disclosure.
Maasdam also appears to own a share of a property valued at over $1 million in the area of the ski town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The property’s owner is a limited liability company called MBros LLC that’s registered to an address in Lincoln, Nebraska, according to state and county records.
Maasdam’s campaign said this property dates to Maasdam’s great-grandfather, who homesteaded in Colorado in 1904. Maasdam and his brothers have kept the 122-year-old, unwinterized property in the family “as a means of preserving this important part of their family’s history,” Grundhauser said.
The story behind Brink’s D.C. homes
Like Chung, Brink quit the Trump administration last year over disagreements with Trump’s policies.
Brink and her husband purchased four homes in D.C. over the last 25 years, including a six-bedroom, five-bath house purchased in 2010 in the Cleveland Park neighborhood that is valued at an estimated $2.3 million, according to Zillow.
Brink’s campaign said her 28 years in the Foreign Service required her to be “worldwide available,” moving her family every one to three years on U.S. government orders to posts abroad, as well as assignments in Washington with Obama’s National Security Council and at the State Department.
When her assignments required Brink to live in D.C., her family purchased homes that were later rented out after Brink received her next assignment, requiring them to move again, a campaign spokeswoman said.
All three D.C. properties are leased out, and a fourth was sold in April 2025, the campaign said. The combined income from rent and capital gains generated by Brink’s D.C. properties last year was $230,000 to $2.1 million, according to her 2025 financial disclosure.
After 28 years of working for the federal government, Brink left the Foreign Service and moved to Michigan last year. She grew up in west Michigan (outside of the Lansing-based 7th District), raised by a single mom near the Lake Michigan shore in Spring Lake and later in Grand Rapids with her grandparents. That region is represented in the House by two-term Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten.
In May 2025, Brink and her husband purchased a riverfront home in Lansing for $565,000 and began claiming a homestead exemption, which designates the property as their primary residence. This is where she and her family currently live, Brink said.
“I’m a sixth-generation Michigander and the granddaughter of a Lansing autoworker. As I’ve fought for our rights and freedoms and American democracy, Michigan has always been top of mind for me, and we’re so proud to call Lansing home,” Brink said in a statement last week to The Detroit News.
“I left Michigan to serve my country, and I came home to Michigan to serve my community.”
Asked last year how she would respond to potential carpetbagging attacks, Brink said she would be happy to talk to people about questions about her background.
“I think this election is going to be about the future and what candidate can deliver for the people of my community. … I think I have a proven ability to deliver, and I think that’s what’s going to be important,” she said.
“But I’m so happy to be here. This is my home. I’m delighted to be back and especially now at this really important point for our country and for future generations.”
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Jayden Kurtz, Teddy Lechner and KJ Sauer were three Minnesotans taken in the 2026 NHL Draft. Wyatt Cullen (USA Hockey)
Once again Minnesota led the way with the number of drafted players compared to other states around the U.S.
A total of 53 players from the United States were drafted Friday and Saturday in Buffalo. There were seven rounds and 224 overall picks, except for the 63rd overall pick which was forefeited by the Vegas Knights for media violations.
Minnesota had 12 players chosen by NHL teams, four more than any other state in the country. Michigan finished with eight picks and California finished with seven. Massachussetts and Pennsylvania each finished with five. In total, 16 states were represented in the draft, including Alaska, Texas, North Carolina and Idaho.
| Round/Pick | NHL Team | Player | Position | Team | League | Hometown | High School | GP-G-A-PTS | College | ||||
| 1/10 | Nashville | Wyatt Cullen | LW | USA U-18 | NTDP-USHL | Moorhead | Moorhead | 34-12-22-34 | Minnesota | ||||
| 2/45 | Anaheim | Jayden Kurtz | D | Rogers | MSHSL | Rogers | Rogers | 26-13-25-38 | Wisconsin | ||||
| 2/47 | Detroit | Victor Plante | LW | USA U-18 | NTDP-USHL | Hermantown | Hermantown | 50-19-21-40 | UMD | ||||
| 4/105 | Carolina | Mikey Berchild | LW | USA U-18 | NTDP-USHL | Excelsior | Shattuck | 52-19-27-46 | Denver | ||||
| 4/116 | Winniepg | Zach Wooten | LW | Green Bay | USHL | Apple Valley | Eastview | 61-35-27-62 | Wisconsin | ||||
| 5/136 | Philadelphia | KJ Sauer | C | Andover | MSHSL | Andover | Andover | 15-8-17-25 | Uncommitted | ||||
| 5/148 | Seattle | Hawke Huff | D | Cedar Rapids | USHL | Wayzata | Wayzata | 63-3-36-39 | St. Thomas | ||||
| 5/152 | Colorado | Teddy Lechner | D | Holy Angels | MSHSL | Bloomington | Holy Angels | 23-7-31-38 | Augustana | ||||
| 6/164 | Calgary | Bode Laylin | D | Tri City | USHL | St. Michael | Northstar Academy | 55-11-27-38 | St. Thomas | ||||
| 6/189 | Montreal | Parker Trottier | LW | USA U-18 | NTDP-USHL | Edina | Shattuck | 54-11-13-24 | Notre Dame | ||||
| 7/205 | NY Islanders | Bobby Cowan | RW | Western Michigan | NCHC | Edina | Edina | 39-5-19-24 | Western Michigan | ||||
| 7/210 | Anaheim | Jimmy Rieber | D | Waterloo | USHL | Woodbury | Chicago AAA | 60-2-9-11 | Miami OH | ||||
Wyatt Cullen – Moorhead – USNTDP – Round 1 – 10th overall – Nashville Predators
Wyatt Cullen was the top Minnesotan chosen and the lone first round pick, going 10th overall to the Nashville Predators. Cullen is a Moorhead native and played at Moorhead through bantams before joining the USNTDP where he excelled for two seasons, this being a top 10 pick.
Just two seasons ago Wyatt Cullen (7) led Moorhead to the Bantam AA state title. He ventured off to the USNTDP where he excelled and was chosen 10th overall Friday by Nashville. (LPH PHOTO)
Cullen is the 10th Minnesotan to be chosen in the top 10, but the first to the “10th” pick. He is the highest pick for a Minnesota player since Casey Mittelstadt was chosen 8th overall by Buffalo in 2017. Cullen is also the son of former Minnesota Wild player and 3-time Stanley Cup Champion Matt Cullen. The elder Cullen was a 2nd round pick and 35thoverall in 1996 by Anaheim. Wyatt is committed to the University of Minnesota where his father was recently hired as the Director of Player Development.
Jayden Kurtz – Rogers – Rogers HS – Round 2 – 45th overall – Anaheim Ducks
Two Minnesotans were chosen in Round 2. Jayden Kurtz’s combination of size and skill was enough for Anaheim to nab him with the 45th overall pick. Kurtz had a 38-point season and was the top high school player taken in the draft. Kurtz is an excellent skater and a strong physical presence on the blue line. He also played with the Chicago Steel of the USHL and is committed to play at the University of Wisconsin.
Jayden Kurtz went in the second round and 45th overall to Anaheim. LPH PHOTOVictor Plante – Hermantown – USNTDP – Round 2 – 47th overall – Detroit Red Wings
Victor PlanteHermantown’s Victor Plante was selected two picks later at 47th overall by Detroit. Ironically, Victor’s older brother Max was also selected by the Red Wings with the 47th overall pick in 2024. Vitor is the third Plante sibling to be drafted with Zam going in the 5th round of the 20-22 draft to Pittsburgh. Their father, Derek, was an 8th round pick in 1989 and played 450 games in the NHL. Victor will join his brothers at Minnesota-Duluth.
Mikey Berchild
Mikey Berchild – Excelsior – USNTDP – Round 4 – 105th overall – Carolina Hurricanes
Excelsior native Mikey Berchild was selected in the fourth round (105th overall) by Carolina. Berchild has bene a natural goal scorer oin his career at both Shattuck-St, Mary’s and with the USNTDP. Last season he notched 35 goals and the year prior scored 52. Carolina is coming off a Stanley Cup win with the help of another Minnesota player they took in the fourth round in 2021- Jackson Blake. Berchild is headed to Denver University.
Zach Wooten- Apple Valley/Estview HS – Green Bay (USHL) – Round 4 – 116th overall – Winnipeg Jets
Apple Valley native Zach Wooten was chosen in the fourth round (116th overall) after a breakout season with the Green Bay Gamblers in the USHL last season. The 2024 Eastview grad scored 35 goals and had 62 points in 61 games. His size, 200-foot game, and as a bit of a late bloomer, his continued upward trend as a player was enough for Winnipeg to grab him in the fourth round. Wooten is headed to the University of Wisconsin, who is coming off a trip to the national title game.
Zach Wooten raised eyebrows after a stellar season in the USHL where he scored 35 goals and was named a First-Team All-Star. PHOTO COURTESY OF GREEN BAY GAMBLERSK.J. Sauer – Andover- Andover HS – Round 5 – 136th overall – Philadelphia Flyers
The fifth round saw three Minnesota players drafted. Andover’s KJ Sauer was the first off the board at No. 136 by Philadelphia. After an injury-plagued senior year, he returned for the team’s final 15 games and was a driving force in them earning a return trip to state. He had 25 points in those 15 games. His size and athleticism and strong hockey pedigree make him a solid prospect as a potential power forward. His father, Kent, was a Division I player and played professionally. His uncles Mike and Kurt both played in the NHL. KJ is still uncommitted as far as we know, but is slated to play in the Western Hockey League for the Edmonton Oil Kings next season.
KJ Sauer was selected in the 5th round by Philadelphia. LPH PHOTO
Hawke Huff – Wayzata- Cedar Rapids (USHL) – Round 5 – 148th overall – Seattle Kraken
Next off the board in the fifth round was former Wayzata standout defenseman Hawke Huff. Like Wooten, Huff had a breakout season in the USHL where he was named a First-team All-Star. He notched 36 assists and was a solid +17 on the season. Like most D-man selected, he possesses size and strength at 6’3” and 200 pounds. Seattle took him with the 148thoverall pick. Huff also played a stint in the NAHL with the Minnesota Wilderness and is committed to the University fop St. Thomas.
Hawke Huff starred at Wayzata before becoming an all-star in the USHL. LPH PHOTO
Teddy Lechner – Bloomington – Academy of Holy Angels – Round 5 – 152nd overall – Colorado Avalanche
High school junior Teddy Lechner was next off the board at No. 152 by Colorado. Lechner finished his junior season at Academy of Holy Angels where he had seven goals and 31 assists in 23 games for the Stars. He also played three games with the U17s in the USNTDP and played 35 games with Muskegon in the USHL. It is unclear where he will play next season, but he is committed to Augustana University.
Teddy Lechner still has a year of high school eligibility left and was chosen in the fifth round by Colorado. LPH PHOTO Bode Laylin (Tri City/USHL)
Bode Laylin – St Michael – Tri City (USHL) – Round 6 – 164th overall – Calgary Flames
Defenseman Bode Laylin was chosen in the sixth round by Calgary. The 5’11” blueliner from St. Michael played last season at Tri City in the USHL and notched 38 points in 55 games, including 11 goals. Although undersized compared to most defenseman chosen, he is a highly skilled skater and a steady presence on the blueline. He was a Third-Team All-Star in the USHL this past season and will play next season for the Everett Silvertips in the WHL before heading to the University of St Thomas.
Parker Trottier (USNTDP)
Parker Trottier – Edina – USNTDP – Round 6 – 189th overall – Montreal Canadiens
Edina native Parker Trottier was taken in the sixth round and 189th overall by Montreal. Trottier played at Shattuck-St. Mary’s beforte joing the USNTDP for his age 16 and 17 seasons. Last year he played 61 games with the U18s and scored 11 goals and added 16 assists. He is the grandson of NHL Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier. Parker is committed to the University of Notre Dame.
Bobby Cowan – Edina – Western Michigan – Round 7 – 205th overall – NY Islanders
Two players rounded out the draft in the seventh round. Edina native Bobby Cowan was chosen 205th overall by the New York Islanders. Cowan played last season at Western Michigan University and had 24 points in 39 games.
Bobby Cowan played high school hockey at Edina and last season for Western Michigan. LPH PHOTO Jimmy Rieber (USHL)
Jimmy Rieber – Woodbury – Waterloo (USHL) – Round 7 – 210th overall – Anaheim Ducks
Jimmy Rieber of Woodbury was selected with the 210th overall pick by Anaheim. Rieber is a bit of an unknown in Minnesota because he ventured to Chicago to play throughout his later youth hockey years. Rieber played 60 games last season with Waterloo in the USHL and is slated to return to the USHL for one more season. He is committed to Miami (Ohio).
The Missouri Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at June 28, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Pick 3 numbers from June 28 drawing
Midday: 0-7-2
Midday Wild: 1
Evening: 9-9-6
Evening Wild: 7
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Winning Pick 4 numbers from June 28 drawing
Midday: 4-5-0-4
Midday Wild: 9
Evening: 1-4-6-7
Evening Wild: 0
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Winning Cash Pop numbers from June 28 drawing
Early Bird: 04
Morning: 07
Matinee: 09
Prime Time: 06
Night Owl: 15
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Winning Show Me Cash numbers from June 28 drawing
05-08-12-33-34
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
All Missouri Lottery retailers can redeem prizes up to $600. For prizes over $600, winners have the option to submit their claim by mail or in person at one of Missouri Lottery’s regional offices, by appointment only.
To claim by mail, complete a Missouri Lottery winner claim form, sign your winning ticket, and include a copy of your government-issued photo ID along with a completed IRS Form W-9. Ensure your name, address, telephone number and signature are on the back of your ticket. Claims should be mailed to:
Ticket Redemption
Missouri Lottery
P.O. Box 7777
Jefferson City, MO 65102-7777
For in-person claims, visit the Missouri Lottery Headquarters in Jefferson City or one of the regional offices in Kansas City, Springfield or St. Louis. Be sure to call ahead to verify hours and check if an appointment is required.
For additional instructions or to download the claim form, visit the Missouri Lottery prize claim page.
When are the Missouri Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 9:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 10 p.m. Tuesday and Friday.
- Pick 3: 12:45 p.m. (Midday) and 8:59 p.m. (Evening) daily.
- Pick 4: 12:45 p.m. (Midday) and 8:59 p.m. (Evening) daily.
- Cash4Life: 8 p.m. daily.
- Cash Pop: 8 a.m. (Early Bird), 11 a.m. (Late Morning), 3 p.m. (Matinee), 7 p.m. (Prime Time) and 11 p.m. (Night Owl) daily.
- Show Me Cash: 8:59 p.m. daily.
- Lotto: 8:59 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.
- Powerball Double Play: 9:59 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
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