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ANN ARBOR — The Golden Gophers will return to Minnesota with at least one less football than they brought to Ann Arbor. Michigan’s Jyaire Hill intercepted a pass during the Wolverines’ 27-24 win on Saturday and decided to keep it for good.
“This the ball right here,” Hill said, placing it on a table during a postgame press conference. It was one of two turnovers Michigan caused in the win, both the result of impressive individual plays.
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Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang is back in Minnesota, and this time he got arrested.
In a video Lang posted to X Thursday, Feb. 5, he is seen kicking over the letters of an ice sculpture reading “Prosecute ICE,” to make it read “Pro ICE.” In the accompanying text, Lang wrote he was arrested. The incident took place around 2:30 p.m. that day.
Minnesota State Patrol spokesperson Mike Lee confirmed with the St. Cloud Times Lang was arrested near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and University Avenue in St. Paul, as Lang tried to leave the area in a vehicle.
“Mr. Lang was arrested without incident and brought to the Ramsey County Jail to be booked for suspicion of criminal damage to property,” Lee wrote in an email.
The ice sculpture was a permitted display, according to Lee.
Lang, whose full name is Edward Jacob Lang, was booked at the Ramsey County Jail, according to the online roster. As of 5 p.m. Feb. 5, no charges have been filed. The investigation remains open and active, according to Lee.
The Minnesota State Patrol states Lang is a resident of Lake Worth, Florida, which is consistent with paperwork Lang filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida.
Lang came to Minnesota to host another rally at noon this Saturday, Feb. 7, outside the Minnesota statehouse in St. Paul, according to the video. As of 5 p.m. Feb. 5, CBS News reports a permit has not been issued for the rally.
“President Trump we support you, we support ICE,” Lang said in the video. “Our country was made for Americans, not for Somalis.”
Lang, who has about 75,000 followers on Facebook, was in Minneapolis on Jan. 17, when he held his “March Against Minnesota Fraud.” Fewer than 20 supporters attended his march. Meanwhile, a counter-protest on the other side of the street rallied about 150 people.
The January protest came after former First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said that since 2018 at least half of the $18 billion paid through Minnesota’s Medicaid waiver programs could be fraudulent.
A small group of counter-protesters were on the same side of the street as Lang and threw water balloons and silly string at him. Lang left his Jan. 17 rally about 30 minutes after it was scheduled to begin. Counter-protesters followed him through downtown Minneapolis.
Corey Schmidt covers politics and public safety for the St. Cloud Times. He can be reached at cschmidt@gannett.com.
Two Minneapolis firefighters are being treated for minor burns suffered while battling a blaze Thursday morning at a three-story residential building.
The Minneapolis Fire Department announced on social media just before 8 a.m. that crews are gathered off East 24th Street and Elliot Avenue, about a block north of Children’s Minnesota hospital in the Phillips community.
“All residents are reported to be evacuated,” officials said.
In addition to the two injured firefighters, officials say a third firefighter is also “being medically evaluated for overheating.”
This is a developing story. Stay with WCCO for the latest information.
MINNEAPOLIS — If only the Spartans had played the first 38 minutes with the tenacity and purpose they played the last two. There’s a lesson in there. One Michigan State’s basketball team probably shouldn’t have had to learn.
For most of Wednesday night, MSU experienced the other side of a feel-good home game in a 76-73 defeat. And the Spartans didn’t have the goods most of the night to prevent it.
Minnesota, which entered the game shooting less than 33% from beyond the arc, made 10 of 21 3s — which felt like 19 of 21. And the Gophers, who had been collapsing late in games, built enough of a margin — 67-51 with four minutes left and still 69-60 before a Jordan Scott 3 with 59 seconds left — to hang on for the biggest win at The Barn in a long time.
The Gophers might have held on by the skin of their teeth, but the students rushing the court and the elation by Minnesota’s players explained how big this was. And for MSU, it was the first bad loss of the season. Not an unexplainable defeat or an entirely unexpected one. But one a lot of other teams that are near the top of the Big Ten standings and pushing for top seeds in the NCAA tournament won’t have.
At halftime, MSU’s core four — Jeremy Fears Jr., Coen Carr, Jaxon Kohler and Carson Cooper — had a combined four points on 2-for-14 shooting. MSU was in a funk most of the night and didn’t have answers on either end.
If college basketball games were 41 minutes instead of 40, the Spartans might have gotten away with it. Instead, they lost their second straight and lost one that really hurts their chances of staying in the Big Ten title race. They’ve got to get their mojo back from the start Saturday against Illinois.
MSU doesn’t want Jordan Scott to be its leading scorer yet, I don’t think. Not unless he becomes a 15-point-per-game guy every night. But he wasn’t the reason the Spartans lost Wednesday night, even if his performance in his first career start had some ups and downs. He got outmuscled and beaten defensively a few times on the block and turned it over twice. Teams are gong to attack him physically, if they have the personnel on the wing to do it. He’s got to be ready for that and his teammates have to be ready to help.
But Scott also made some shots — and did so on a night not a lot of other guys were making them and when none of Spartans’ core guys were making much. He hit a step-in jumper on MSU’s first possession and three 3s — one a huge shot from the left side to pull MSU to within 38-30, before he nearly came up with a steal seconds later, diving out of bounds, and another with a minute left as MSU tried to make a furious comeback. The 3 he missed would a been a big one, too. He finished with 15 points, on 5-for-8 shooting, with a couple rebounds, an assist and two steals. He was 2-for-4 from the free-throw line. He’s got to get better there. MSU’s problem was that Scott’s points were a team-high most of the night, until a flurry by Coen Carr in the final few minutes.
This was a forgettable night in a lot of ways for the Spartans. But Scott gave what MSU should need from him offensively. I don’t think he’s ready yet to do more.
This looked like an ideal first night back coming off the bench for Divine Ugochucku. Then, with about 7 minutes until halftime, Ugochukwu suffered some sort of foot or leg injury, subbing himself after a defensive possession.
It was a blow for MSU for a couple reasons. One, he’s the backup point guard again, and has been more often of late, even when he was still the starting shooting guard. Secondly, he was playing really well Wednesday, making a difference on both ends during the eight minutes he was on the court.
Not everybody responds well to moving to the bench after spending a good chunk of the season in the starting lineup. Ugochukwu played with an energy as if he was trying to make a point, that he’s still a factor. And he was.
I also thought the coaching staff handled it well early. These guys aren’t robots. You want to make sure a guy like Ugochukwu understands quickly that he still has value. Tom Izzo used a couple clunky possessions out of the gate as a reason to pull Jeremy Fears aside for a minute. Enter Ugochukwu, who produced some needed offense attacking the rim, his second such scoring drive with MSU trailing 12-3. He stayed in the game when Fears returned and saved a turnover soon after and had a couple of rebounds, after which he pushed the ball up the court. He was good.
Then it was done suddenly. He went to the locker room for a while, before returning to the bench in the second half, but didn’t play again. MSU needs him. We’ve seen in a few times this season. He’s not one of the four most important players on the Spartans. Probably not even fifth. But he’s not far behind. Not having him for any length of time would leave a mark.
Contact Graham Couch at gcouch@lsj.com. Follow him on X @Graham_Couch and BlueSky @Graham_Couch.
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