Minnesota
Carson Herron wins Minnesota State Open after three-man playoff
Soon after he made the 107th Minnesota State Open his first victory in four years, Carson Herron wiped his brow after a long weather-delayed, two-playoff hole final day.
He was asked if those were sweat or tears he brushed away.
“Sweat, but there’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears goes into this,” he said. “I haven’t won in a while and I didn’t expect to win today. I played my best round of golf probably ever today. Made just one bogey, a bunch of birdies and didn’t make too many mistakes. I didn’t expect to win. It was just great to put myself in this position to win again.”
Herron came from behind at Rush Creek in Maple Grove, shooting an 8-under-par 64 in the third round. That made a three-man playoff with newly turned pro and defending State Open champion Caleb VanArragon and late charging Max Tylke from Rosemount by way of the Legends Club.
All three finished 10-under par, but Herron persevered after getting himself into trouble on the first playoff hole with what he called a “crop dusting” drive — what he deemed his worst of the 54-hole tournament — and a bad fairway bunker lie.
He saved himself with a 10-foot clutch birdie putt after he finally found the green from beyond 100 yards.
Herron made another short clutch putt to win it all on the second playoff hole. This time, it was VanArragon who got in trouble in the left rough, but couldn’t scramble for par as Herron had.
One of PGA and Tour Champions golfer Tim Herron’s three boys, Carson Herron hadn’t won since a junior match-play event in Brainerd the summer of 2020. VanArragon still got the low professional prize — $13,500 — because his other two playoff competitors are both amateurs.
But Herron got an exemption into the PGA Tour of Canada’s CRMC tournament Labor Day weekend at Cragun’s in Brainerd, which coincidentally is where Herron last won.
“That exemption means a lot,” Herron said, adding it will help him measure how his game compares against tour professionals.
A rising senior at New Mexico, Herron returned an encouraging text from his father in Ohio for the Tour Champions Senior PGA major after he completed his round but before the playoffs.
“My dad has been a huge inspiration for me,” Herron said. “He’s the one who pushed me a lot to get better. We practice a lot together. All the stuff he’s taught me since I was 10, it’s priceless and I wouldn’t change anything. He just told me I’m playing great, I had a great day and get ready for a playoff. He said do what you normally do, so I did. I just had to be ready and I felt like I was.”
Minnesota
Minnesota woman detained by ICE needs emergency surgery for tennis ball-sized ovarian cyst, lawmakers say
Minnesota lawmakers are calling for the humanitarian release of a woman detained earlier this year, amid Operation Metro Surge, who is suffering from a tennis ball-sized ovarian cyst.
Federal immigration agents arrested 23-year-old Andrea Pedro-Francisco in Burnsville on Feb. 5, just days before she says she was scheduled to have surgery.
Pedro-Francisco moved to Minnesota seeking asylum with her mother back in 2019. Right now, she is being held in a detention center in El Paso, Texas.
State lawmakers — including practicing ER physician Sen. Alice Mann, D-Edina — held a news conference Thursday morning at the Capitol to push for Pedro-Francisco’s immediate release.
“An ovarian cyst this big can put weight on the ovary and cause the ovary to twist onto itself, cutting off the ovary’s blood supply. This is a medical emergency,” Mann said. “This can impact fertility, and we are talking about a 23-year-old. If not treated, this can lead to infection and even death.”
Also on hand Thursday was North Dakota-based pastor Ellery Dykeman, who said he met with Pedro-Francisco last week in the detention center. Dykeman said she looked thinner than he had seen her in pictures.
Dykeman said Pedro-Francisco told him she is forced to climb up to a third-level bunk despite immense pain extending from the right side of her abdomen to her back.
Earlier this month, Democratic Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig said her team is tracking 20 medical cases with improper care within ICE detention. A quarter of them have serious conditions, her office says.
WCCO has reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for comment.
Minnesota weather forecast. (FOX 9)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Most of Minnesota will be under a marginal risk of severe weather on Thursday, with rain and rumbles expected.
Thursday weather forecast
Local perspective:
A line of storms is expected to develop in west-southwest Minnesota on Thursday and grow in coverage as well as intensity tracking east into the early evening.
Large hail and damaging winds are the prevalent threats, but an isolated tornado is also possible along the line.
Isolated showers are expected to form in the western part of Minnesota on Thursday morning.
Rain chances in the Twin Cities area increase in the afternoon, as a line pushes through with possible thunderstorms.
Stay Sky Aware with FOX 9 for the latest.
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A TikTok creator is no longer banned from parks in St. Paul, Minnesota, after appealing the city’s restriction, according to his agent.
St. Paul Parks and Recreation Director Andy Rodriguez earlier this month accused Josh Liljenquist of going to Pig’s Eye Park to “harass, record and profit from vulnerable adults residing there without said individuals’ permission.” Liljenquist, who is known for giving away food and cash in his videos, denied the allegation.
On Wednesday, Liljenquist’s agent shared a new letter from the city.
“Based on an evaluation of the facts of this situation as they were relayed during your appeal meeting, I will be rescinding your ban from our parks, effective immediately,” the letter from Rodriguez read.
Rodriguez also wrote the city expects “all residents and visitors to our parks to abide by the rules.”
“Our responsibility is to ensure park spaces remain safe, respectful, and accessible for all, and we appreciate your partnership in that effort,” the letter read.
Liljenquist told WCCO he has only recorded at Pig’s Eye Park once, and it was with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office’s consent. He said he and his videographer always get consent from individuals they film, too.
Local organizations that work with people experiencing homelessness are split on Liljenquist’s impact. Sue Phillips, director of the Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing, said his content “is exploiting people experiencing homelessness/housing instability.” Feeding St. Paul founder Michael Brendale, on the other hand, said, “Josh has changed many lives, taken people off the streets.”
Liljenquist told WCCO he films his efforts instead of making them private in hopes of “inspiring other people to do it, showing that it doesn’t take a lot of money, it doesn’t take a lot of resources to go out there and do something for somebody.”
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