Minnesota
‘Get him out of Minnesota’, Bernie Sanders rallies behind Walz, Harris
ST. PAUL — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders joined Minnesota Democrats Friday night, Oct. 11 in urging voters at a St. Paul rally to mobilize behind the Harris-Walz ticket.
Just over 550 people gathered at BlackStack Brewing Friday Night in St. Paul, where speakers included Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Union leaders Bernie Burnham of AFL-CIO labor federation and Hannah Alstead from Teamsters Joint Council 32.
Sanders, I-Vt., took the stage last, saying he came to Minnesota for a “very important reason.”
“I want you to get rid of your governor,” Sanders said. “Get him out of Minnesota and send him to Washington.”
Meanwhile,
Minnesota Gov. and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was just 90 miles southeast
, tossing the coin for the “Jug Game,” Mankato West and Mankato East’s annual football matchup.
Kevin Mohatt / Reuters
Sporting a “Minnesota Grown” hat, Walz visited Mankato West, where he taught social studies from 1996 to 2006. Walz reflected on being back in Mankato, saying it “Doesn’t get any better than this … This is, I think, the best of America across this country. This is truly Friday Night Lights happening here tonight.”
Back at the rally in St. Paul, people waved “Coach Walz” signs in the crowd as Sanders praised Walz and his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris. Specifically, Sanders praised Harris and Walz for prioritization of policies that aligned with the senator’s own: climate change, women’s rights, affordable housing and health care. Most notably, he focused on the working class.
The rally was centered around unions, with some of the audience members even sporting construction hats. Sanders listed policies that Harris and Walz have proposed to help working-class citizens, like paid family leave, and Harris’ medicare expansion to home health care.
When Ellison took the stage, he told the audience that voting is the “least we can do” and urged Minnesotans to also bring someone to the polls with them. Ellison went on to praise Walz and the principles the current governor would bring to Washington.
“One of the things I love so much about sending Tim Walz to the White House — that sounds right doesn’t it?” Ellison broke off before continuing, “Is that we have a state that believes in that multicultural, multiracial, multi-religious democracy. We believe that everybody counts and everybody matters.”
Sanders ended the rally with a call to action for the general election and a challenge for the state, which has historically seen high voter turnout.
“But Minnesota always does well,” Sanders paused. “Let’s do better this time!”
Mary Murphy joined Forum Communications in October 2024 as the Minnesota State Correspondent. She can be reached by email at mmurphy@forumcomm.com.
Minnesota
Hughes scores in debut for Wild, who defeat Bruins for 4th straight win | NHL.com
The 26-year-old defenseman finished with three shots in 26:55 of ice time in his first game since being traded to Minnesota by the Vancouver Canucks on Friday for defenseman Zeev Buium, forwards Marco Rossi and Liam Ohgren, and a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.
“It’s been a whirlwind for sure,” Hughes said. “I’m just looking forward to kind of getting my feet on the ground and get with the team here and get in a day-to-day lifestyle here. But definitely the last 48 hours have been a lot, but I was excited to go play the game.”
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist, Hartman had a goal and two assists, and Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist for the Wild (19-9-5), who extended their winning streak to four games and home point streak to 12 games (10-0-2). Filip Gustavsson made 29 saves.
“The crowd was electric I think just from the … I would say warmups to the introduction and then throughout the game,” Minnesota coach John Hynes said. “So, it was great to see the building like that and the guys perform the way that they did. So, it was a great combo.”
Alex Steeves and Andrew Peeke scored, and Swayman made 25 saves for the Bruins (19-14-0), who had won four straight.
“They’re a very good hockey team,” Boston coach Marco Sturm said. “They’re built pretty big, they play the right way, they play pretty hard, and they go to the net really hard, too. So, that’s something I mentioned, even between periods. That’s something we have to learn. And even if teams like that, we have to learn from that, and that shows we’re not there yet, and that’s a good thing, I think.
“Do we like the end results? No, but we had our chances in the first, even in the second period, and those are the chances that you have to use, otherwise it’s going to get hard against a team like that.”
Jared Spurgeon put Minnesota ahead 1-0 at 10:11 of the first period with a wrist shot through traffic as Swayman was screened by Marcus Johansson on a power play.
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Minnesota weather: How cold it got on Saturday
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Temperatures dropped into the negative Saturday, with the coldest temperatures in the morning.
How cold it got in Minnesota Saturday
By the numbers:
Here is how cold the temperatures got in Minnesota:
- Hinckley: -20 degrees
- Bemidji: -20 degrees
- Ely: -18 degrees
- Brainerd: -18 degrees
- Detroit Lakes: -18 degrees
- Hibbing: -17 degrees
- International Falls: -17 degrees
- Duluth: -16 degrees
- Alexandria: -12 degrees
- St. Cloud: -12 degrees
- Cambridge: -11 degrees
- Grand Marais: -10 degrees
- Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport: -6 degrees
- Red Wing: -6 degrees
- Morris: -6 degrees
- Hutchinson: -5 degrees
- Rochester: -5 degrees
- Mankato: -3 degrees
- Windom: 0 degrees
- Marshall: 0 degrees
Here are the lowest wind chills across Minnesota from Saturday:
- Bemidji: -37 degrees
- Ely: -35 degrees
- Duluth: -34 degrees
- Brainerd: -32 degrees
- Detroit Lakes: -32 degrees
- Hibbing: -31 degrees
- Alexandria: -29 degrees
- Hinckley: -27 degrees
- Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport: -24 degrees
- St. Cloud: -24 degrees
- Willmar: -22 degrees
- Cambridge-21 degrees
- Grand Marais: -21 degrees
- Hutchinson: -21 deegres
- Morris: -20 degrees
- Faribault: -18 degrees
- Mankato: -18 degrees
- Marshall: -17 degrees
- Red Wing: -16 degrees
- Owatonna: -16 degrees
- Windom-12 degrees
Cold continues Sunday
What’s next:
The Twin Cities are under a cold weather advisory that is expected to last through Sunday morning, so residents should prepare for frigid conditions if they have plans to be outdoors.
Sunday will be slightly less frigid with temperatures climbing above zero. However, it will still feel like 10 below zero in the afternoon.
Milder and warmer temperatures are expected to return for the work week.
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