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Minnesota State Fair sets 3rd attendance record for 2024
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FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Minnesota State Fair set another attendance record for Wednesday at the Great Minnesota Get-Together.
How many people attended on Wednesday?
A total of 145,531 people passed through the gates on Wednesday, Aug. 28, beating the previous record of 144,940 set in 2018, according to the State Fair’s website.
In 2023, more than 1.8 million people attended the Great Minnesota Get-Together. The record for total attendance was set in 2019 when 2,126,551 people attended the fair.
So far, the Minnesota State Fair has recorded just over 980,000 people attending the Great Minnesota Get-Together this year, with several days still to go.
Dig deeper
The fair set back-to-back records to start in 2024, with high attendance on both opening day (138,875 people) and the first Friday (171,233 people).
On Aug. 26, the state fair had its lowest attended Monday and first Sunday since the 1980s, likely due to a mixture of extreme heat and impending storms. Tuesday rebounded slightly, but attendance was still lower than in 2023.
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Minnesota vs. North Carolina college football: How to watch
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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The University of Minnesota football team opens its season at home against North Carolina on Thursday — a game you can watch on FOX 9.
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How to watch
Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., and you can watch the game on FOX 9.
Before the game, FOX 9 will get you ready for the action with a Gophers Tailgate streaming show live from campus from 4-5 p.m. on FOX9.com and FOX LOCAL. You can also watch it in the player above. Then, tune into FOX 9’s Gopher Pregame show starting at 5 p.m. on FOX 9, as well as streaming on FOX9.com, FOX LOCAL and in the player above.
READ MORE: Gophers’ Quinn Carroll: ‘The excitement is through the roof’
FOX College Football Pregame is at 6:30 p.m. on FOX 9, before kickoff.
Minnesota
Minnesota State Sen. Nicole Mitchell pleads not guilty to burglarizing stepmother’s home
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DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — A Minnesota state senator has pleaded not guilty to burglarizing the home of her estranged stepmother after her father’s death.
Sen. Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from the St. Paul suburb of Woodbury, was charged in April. She told police at the time that she broke into the home in the northwestern Minnesota town of Detroit Lakes because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes, according to the felony criminal complaint.
In a joint court filing Tuesday, defense and prosecution attorneys said Mitchell was pleading not guilty, and was asking the court to schedule both a settlement conference and jury trial.
The two sides also agreed that prosecutors won’t be able to argue that Mitchell stole a laptop computer that police seized when they arrested her. Ownership of the laptop had been in dispute. The agreement says that prosecutors can, however, use evidence from the laptop if the case goes to trial.
Mitchell’s arrest roiled the 2024 legislative session, which came to an acrimonious end, and ethics proceedings against her remain on hold pending developments in her criminal case. She denied stealing and rejected Republican calls for her resignation. Gov. Tim Walz and DFL Party Chair Ken Martin also said she should resign, though her attorney said she intends to stay in office as her criminal case proceeds.
Mitchell was removed from her committee assignments and caucus meetings but remained the key vote for Democrats to pass their agenda in the latest legislative session with their one-seat majority, including many last-minute end-of-session bills.
Mitchell was dressed all in black and wearing a black hat when she was arrested, the complaint said, and it quoted her as saying, “I know I did something bad.”
Her attorney has said that her dispute with her stepmother arose out of a “fractured relationship” that was aggravated by age-related issues.
Mitchell’s father died in March 2023 at the age of 72, according to his obituary. He had been married to Mitchell’s stepmother for 40 years, it said.
Mitchell, who has also been a TV meteorologist and a commander with the Air National Guard, was elected in 2022 and is in her first term.
Minnesota
Introducing the Minnesota Top 20, the Star Tribune’s new statewide high school football ranking
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It’s hard to imagine a first-year head coach stepping into a better situation than Maple Grove’s Adam Spurrell stepped into. The Crimson are bursting with talent, led by running back Charles Langama, quarterback Kaden Harney and wide receiver-defensive back Dylan Vokal and a lot of prime beef up front.
That’s just for starters, and that’s why Maple Grove is where we start the new Star Tribune Minnesota Top 20, a statewide ranking produced by football reporter Jim Paulsen. The Crimson get the nod as the preseason No. 1 based on the sheer volume of talent.
Edina, the 2023 Class 6A runner-up, is ranked second but can make a strong case for the top spot. After a 1-3 start in 2023, the Hornets coalesced around the passing of QB Mason West and the running of RB John Warpinski. They won eight in a row before narrowly losing to Centennial in the Class 6A championship game. Warpinski has graduated, but West, a 6-6, 200-pound junior with big-time collegiate potential, is a nice piece to build around. He has weapons to throw to in receivers Meyer Swinney and Trillion Sorrell.
No. 3 Lakeville South leans on the hard-to-stop Power-T running game and has the talent to make it scary. Expect RB Connor Cade to spend many a Friday night sprinting untouched through opposing defenses.
Here’s news: Eden Prairie is a top contender. Seriously, the real shock would be if the brawny Eagles were not one of the state’s best. Eden Prairie, ranked fourth, is led by senior RB Elijah Rumph, a downhill runner who can beat you with power or speed, but what makes the team formidable is its inevitable depth. Expect to see that depth pay dividends as the season goes on.
Don’t overlook Lakeville North nor Stillwater, two teams with high-end quarterbacks (Riley Grossman at Lakeville North and Nick Kinsey at Stillwater) who give their teams a chance to beat anyone on any given night.
Just as with the big-class schools, no clear favorite shows in Class 5A. 2022 champion Elk River will be back near the top thank to a dual backfield threat of RB Gavin Schmidt, a thumper between the tackles, and lightning-quick Brecken Keoraj. Defending champion Chanhassen doesn’t have the top-end skill players of a year ago, but plenty of talent returns.
Three teams from Greater Minnesota take their places on the Minnesota Top 20: perennial power Mankato West and two from the central part of the state that boast big names. Alexandria has 6-8 QB Chase Thompson and kicker Daniel Jackson, a Gophers commit, and Sauk Rapids-Rice trots out perhaps the best passing combination outside of the metro in QB Spencer Ackerman and WR Hudson Omoke.
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