Six days after their Oct. 4 wedding at Grand View Lodge, Brianne Wilbury and her husband stopped at Sociable Cider Werks, a favorite date spot. Their car still had “Just Married” on the back window.

“I look over and see a car that says ‘just married,’” Wilbury said. “I thought, oh good for them. Then I realized, that’s my car.”

Wilbury said someone pulled a white car behind theirs, broke the driver’s-side lock, removed the panel by the ignition and started the vehicle with a USB cable. 

“It took them about 30 seconds, and then my car was gone,” she said.

The car was later found in the Dinkytown/Marcy-Holmes area, Wilbury said. Several items were missing, including a wood-burned wedding sign her father made and keepsakes the couple collected while living in Colorado. 

“I’m happy they found the car, but you only get one of them,” Wilbury said. “My dad could make another, but it wasn’t there. It didn’t see the ceremony.”

Wilbury lost her mother when she was 10. She said the sign mattered because, “it’s not like I can ask my mom to make me a wedding present,” adding, “this was really important — to have something my dad touched and worked on.”

Wilbury says staff and patrons at the cidery tried to help. 

“People were already on their phones, ready to call, and the bartender gave us a free round,” Wilbury said. 

One person followed the car to try to get a license plate number, she said.

Wilbury isn’t focused on arrests; she wants the sign back. 

“If someone does have it, I’d really like it back,” she said. “Even if it’s broken in two pieces — there’s always wood glue.”

“Even if they take my car, they cannot take my marriage,” she said.

A motorcyclist who crashed while leaving downtown Minneapolis was later found dead, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

The crash happened around 1 a.m. Sunday on the ramp from Third Street to Interstate 94 west, according to the patrol’s incident report. 

The 21-year-old motorcyclist from Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, was “traveling a very high rate of speed,” the patrol said, and “was later found deceased as a result of the crash.”

No other vehicles were involved. The motorcyclist has not been publicly identified.

Once again, it’s time to get those four fingers up above your head. We’re heading to the final quarter of play at U.S. Bank Stadium, and our Minnesota Vikings are trailing the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 21-16.

The Vikings got the football first to start the second half after deferring on the opening coin toss. Myles Price got things started with a nice return to set the Vikings up at midfield. The Minnesota offense did push down into the red zone, but then Carson Wentz picked up an inexplicable intentional grounding penalty and the Vikings settled for another Will Reichard field goal, a 28-yarder to make it 14-9.

The Eagles then struck immediately on their next drive, as Jalen Hurts dropped back to pass and found a wide open Devonta Smith behind the Vikings’ defense for a 79-yard touchdown, and just like that it was 21-9.

The Vikings finally got into the end zone on their next drive, courtesy of Jordan Mason. He took a direct snap and managed to barely outrun the Eagles’ defense to the left pylon for a 1-yard touchdown to make it 21-16 with just under four minutes remaining in the third quarter.

The Eagles have moved the ball into Minnesota territory, and as we move to the fourth quarter they’re looking at a 3rd-and-5 from the Minnesota 23-yard line.

Can the Vikings figure out a way to put together a come-from-behind win against the defending world champs? That’s what it’s going to take, as they trail the Eagles going into the fourth quarter by a score of 21-16. Come join us for the conclusion of this one!