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What we learned from FC Dallas' draw in Minnesota

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6 months ago

June 10, 2024

What we learned from FC Dallas' draw in Minnesota

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I had every intention to carve out more time this morning to rewatch FC Dallas pick up a 1-1 draw against Minnesota United. But when last night’s news of the club letting head coach Nico Estevez go, the full rewatch seemed a bit wasted.

The game itself was decent for the opening 25 minutes. Both teams scored, but from then on it became a bit of a slug to get through. Minnesota didn’t push forward too much as they began going to their bench to bring on Homegrown players for their MLS debuts.

FC Dallas just struggled to do anything of note outside of forcing Clint Irwin into two big diving saves midway through the second half.

But, even as the dust settled on Estevez’s departure from the club, there were still some things to discuss with this result.

I believe this graphic kind of says it all right from the draw:

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Tolkkinen: Being LGBTQ or a minority in greater Minnesota can be uncomfortable

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7 hours ago

December 10, 2024

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Tolkkinen: Being LGBTQ or a minority in greater Minnesota can be uncomfortable

She and her wife decided to move to Duluth.

“I do think America can do better, be kinder, and talk to each other more,” she wrote. “But in this current environment of hate and small-mindedness, I’m glad I don’t live in Becker/Clear Lake anymore, and that I don’t have to be ‘the only gay in the village’ anymore.”

After the election, I received a message from Brent Nelson of Minneapolis, who grew up in rural central Minnesota and who took exception with my column about why greater Minnesota voted for Donald Trump.

Nelson wrote that he refuses to use the term “greater Minnesota” because it implies that there is something better about rural Minnesota. He felt that the reasons people gave me for voting for Trump such as gun rights and grocery prices were “fake polite” answers intended to disguise their real motives.

“They are bigoted transphobic racists — they are just too cowardly to admit it,” he wrote.

Greater Minnesota is changing. For seven years, I put together the “Santa” letters for the Echo Press in Alexandria, typing in and formatting all the Christmas wishes sent in by local schoolchildren. Last year, I received my first letter in Spanish. I let it run as it was, knowing how much it would mean to that child’s family to see their own language in print. There are also members of the LGBTQ community who live here and aren’t hiding who they are.

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NEXT Weather: 10 p.m. report for Minnesota on Dec. 9, 2024

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15 hours ago

December 10, 2024

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NEXT Weather: 10 p.m. report for Minnesota on Dec. 9, 2024 – CBS Minnesota

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WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says tomorrow will be cooler before a chance of light snow arrives.

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Holiday Train set to make annual trek across Minnesota

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23 hours ago

December 9, 2024

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Holiday Train set to make annual trek across Minnesota

The brightly decorated, colorful boxcars of CPKC Railway’s annual Holiday Train are back in Minnesota this week, with 20 stops planned across the state.

Over the past 25 years, the Holiday Train has traveled rail lines across Canada and the U.S. each November and December, with musical performances and food donation collections in communities along the way.

The train’s visit to Minnesota this year starts Tuesday with stops in La Crescent, Winona, Wabasha and Hastings. It’ll make its way through the Twin Cities on Wednesday and Thursday, then head through central and western Minnesota. Its last stop in the state will be in Elbow Lake on Dec. 16.

A complete list of stops is below.

The southeast Minnesota and Twin Cities stops will feature music by The Lone Bellow and Tiera Kennedy. Central and western Minnesota stops will include music by Seaforth and Alana Springsteen.

If you’re heading out to any of the stops — especially Wednesday and Thursday — bundle up. Forecasts are calling for frigid conditions in Minnesota, with highs in the single digits across much of the state.

Since its inception, the Holiday Train has raised more than $24 million and collected more than 5 million pounds of food for local food banks across the U.S. and Canada.

CPKC Holiday Train stops in Minnesota

Dec. 10

2:15-2:45 p.m. — La Crescent, 215 South Chestnut Street
3:45-4:15 p.m. — Winona, 65 East Mark Street
5:45-6:15 p.m. — Wabasha, Bruegger Park – Gambia Avenue
8:15-8:45 p.m. — Hastings, 500 East Second Street

Dec. 11

5:15-5:45 p.m. — Cottage Grove, 7064 West Point Douglas Road
7-7:30 p.m. — St. Paul, Union Depot – 214 Fourth Street East

Dec. 12

5-5:30 p.m. — Golden Valley, Golden Hills Drive
6:15-6:45 p.m. — St. Louis Park, Lake Street and Library Lane
8:15-8:45 p.m. — Minneapolis, 37th Avenue NE and Stinson Boulevard

Dec. 14

4:30-5 p.m. — Loretto, County Road 19
6-6:30 p.m. — Buffalo, Fifth Street Northeast
7:30-8 p.m. — Annandale, Downtown Park – Harrison Street
9-9:30 p.m. — Kimball, Willow Creek Park – 230 Main St. South

Dec. 15

10:15-10:45 a.m. — Glenwood, 20 15th Street NE
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. — Alexandria, Eighth Avenue East and Nokomis Street
2:45-3:15 p.m. — Detroit Lakes, Holmes Street, west of community center
4:20-4:50 p.m. — Mahnomen, U.S. Highway 59 and East Washington Avenue
6:15-6:45 p.m. — Plummer, Central Avenue
7:45-8:15 p.m. — Thief River Falls, 405 Third Street East

Dec 16

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