Minnesota
Where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this weekend in Minnesota
Bring out the soda bread and green food coloring: St. Patrick’s Day is Sunday, though many celebrations across Minnesota span the weekend.
Here are a few events to enjoy the festivities.
Twin Cities metro
Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade | St. Paul
Starting at noon on Saturday, the parade begins at Rice Park and runs to Mears Park. It’s the original route the parade took in 1967. The parade is an hour long.
St. Patrick’s Day Irish Celebration | St. Paul
The annual celebration at the Landmark Center brings together Irish dance and cuisine, music, Celtic vendors and activities for children.
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Admission is less than $10. The Saturday event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
St. Patrick’s Day Bash | St. Paul
On Sunday, the Wabasha Street Caves will host its annual bash with live music and green elixirs. Admission is $20 per person. The event runs from 6 to 10 p.m. Wear green!
St. Patrick’s Day Parade | Columbia Heights
Saturday at 6 p.m. is the parade start, beginning at the intersection of 40th Ave. NE and Van Buren St. NE.
The Blarney Blast will follow the parade at Murzyn Hall; the price is $10 for people over the age of 12. Organizers say the Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association will also crown Ms. Blarney at O’Shaughnessy Distillery.
Luck O’ the Lake | Excelsior
The annual 5K and 1 mile race along Lake Minnetonka is Saturday morning, with a magic show and Irish dancing to follow.
Greater Minnesota
Celtic Festival | Moorhead
The 20th annual Celtic Festival takes over the Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you’re over the age of 10, admission is $5. Organizers encourage wearing Celtic attire.
Beyond Ireland, the celebration involves all Celtic Nations, including Brittany, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Galicia, Scotland and Wales.
“There will be live performances throughout the day, varying from harp performances to full drums and bagpipes to fiddle and everything in between — dancing, all the fun stuff,” said Hope Thier with the City of Moorhead.
A free park and ride through LinkFM runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to and from downtown bus stops and the Hjemkomst Center.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade | Fargo, N.D.
The parade, which has run since 1996, will be in downtown Fargo from 11 a.m. to noon.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Celebration | Crosslake
Festivities start Friday and run through Saturday.
Live music and a raffle are Friday night, and a 2-mile parade is set for Saturday — along with a 5K, pancake breakfast, bingo, live music and a costume contest.
People can also try to find the pot of gold for a prize. Find the schedule and locations at Explore Minnesota.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Craft Sale | Maple Lake
From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, the parade follows Division Street E. near the park, goes west and turns south on Maple Avenue. The route turns east by the Legion and ends on First Street W. by Oak Ave. S.
Food vendors will be set up on Birch Avenue. There is also a 5K. Mulligan Stew will be served at the American Legion.
St. Patrick’s Day Red Beard Run/Walk | Spicer
The 5K starts at 9 a.m. Saturday at Pirrotta Park. Runners can grab a soup, sandwich and beer after the race.
But of course, staying home with corned beef and cabbage, a festive movie or simply adding broccoli to your dinner probably counts as celebrating, right?
Cheers!
The entirety of the Metro Transit Blue Line and parts of the Green Line will shut down for a few weeks this summer and be replaced by buses as crews work to swap worn track and outdated equipment.
The Blue Line will be offline from June 29 to Aug. 19. The west end of the Green Line — from West Bank to Target Field — will shut down between July 1 and July 26 and again between Aug. 16 and Aug. 19.
Metro Transit says buses will stop at or near the stations every 15 minutes. Some boarding locations will be moved to Hiawatha Avenue, and staff will help guide riders to their bus stops for the construction period.
Nearly every stop along the 22-year-old Blue Line will see improvement, Metro Transit says. The stations will be outfitted with real-time signs and shelter glass.
“We recognize that this needed maintenance work will be disruptive to riders, but once completed, the work we do this summer will help improve the customer experience for years to come,” said General Manager Lesley Kandaras.
The Green Line will be back in service for the beginning of August to accommodate summer events, such as Twins and Lynx games, the WWE Summer Slam at U.S. Bank Stadium and Noah Kahan and Ed Sheeran concerts.
We had another beautiful day across the region. Temperatures were still slightly below average. Winds will continue to be off the lake but our focus for tonight will be the chance for strong to severe thunderstorms across north-central Minnesota. The biggest threats will be hail, gusty winds and lightning.
Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected Wednesday, mainly during the afternoon and early evening.
Strong or severe storms are not currently expected Wednesday. However, some of these pop up storms could produce some damaging winds.
A more summer-like pattern is expected for the end of the week into early next week with increasing moisture and temperatures.
Chances for storms are expected to return on Sunday and continue into the new week.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms redevelop later tonight with fog by sunrise, the low will be around 48. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Wednesday
AM Fog with afternoon showers and thunderstorms with a high near 63. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. East wind around 5 mph.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 69. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sunday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
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The Portland Trail Blazers picked Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori as their next head coach on Tuesday, after making the playoffs for the first time in five years under the direction of interim coach Tiago Splitter.
Nori, who spent the past five seasons with the Timberwolves, has interviewed for multiple head coach vacancies, including the Chicago Bulls earlier this month, the New York Knicks last year, and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2024.
Nori, 52, was the lead assistant under Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch while the club made the playoffs each season, won five series, and reached the Western Conference finals in 2023 and 2024. Nori, who began his NBA career in 1998 as a scout with the Toronto Raptors, has also been an assistant for the Raptors, the Sacramento Kings, the Denver Nuggets, and the Detroit Pistons. His son, Dante, is a minor league baseball player in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
Splitter, who was hired last week as head coach of the Chicago Bulls, was promoted from assistant to interim coach when then-head coach Chauncey Billups was arrested in October in a federal takedown of a sprawling gambling operation. Billups has pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
The Blazers went 42-40 with a five-game loss to NBA finalist San Antonio in the first round of the playoffs, the first postseason appearance and first time they finished with a winning record in five years.
The news comes a day after the Wolves reportedly traded three-time All-Star Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls.
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