Excelsior News

Barone di Valforte Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2008 The experience: This varietal from central Italy often is too tannic, but this rendition has just the right amount of grip without the dreaded puckering effect.

Description: Lake Minnetonka slips for the 2010 season. 24a slips available. Water and electric hook up.

A Zimbabwe-registered cargo plane crashed in flames during takeoff from Shanghai's main airport Saturday, killing three American crew members and injuring four others on board.

Tom Petters Did Tom Petters orchestrate a multibillion dollar fraud or was he just another of the prodigious scheme's many victims? A jury now is figuring that out.

It was a night of music for this well-dressed couple. Ian Ludwig got his shirt from Express and his vest in Canada and Sindy Griggs got her entire outfit from Forever 21.

The Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday approved $1.6 million in funding for six transit-oriented development projects.

Federal prosecutors rested their case this morning against Wayzata businessman Tom Petters, who they contend masterminded a $3.5 billion Ponzi scheme over the last decade by ginning up phony records to convince his financial backers that he was wheeling and dealing in electronics goods and other merchandise.

Excelsior Energy announced that the U.S. Department of Energy and the Minnesota Department of Commerce have released the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Mesaba Energy Project, marking another significant milestone for the companya s integrated gasification combined cycle project.

While all retail centers have lost some tenants during the recession, Edina's 50th & France shopping district has bucked the trend when it comes to backfilling empty storefronts.

"Which rock band, whose lead singer grew up in Minnesota, has songs populated with literary figures from William Butler Yeats to Nelson Algren to Minnesota's own John Berryman?" Bookstores stamping "passports" with correct answers: Big Brain Comics, 1027 Washington Ave.

It's party night for Twin Cities retailers. At Excelsior & Grand in St. Louis Park , the shops have banded together to offer the latest fashions from Shorty's Loft and OPM , jewelry and chocolate sampling at Max's , holiday hairstyles for men and women from the Hair District and Supercuts , and chair massages at RejoovMe .

WEEK OF SEPT. 28 Drugs . An officer stopped a vehicle on Hwy. 41 for driving without headlights on, and police said the male driver had drug paraphernalia and marijuana.

I have always loved needle arts. I was only seven when I embroidered a lemon on a dish towel using a running stitch.

Grayson and Lynne Osteraas of Sartell are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

Property damage . Someone damaged a mailbox with fireworks at a home on the 21900 block of Homestead Trail.

I think everyone has been more than frustrated. Craig Mc Okay, I got my ABC to work finally.

When I come across information that is interesting or that I think is helpful in raising a family, I put that information in what I call my "tidbits" file.

Q&A: Katie Sticksel, 'Models of the Runway' Not only did Minnesota have two contestants on the current season of "Project Runway," but model Katie Sticksel grew up in Excelsior and graduated from Minnetonka High School.

Fall has always been apple-picking time in the Midwest. I grew up on a farm half a mile from a railroad track.

The experience: With 2.5-percent residual sugar, this white blend starts with a touch of sweetness before its spirited minerality kicks in.