Independence News

"I heard this guy yelling 'help me, help me,'" she recalls. "There was a force telling me to get up and investigate it." Joni alerted her husband, who quickly grabbed a ladder and ran on to Lake Sarah in Independence.

A 57-year-old man from St. Bonifacius was planning to ice fish Saturday morning and was driving an ATV on Lake Sarah, just north of Lake Minnetonka in Independence, when he drove into open water about 200 yards from shore.

Hennepin County authorities say a 57-year-old man whose ATV fell into the open water of an icy lake was rescued by two men who live nearby.

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Sam's Club in Sartell will host a free heart health screening from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The GOP presidential straw poll will be the most-watched element of the caucuses, at which attendees also may pick party delegates and propose changes to party platforms.

People who vote choose their leaders and shape their destinies - and the world around them.

DFL Secretary of State Mark Ritchie views the caucuses as a chance for people to arrange the "building blocks" of parties by molding party platforms.

On the campaign stump for votes, politicians often recite parts of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ..." But Sunday, the 39th anniversary ... (more)

A brief EF-0 tornado touched down just north of Brenham Municipal Airport Wednesday, the National Weather Service confirmed.

With the presidential election cycle just starting to heat up, caucus excitement is about to come to Edina.