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Question: What justifies handcuffing a child to a bed and beating her with a leather strap? Another: Under what circumstances is it considered proper to break her nose? When Washington County investigators asked these questions Mahtomedi resident Julia Marie Patek, she said the 13-year-old girl had been stealing, lying, "and not going to school." On Sept. 29, county prosecutors charged Patek with two felony charges, one for malicious punishment of a child, the other for third degree assault.
Every once in awhile, you read a book that makes you hopping mad. When I was in college, my grandfather gave me an old book by Upton Sinclair, entitled "The Jungle." "The Jungle" was a diatribe on the evils of capitalism set in the packing houses of Chicago, circa 1900. It told the story of a Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkin, who worked at a packing plant that seemed very much like Armour.'' Jurgis has all kinds of adventures. His colleagues fall into meat grinders and come out as breakfast sausages, employers cheat him out of his salary, saloons take what's left.
Thomas Sheehy Condon, 51, of Rosemount, Minn., died Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Funeral service Friday, Oct. 3 at noon at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 13900 Biscayne Ave., Rosemount. Visitation from 9:30 a.m. to the time of the service at the church. Interment in St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the educational fund to be set up for sons Ryan and Matthew. Arrangements by Henry W. Anderson Mortuary, 952-432-2331. obit.HenryWAnderson.com
Minnesota's largest smokestack industries have agreed to an unprecedented plan to make cuts in mercury pollution over the next 18 years, right down to the pound and ounce. The plan, years in the works, will be unveiled to the public Tuesday when it's presented to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency board in St.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Even chicken tenders, those finger-sized appetizers, come with a sponsor. In and around the Republican National Convention, Minnesota businesses are finding ways to promote their products. Some provide services at the convention in St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center, others sponsor events for state delegations. Some landed contracts to sell food to convention delegates and beverages to protesters.
ST. PAUL - Sarah Palin says she is a small-town hockey mom, but Wednesday night introduced herself to the country as the Republican Party's first woman vice presidential candidate. The 44-year-old Alaska governor showed her fiery side in a St.
Minnesota Democrats are putting up a reward for anyone who snaps a photo of President Bush and Sen. Norm Coleman together at next month's Republican National Convention. "Coleman, who once treasured having his photo taken with the president, is now actively running from President Bush and the Republican Party, recently going so far as to say that if the convention were not being held in St. Paul, he would not attend," a Democratic-Farmer-Laborite news release said.
The Forum Communications State Capitol Bureau staff will provide daily blog updates about the Democratic and Republican national conventions at www.areavoices.com/CapitolChat .
Klobuchar may need to memorize her speech if the past is any indication. Before she spoke to the party's convention in Boston four years ago, former Vice President Walter Mondale reminded Klobuchar of the time Jimmy Carter called famed Minnesota politician Hubert Humphrey "Hubert Horatio Hornblower." Mondale blames the misidentification on a problem with a prompter the former president was using to read his speech. Klobuchar told Mondale that the prompter incident was decades earlier, and the devices used to display speeches for speechmakers had progressed in that time.
A combined reunion will be held Aug. 16 for the classes of 1918 through 1964 at the Rosemount Community Center. Tours of the old school, now part of the Rosemount Middle School, will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. Registration and a social will begin at 3 p.m. Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. followed by a short program. For information, contact Jean Storkamp Heinen at 651-423-1573.