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Dakota County plans for permanent homeless shelter stall after emotional meeting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

Dakota County officials wanted to bring a permanent homeless shelter to Eagan, but after lengthy community testimony on Tuesday have decided not to pursue a potential route to funding.The Dakota County Board of Commissioners didn’t make it to a scheduled vote that would have decided whether to submit a proposal to the Minnesota Department of Human Services for a $10 million grant to renovate the Norwood Inn & Suites to serve as a permanent homeless shelter.Community members who attended the meeting voiced concerns regarding the impact the shelter would have on the area, fearing drinking and drug use. Attendees also cited the project’s high price tag as a reason for concern and asked if the funds would be better spent on existing social services programs.The plan to renovate the 118-room hotel at 1950 Rahncliff Drive was estimated to cost almost $24 million in total and would have been the county’s first permanent homeless shelter.Evan Henspeter, social services director for the ...

Restaurant lineup for inaugural Taste of Toga festival

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The inaugural Taste of Toga festival is set for Saturday, September 23 at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. The festival will be serving up food from Saratoga County restaurants with live music throughout the evening. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The festival is headlined by Ja Rule and Ashanti, with additional performances from Travis Denning and Shake Rattle & Roll Dueling Pianos. The event also includes a Kids Zone with activities from the Children's Museum, 5 Wits, Saratoga Rowing Association and more.Participating restaurantsBailey's SaratogaBARE BlendsThe Basin GrillBen & Jerry'sBookmakers Restaurant and LoungeBurgers Around the WorldComfort KitchenThe Country Corner CafeThe DistrictDotty Lou's BBQEsperantoThe Galley Bar and GrillIndulgence BakeryLa Fiesta Clifton ParkThe Little Market at Five PointsNanolaNashville of SaratogaNeighborhood Kitchen Ja Rule, Ashanti to perform at in...

Town of Clifton Park announces duck hunting season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Beginning on October 21, duck hunting will be allowed in designated areas at the Vischer Ferry Nature Preserve. Hunters must register at the Town Clerk's office and present their driver's license, hunting license, duck stamp, and car registrations. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Hunting will be allowed through October 27. More information about waterfowl hunting in New York can be found on the Department of Environmental Conservation website. Questions can be directed to the Town Clerk's office at (518) 371-6681.

Rodeo stampedes to Glens Falls this November

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - This fall, the bulls are back in town. The 32nd annual Adirondack Stampede Rodeo charges into Glens Falls on the weekend of Nov. 3-4. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The annual pro-level rodeo makes its home at Cool Insuring Arena, which trades in its ice for dirt to welcome two nights of saddle-based entertainment. The docket includes bull and bronco riding, barrel racing and more, featuring a lineup of cowboys and cowgirls from around the country.Doors open at 5:30 p.m. each night, with the stampede getting started at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are priced at $24 for adults and $16 for kids and seniors. Tickets go on sale on Friday, Sept. 22, and information can be found through the arena online or at (518) 798-0202.

RPI to host Troy mayoral candidate forum in October

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), in partnership with the non-partisan League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County, will host the 2023 mayoral candidate forum on October 3 at 6 p.m. in the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC). The event is free and open to the public, and attendees are encouraged to register online. NEWS10's evening anchor, Lydia Kulbida, will be moderating the forum. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The forum will feature Nina Nichols, Democratic nominee and current Rensselaer County legislator, and Carmella Mantello, Republican nominee and current president of the Troy City Council. Those who register online can submit questions in advance to the nominees. The election will take place on November 7.“We are pleased to partner with RPI in this non-partisan Troy mayoral candidate forum. The event reinforces our commitment to provide accurate informatio...

St. Louis Rappers Murphy Lee and Kyjuan preview 'Murphy's Law' 20th anniversary celebration

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

ST. LOUIS - He was a 16-year-old school kid with platinum skills, but we want to know what the hook is going to be?FOX 2's Tim Ezell and Taylor Harris spoke with Grammy Award-winning rappers Murphy Lee and Kyjuan about the 20th anniversary of the 'Murphy's Law' album. The two also previewed their new album, 'Second Time Around,' with a performance. Federal agents head operation on I-270 in St. Louis County For more information about the event, click here.

Architect sues developer over unpaid work on planned tower in Denver’s Arapahoe Square

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

One of the nation’s largest architecture firms has sued a Chicago developer, saying it’s owed $280,000 for work on a planned residential tower in Denver’s Arapahoe Square.Perkins & Will, which is also based in Chicago, filed the lawsuit against Akara Partners in Denver District Court last week.The firm is seeking to foreclose on a mechanic’s lien it placed back in June on 2126-2136 Lawrence St.Akara purchased that 0.64-acre site, currently a parking lot, in January 2019 for $5.5 million.While the site has sat unchanged for nearly four years, Akara has been pursuing development behind the scenes since at least early 2018, when it floated the idea of building 34 stories. The most recent version of the firm’s plans, submitted last October, call for a 23-story building with 438 residential units, as well as some ground-floor retail space. There would be 233 parking spaces, some of them underground, and a rooftop pool.The building would be called Kenect Denver, according to Akara’s w...

The queen of West African one-pot recipes has entered the chat

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

By Yewande Komolafe, The New York TimesThieboudienne holds a special place among the cuisines of West Africa. This one-pot rice masterpiece is often referred to as the national dish of Senegal, yet its presence and popularity extend beyond any national borders. Its influence is powerful.So many of West Africa’s other great one-pot rice dishes — Ghanaian waakye, Gambian benachin and Nigerian jollof, to name just a few — are direct descendants of thieboudienne (pronounced CHE-boo-JEN), named for the Wolof words for rice (ceeb or thiebb) and fish (jën).Jollof rice’s popularity, especially in the diaspora, can be attributed to how quickly it comes together, essentially a sped-up version of thieboudienne. A great thieboudienne, however, resists all shortcuts. A great thieboudienne is practically an all-day affair.“This is the diva of rice cooked in a tomato broth,” said Nafy Ba Flatley, a Senegalese cook and small-business owner in San Francisco.Thieboudienne is what I like to call...

Opinion: Trump’s running on “retribution.” Why’s he gotta be so mean?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

”I am your retribution,” Donald Trump told a gathering of ultra-rightwing conservatives earlier this year.He relishes the persona of the big bad wolf howling at the door; the menace to society lying in wait; the dark lord ready to terrorize the land.The idea that the president is supposed to keep every American safe from harm, foreign and domestic, is not a precept of the MAGA cult.In fact, cult members love that their leader’s 2024 campaign has been dubbed “the revenge tour.”The mugshot from his arrest at the Fulton County jail in Georgia is an apt depiction of Trump as evil incarnate.Guess he thought undecided voters would find his well-rehearsed stare so chocked full of virility that they couldn’t help but want him.However, what astute people recognize in his beady eyes is the soulless man promising vengeance if he takes over again.Trump’s sour puss reminds me of the last line of a Taylor Swift song:“Why you gotta be so mean?”It’s the perfect caption for the official photo of sta...

Elijah McClain: Opening statements expected in trial of first two Aurora police officers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:55 GMT

Elijah McClain is pictured in this undated photograph. (Photo provided by family of Elijah McClain)AURORA — Attorneys are expected to give opening statements Wednesday in the jury trial for the first two Aurora police officers criminally charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.Aurora officer Randy Roedema, 41, and former officer Jason Rosenblatt, 34, each are charged with reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault in connection with McClain’s death.They are the first to stand trial of the five people indicted in the 2019 killing. Jury selection began Friday and is expected to be completed on Wednesday.McClain, 23, was walking home from a gas station in Aurora on Aug. 24, 2019 — wearing a black ski mask as he often did — when someone called 911 to report a suspicious person. The responding officers detained McClain, violently forced him to the ground and handcuffed him before a paramedic injected McClain with the sedative ketamine. McClain suffer...