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Rice Park closes for the summer — to be reborn in the late fall
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rice-park.webp, Rice Park is seen in August of 2000. The bronze statue titled “The Source” in Rice Park was donated in 1965. (Pioneer Press)
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressOn Thursday, the city of St. Paul said goodbye to Rice Park as thousands of St. Paul residen
Could these treasure hunters find the medallion early?
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20160124__160125Hunt1A.webp, First-time treasure hunter Matt Foster searches Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Indian Mounds Regional Park in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Jaime DeLage)
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe annual Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt kicked off over the weekend, and while the first clue
History-making Queen of the Snows: 'I love St. Paul, this is my home'
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By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressAs a child of Nigerian immigrants growing up in and around the old Rondo Avenue neighborho
20150123__150123_carnivalcoronation_krystleigboogbonna.webp, Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna takes a moment after being crowned Aurora, Queen of the Snows during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation at the RiverCe
This year, 10 candidates vied for the position of Queen of the Snows and the princesses of the North, South, East and West Winds. Together, these four
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Igbo-Ogbonna, whose candidacy is sponsored by Dar’s Double Scoop, was born at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis in 1988, just eight years af
Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt: This year's clues explained
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By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressHere are the 12 clues for the 2015 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt and their meanings. The medalli
20150122__150122_TreasureHunters_SwedeHollowPark_Medallion.jpg, Treasure hunters scour the landscape at Swede Hollow Park in St. Paul on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The medallion was found Thursday, Jan. 22, in Snail, 20150122__150123medallionfound.jpg, Steve Worthman holds the 2015 Pioneer Press Medallion.
St. Paul Winter Carnival adds ice courtyard in Rice Park
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wpid-20141225__141228icevillage.webp, Drawings of the Winter Carnival Ice Courtyard, which will be constructed in Rice Park in mid-January out of blocks of ice harvested from Lake Phalen.
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressIt’s been 11 years since the St. Paul Winter Carnival built its last ice palace, but 2015 organizers are bringing some