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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
wpid-20150123__150124queen.webp, King Boreas Daniel E. Stoltz, left, and Aurora, Queen of Snows Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna during the St. Paul Winter Carnival Royal Coronation at the RiverC
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
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