Pioneer Press Winter Carnival

Winter Carnival ice carving contest winners named

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20130127__ice-carving-pic.webp, Greg Schmotzer of Hastings won first place in the Winter Carnival ice carving competition with his “Parrot in a Cage.” (Courtesy photo)

By ANDY GREDER | agreder@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressGreg Schmotzer of Hastings took two 300-pound blocks of ice and crafted them into first-place

Jack Frost sculpture wins St. Paul Winter Carnival ice carving competition

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By EMILY CUTTS | Forum News ServiceWhat can one make with two days and 20 blocks of ice? Beautifully detailed sculptures and a cool $2,000.That’s the

Downtown St. Paul's big weekend a boon to businesses

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20130126__130127parade.webp, St. Paul Osman Shrine band members march past the Landmark Center during the King Boreas Grand Day Parade in St. Paul, January 26, 2013. (Pioneer Pres

By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressDave Cossetta said he would be hard-pressed to think of a bigger weekend for his century-old

Winter Carnival: New Aurora, Queen of the Snows finally wears the crown she's had her eye on

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20130126__130127_Winter_Carnival_Queen_2013.webp, Melissa Hoffbeck is crowned the 2013 Aurora, Queen of Snows by Ashleigh Hayes, the 2012 Queen of the Snows, at the 2013 Winter Carnival Royal Family C

By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressMelissa Hoffbeck of Burnsville now knows: It’s never too late for dreams to come true.Hoff

Winter Carnival royalty: North End businessman Ted Natus new King Boreas

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20130125__130125_Winter_Carnival_royalty.webp, Ted Natus, Boreas LXXVII, right, and Melissa Hoffbeck, center, Aurora, Queen of Snows, are presented to the audience at the 2013 Winter Carnival Royal

By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressTed Natus was driving back to Montana from a job picking cotton down South in 1967 when his car broke down in St. Paul.O

Winter Carnival: 2013 Senior Royal Court crowned

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20130122__winter-carnival-senior-royaltyL.webp, Members of the Winter Carnival senior royal court are, from left, Randy Burger, Lou Michaels, David Forsell, Jackye Whitner, Lee Shovell and Patricia

By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe 2013 St. Paul Winter Carnival has crowned its Senior Royal Court.During festivities on Tue

Winter Carnival: Robotic snowplows face off this weekend

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By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressThe snowplow is small, but built like a tank.Weighing in at 600 pounds, Ohio University’s “monocular autonomously contro

St. Paul Winter Carnival to open 11-day run

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By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressST. PAUL, Minn.—It’s time again for the “Coolest Celebration on Earth.”The 127th St. Paul Wint

Winter Carnival sled dog races postponed

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20130121__jmp_1_sled_dog_guy061.webp, Devon Anderson, a member of the Jamaican dogsled team who will be competing in a race this weekend at the Winter Carnival, cared for the dogs he will

By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressThe St. Paul Winter Carnival Sled Dog Races, absent from the annual festival since the early 1990s, then rescheduled and

St. Paul Winter Carnival: Where to eat

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By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressIf it has been awhile since you were out and about in downtown St. Paul, here’s a look at plac

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