Winter Carnival sled dog races canceled
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By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressThe St. Paul Winter Carnival Sled Dog Races won’t make their return this year. Race organizers said Monday, Jan. 28, tha
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Winter Carnival ice carving contest winners named
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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
Winter Carnival: New Aurora, Queen of the Snows finally wears the crown she's had her eye on
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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: 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
Winter Carnival royalty: North End businessman Ted Natus new King Boreas
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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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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
Downtown St. Paul's big weekend a boon to businesses
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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
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
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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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