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St. Paul’s Winter Carnival moving to Kellogg Park Mall, along Mississippi River

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20080115_061901_ICECarve2.webp, Ice carver John Franks of Blaine is covered with a coating of ice as he does detail work on the velociraptor fossil he was carving for the Science Mus
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe hub of St. Paul’s 2019 Winter Carnival will move this year from Rice Park to Kellogg Mall

Winter Carnival: Applications open for 2019 Queen of Snows, Junior Royalty and Senior Royalty

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royal-coronation012.webp, Jilla Nadimi, Aurora, Queen of Snows, blows kisses to the crowd after she and Tom Leonard, Boreas LXXXII, were crowned at the St. Paul Winter Carnival
By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThere’s not a glass slipper, but still the search for the 2019 Queen of Snows has begun.Th

Future of St. Paul’s Rice Street Parade is cloudy

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160730_ricestreetparadefile.webp, Sisters Jada Brown, 2, left, Net Brown, 8, Phajja Brown, 4, and friend Raekwon Johnson, 7, reach for beads during the 2003 Rice Street Parade. (Pionee
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe doughnut salesman reportedly roughed up by a young passer-by inside his vending truck a

Mendota Heights couple celebrates 70 years of bridge, dancing, love and marriage

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By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
Momsen-70-001.webp, Yvonne and Bob Momsen, seen at their Mendota Heights home on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Sept. 11, 2018. T, Momsen-70-002.webp, Bob Momsen holds a photo of himself and his bride, Yvonne, taken at a spring formal about six months before their wedding in 1948, at his Mendota Heig, Momsen-70-003.webp, Bob and Yvonne Momsen, center, share memories with three of their kids, from left, Beverly Momsen, Brad Momsen and Bonnie Brill, at their Mendota Heig, Momsen-70-004.webp, Beverly Momsen shows a card that was made for her parents, Bob and Yvonne Momsen, at their Mendota Heights home on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. They will ce, Momsen-70-005.webp, A daughter holds an old photo of Bob and Yvonne Momsen, taken at a reception sometime after their 1948 wedding, at the couple's Mendota Heights home o, 20090115__090118huntguy1.webp, Bob Momsen recalls his days hiding the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion as his wife, Yvonne, laughs Tuesday at their home in Mendota Heights.
The Momsens have gone platinum.They’re not a band and it’s not an album; they’re a couple and it’s a marriage.Yvonne and Bob Momsen held hands as thei

Klondike Kate candidates, are you ready?

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senior-royalty-2018003.webp, Klondike Kate 2017 Kristen Oster, left, joins Klondike Kate 2018, Natalia Hemingway, right, in song prior to the coronation of the 2018 Senior Royalty
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe grease has barely cooled in the Minnesota State Fair Pronto Pup vats, but it’s time to s

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