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Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt winner will buy Lyme medicine

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20130130__2013Medallion.webp, 20130130__Medallion-finders.webp, "I hit it with the pick, but he had to finish it off with the spade," said Lynn Olson-Tuma of St. Paul, getting a smooch from husband Scot Tuma after , 20130130__130131CherokeeHeights.webp
By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressIt was meant to be.A woman from the East Side of St. Paul said finding the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in Cher

Snow sculpture winner puts moose, wolves into battle

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20130128__Snow-sculpture.webp, Mike Majerus of Rogers, David Ryding of Minneapolis, and Adam Turner of Arden Hills, sculpting as the team “Snow Cowboys” won First Place and Artists
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe “Snow Cowboys” team took first place and artists choice awards at the St. Paul Winter Ca

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

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
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