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St. Paul hopes to cash in on Super Bowl with palace-sized plans

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A fireworks display puts the final touches on the lighting ceremony for the 1992 Ice Palace during opening night on Harriet Island in St. Paul Wednesd
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressSo Minneapolis is getting Super Bowl LII in 2018. What could St. Paul possibly get out of th

Soucheray: Super Bowl is fun but ice palace could be forever

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A fireworks display puts the final touches on the lighting ceremony for the 1992 Ice Palace during opening night on Harriet Island in St. Paul Wednesd, The 1992 St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace on Harriet Island in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)
By JOE SOUCHERAY | jsoucheray@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressSo magnificent was the Winter Carnival ice palace of 1992 that we — carnival-goers — mar

Will St. Paul's granite ice palace get new home downtown?

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Charlie Hall stands in front of the 14 foot tall memorial to the workers and and sponsors of the 1986 Winter Carnival Ice Palace, which he wants moved, Undated photo, courtesy of Charlie Hall, of the 1986 ice palace near Lake Phalen. Hall, King Boreas XLVII, chaired the 1986 Winter Carnival Committee , A close up of the 14 foot tall memorial to the workers and and sponsors of the 1986 Winter Carnival Ice Palace, which Charlie Hall wants moved from Ph
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe worst winter in decades has elevated Minnesota’s reputation for toughness, albeit of a p

Saintly City Cat Show capes don’t make themselves. Meet the woman who does.

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Two Straight Hair Selkirk Rex cats, a brother and sister from the same litter, are crowned King Cat and Queen Cat by Winter Carnival royalty at the Sa, Tiny little capes and hats await the winners of the "King Cat" and "Queen Cat" competition at the Saintly City Cat Club's 38th Annual Championship Cat, 73-year-old Flo Dougherty runs one of her latest cat capes for the 2015 Saintly City Cat Show through her sewing machine at her home in White Bear Lak
By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressBefore the Cat Internet Video Festival, before Grumpy Cat, even before Keyboard Cat, there was the Saintly City Cat Show

Joe Soucheray: When they say St. Paul, they'll think, 'ice palace'

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Bulletin Board Notes: Our Web-wandering research has concluded that this is the 1939 Ice Palace. Our best find: http://tinyurl.com/Palace-39. If our c
By JOE SOUCHERAY | jsoucheray@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressGloria Carpenter of White Bear Lake wrote to the Pioneer Press last week of her desire t

Return to royalty: St. Paul man believes he's found the original king and queen of Winter Carnival

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An image of the Queen of Snow for the St. Paul Winter Carnival from the front page of the Feb 4, 1886, St. Paul Daily Globe newspaper. Patrick Hill, a, An image of King Borealis of the St. Paul Winter Carnival from the front page of the Feb 4, 1886, St. Paul Daily Globe newspaper. Patrick Hill, a Civi, Images of the Queen of Snow and King Borealis for the St. Paul Winter Carnival from the front page of the Feb. 4, 1886, St. Paul Daily Globe newspaper
By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressPatrick Hill of St. Paul doesn’t want to rewrite St. Paul Winter Carnival history.He just

Medallion finder can forgive dad for dismissing 1993 diaper

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An X of sticks marks the spot where the medallion was found. (Pioneer Press: John Brewer), Ben Haselman found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in St. Paul's Como Park on Monday morning, Jan. 27, 2014. (Photo courtesy of Ben Hasleman, "My adrenaline is kind of peaking right now," said 27-year-old Benjamin Haselman of St. Paul, who gets a smooch from his 25-year-old sister Jillian, r, Ben Haselman found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in St. Paul's Como Park on Monday morning, Jan. 27, 2014. (Photo courtesy of Rob Brass), Como Park was tore up by treasure hunters over the weekend. (Pioneer Press: John Brewer), Benjamin Haselman holds the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion, a gold-tinged plastic rectangle with an embedded jewel, which he found sewn into a , Mary and Tom Steiner of Roseville clear snow in Como Park on Sunday, looking for the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion. “Here’s how the d, Nicole Hinzie of Hugo and Richelle Nelson of Richfield dig in the snow Sunday at Como Park looking for the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medall, Hunters for the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion excavated a giant swath of snow in Como Park Sunday, Jan. 26, in their search for the $
By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressWith a strike from a hoe, Benjamin Haselman uncovered the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion Monday morning

A Chilly Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade

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Members of the Commemorative Air Force-Minnesota Wing march by the Landmark Center at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday Janu, A girl watched the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade from inside the doorway of burger moe's on West Seventh Street in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, , The Vulcans drive down West Seventh Street during the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer Press: Jean P, "My husband made me do this," said Cindy Hansen from Eagan about her cold weather head gear at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Satu, Snowflakes marched in the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer Press, The Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade went down West Seventh Street and then took a right on 5th Street in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pione, Gopher mascots from the Minnesota State Fair dance around at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer Pr, Royalty tries to keep warm as they walk down Seventh Street at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer , The Narren of New Ulm, a traditional German masked troupe of entertainers and dancers walk down Fifth Street at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade , Parade watchers tried to keep warm as they watched the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer Press: Jean , A gopher from the Minnesota State Fair dances with parade-goers at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pion, A wolf from Minnesota Fur greets parade-goers on Fifth Street at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pionee, Hi-Lex Gnomes, Boy Scout Troop 13 march down 7th Street during the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer , Nancy Wistl's nose turned red while watching the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. She is from Maplewood. (Pio, Ramsey County Sheriff's Fright Farm Haunted House goes by the Landmark Center at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 2, Parade marchers from Minnesota Fur gather together by Pazzaluna at the end of the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, , Queen of the Northland Diane Winkler dresses warmly at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer Press: J, A bundled up Twin Cities Unicycle Club try to stay warm during the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer , The Tux Team happily scoops up after the horses at the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul, Saturday January 25, 2014. (Pioneer Press: Jean
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressTemperatures barely rose above zero today as parade goers came out to watch the 2014 Winter Ca
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