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Donors come to the rescue of Vulcans’ firetruck Luverne

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Luverne-1.webp, Luverne, the Vulcans newly restored firetruck, participates in the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. (Pioneer
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressWhen you’re battling for control of an entire city and its climate, you can’t afford to be c
Luverne-2.webp, The view from Luverne during the Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade in St. Paul on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)
David Breen headed the committee that raised the funds and organized the overhaul. He said they collected about $18,000 on Give to the Max Day last ye

You know the Vulcans — but what about the Vulcanettes?

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Vulcanettes3.webp, Vulcanettes Marlys Aukee, left, and Kelly McDonough, right, put some red smudges on the face of Pat Warner at Sweeney’s Bar in St. Paul on Jan. 25, 19
By MOLLY GUTHREY | mguthrey@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe year was 1991. The city was St. Paul. The place was Sweeney’s. The time was Winter Car
Vulcanettes-2.webp, Some of the Vulcanettes pose for a portrait in costume on Jan. 21, 1991. They are, back row, from left: Kelly McDonough, Marlys Aukee and Jill Fiebige
With this backdrop, let us return to 1991.It was the year of Operation Desert Storm, when U.S. women soldiers served as part of the coalition that lib

St. Paul Winter Carnival's Vulcanus Rex resigns

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wpid-20150129__150201Vulcans-Unmasked.webp, Vulcanus Rex Steven Fischer, center, is flanked by 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans. Front row from left are Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertiliou
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressThe 2015 Vulcanus Rex has resigned, citing personal reasons, according to the chair of the 2015 Vulcan Krewe Advisory.S

For Vulcanus Rex 2015, role is a boyhood dream fulfilled

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wpid-20150129__150201Vulcans-costume.webp, The St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans in St. Paul on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2015. Front row (from left): Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertilious, Steven Fisc, wpid-20150129__150201Vulcans-Unmasked.webp, Vulcanus Rex Steven Fischer, center, is flanked by 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans. Front row from left are Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertiliou, TheWinterCarnivalVulcans001-L.jpg, Grand Duke Fertilious, Trever Harwell, and Count of Ashes, Matt Fleming paint their faces before going out and about with the St. Paul Winter Carnival, TheWinterCarnivalVulcans002-L.jpg, Duke of Klinker, Leigh Halvorsen gets some help putting a stencil on his cheek in a hotel room bathroom before going out with the vulcans in St. Paul , TheWinterCarnivalVulcans003-L.jpg, Vulcanus Rex, Steven Fischer gets his cape on before going out and about with his crew in St. Paul on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2015. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pi, TheWinterCarnivalVulcans004-L.jpg, Empty boxes of wild sardines, attributed to General Flameous, sit by Winter Carnival buttons on a hotel room table where the vulcans gathered before g
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressSteven Fischer, Vulcanus Rex for the 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival, raved about his 12-year-old granddaughter between b

St. Paul Winter Carnival: Vulcan Krewe prowls dawn to dusk

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wpid-20150128__150129Vulcans1.webp, The Vulcans greet students at Falcon Heights Elementary School on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Falcon Heights. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin), wpid-20150128__150129Vulcans2.webp
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressIn its 30th appearance since Saturday, the new St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcan Krewe surprised

St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans truck needs nips and tucks

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Luverne-1.jpg, Dave Breen, a Roseville firefighter and Vulcans caretaker of "Luverne," starts the 1932 Luverne Fire Truck in its garage in Vadnais Heights on Tuesday, wpid-20141111__1-Vulcans_Luverne.webp, St. Paul Vulcans ride their truck, Luverne, at a 2014 event at Bridge View School in St. Paul. (Courtesy of St. Paul Vulcans), Luverne-3.jpg, The windshield shows the wear and tear of the years on "Luverne." (Pioneer Press: John Autey), Luverne-4.jpg, The steering wheel and dashboard of the open-cab 1932 Luverne Fire Truck. (Pioneer Press: John Autey), Luverne-5.jpg, Rust shows above the truck's name plate. (Pioneer Press: John Autey)
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressLuverne, the 83-year-old firetruck and chariot of the the St. Paul Vulcans, has rust in her undercarriage. She needs an

Winter Carnival: Vulcans' Snow Park becoming festival of its own

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20140122__140124wlbb-snow.jpg, David White scrapes the chin of a enormous ogre head, part of a gigantic snow carving at the State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, on Tuesday, January , 20140121__140122SnowSculpt2.jpg, Pat Mogren works on a gigantic ogre's head at the State Fairgrounds in Falcon Heights, on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. The sculpture, at the site of the
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressJust a couple weeks before the start of the 2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival, organizers gave the

Vulcans take the heat for cold-and-snowy spring

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20130201__130202vulcanjp3.webp, Grand Duke Fertilious entertains the young pre-schoolers and answers all questions as John Brewer imitated a Vulcan for a first-person piece on the Vu
By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressThis has been a tough winter to be a Vulcan.As the caped bad guys of the St. Paul Winter Carnival, the Vulcan Krewe has
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