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After 23-year fight, North End finally gets its green space

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Linda Jungwirth, a member of the Tri Area Block Club, walks on one of the paths in the Trout Brook nature sanctuary in the North End neighborhood of S
By TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressFor more than two decades, a group of St. Paul’s most deeply rooted residents has argued again

For Vulcanus Rex 2015, role is a boyhood dream fulfilled

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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, Vulcanus Rex Steven Fischer, center, is flanked by 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans. Front row from left are Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertiliou, 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, 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 , 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, 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: Olympic medalist will lead Torchlight Parade

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Members of the Twin Cities Unicycle Club travel down Washington Street near Rice Park during the 2014 St. Paul Winter Carnival Torchlight Parade on Sa
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressAn Olympic medalist in freestyle skiing will serve as grand marshal for Saturday’s Vulcan Victory Torchlight Parade, St

Winners of sculpting and carving competitions announced

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Dusty Thune concentrates on carving his team's snow sculpture called "Frozen" on Sunday morning before judging began at noon. The competition was held, Trophies for the Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition's First Place and People’s Choice winner sit at the base of the sculpture "Frozen," by Hou, Jaymie Stocks works on her team's snow sculpture called "Minnesota Rumble" on Sunday morning. Teams were not allowed to use power tools. (Pioneer Pres, Families make it though the icy maze at the 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival Snow Park. (Pioneer Press: Sherri LaRose-Chiglo), Team MS Krackers' Kurtis Klett, foreground, and Keith Klett, back, work on taking out snow with an old logging saw as they put the final touches on th
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressThe First Place and Peopleâ s Choice winner at the Minnesota State Snow Sculpting Competition is "Frozen" by House of T

Canadian skater wins Crashed Ice before record St. Paul crowd

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An aerial view of the 2015 Red Bull St. Paul Crashed Ice Finals in downtown St. Paul on Saturday, January 24, 2015. (Pioneer Press: Sherri LaRose-Chig, From left, Colin Mayer, Markus Juola, Tyler Whitty and Danny Hansen compete during the Crashed Ice St. Paul Finals. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin), The 2015 Red Bull Crashed Ice event in downtown St. Paul on Saturday, January 24, 2015. (Pioneer Press: Sherri LaRose-Chiglo), Thousands of fans watch as four skaters take on the course. (Pioneer Press: Sherri LaRose-Chiglo), Skaters lose their footing around a tight turn. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressMinnesotans made a strong showing on the ice Saturday, but Canadian skater Kyle Croxall — a 20

Crashed Ice just one of many attractions Saturday in downtown St. Paul

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The Cathedral of St. Paul -- all lit up and dressed up for the Crashed Ice competition -- on Tuesday night. (Pioneer Press: Andy Rathbun)
By ROSS RAIHALA | rraihala@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressAlso: Crashed Ice guide: what you need to know A couple of hundred thousand people will vis
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