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You know the Vulcans — but what about the Vulcanettes?

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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
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

Come for the Winter Carnival, stay for what else St. Paul offers

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Vulcans reveal their 2012 Winter Carnival button Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in St. Paul’s Rice Park. (Pioneer Press: John Brewer)
By AMY CARLSON GUSTAFSON | Pioneer PressIf you’re traveling to downtown St. Paul to see the newly crowned King Boreas and the royal family or to watch

St. Paul Winter Carnival ice carving delayed: too warm

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Eden Prairie resident Deneena Hughes saws pieces of ice to use in creating the piece “Breaking Free” in the Multi-block Ice Carving Competition during
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressWe’re not looking at classic St. Paul Winter Carnival weather this weekend.The afternoons ar
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