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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

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

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20111202__WinterCarnival_vulcanunveiling.webp, 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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20130117__130120sl-WC-Ice-Carving.webp, 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

Pioneer Press Treasure Hunters focus in on the gold

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160126_PPHunt_HarrietIsland.webp, People dig around the playground at Harriet Island Regional Park on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in hopes of finding the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medall
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressOne of the big debates around the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt on Tuesday was over the meanin

Joe Soucheray: Bring back the Winter Carnival floats

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20140124__140125bbcut-norwayfloat_2.webp, Gordon Shumaker built this Whirlpool-sponsored float for the International Festival in Bergen, Norway. (Courtesy Steve Shumaker)
By JOE SOUCHERAY | jsoucheray@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressOne of Gordie Shumaker’s biggest Winter Carnival Grande Day parade floats was commission

Treasure Hunt fan sent bride-to-be on 8-day ring search

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WCRing_BryanGustavson_JessicaRushenberg_0.webp, Bryan Gustavson proposed to his longtime girlfriend Jessica Rushenberg by a mini treasure hunt whose final clue led her to the gazebo in Irvine Park i
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressJessica Rushenberg waited years for her high school sweetheart to pop the question, so it se

St. Paul had some amazing ice palaces - here they are

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Mini-ice-palace-and-historical-photos-of-palaces012.webp, The 1986 ice palace near Lake Phalen was assembled with the help of 1,000 volunteers. The 128-foot-tall spectacle drew hundreds of thousands of visito
By NICK WOLTMAN | nwoltman@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
Over its 130-year history, the Winter Carnival has brought 36 Ice Palaces to St. Paul — some more palatial than others.This year’s palace in Rice Park
Mini-ice-palace002seqn.webp, Crews construct a mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Sunday, January 24, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi), Mini-ice-palace003seqn.webp, Joe Vanek of Hinckley helps build a round room on one side of the mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Sunday, January 24, 2016. (Pionee, Mini-ice-palace001seqn.webp, Jim Brown uses a chainsaw to cut ice blocks to size, as Dan Klingner looks on, as crews build the mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, S, Mini-ice-palace004seqn.webp, helps build the mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Sunday, January 24, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi), Mini-ice-palace005seqn.webp, Rob Graham stacks up ice blocks for one of the Four Winds sculptures which will ring the mini ice palace in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul, Sunday, Ja, Mini-ice-palace006seqn.webp, A stack of ice blocks will be carved into a South Wind sculpture of a bull and caballero, one of the Four Winds sculptures at the four corners of Rice, Mini-ice-palace-and-historical-photos-of-palaces007-L.jpg, Carnival-goers walk past the 2004 Ice Palace, Mini-ice-palace-and-historical-photos-of-palaces009-L.jpg, The 2004 Ice Palace is illuminated after dark, Mini-ice-palace-and-historical-photos-of-palaces013-L.jpg, Vulcans and the Royal Family do battle outside an ice palace, Mini-ice-palace-and-historical-photos-of-palaces016.jpg, A main paints an Ice Palace model, Mini-ice-palace-and-historical-photos-of-palaces010-L.jpg, Carnival-goers sit on the ice throne outside the 2004 Ice Palace
But there have been plenty of impressive Ice Palaces in past years. From the Pioneer Press archives, here are 14 of the most spectacular:1886: Origina

Could these treasure hunters find the medallion early?

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20160124__160125Hunt1A.webp, First-time treasure hunter Matt Foster searches Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Indian Mounds Regional Park in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Jaime DeLage)
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe annual Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt kicked off over the weekend, and while the first clue
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