Metz Baking Co. just wanted a great advertising campaign for its Old Home Bread. It got the legendary 'C.W. McCall,' trucker anthem 'Convoy,' and led to Mannheim Steamroller.
Six Rapid City cheerleaders died along with three adults, including a father who piloted the plane, as they returned from a state basketball tournament
When America lost 18 of its best figure skaters in a plane crash in February 1961, 'Fargo's First Family of Skating' mourned the loss of friends and partners.
In 1974, Becky Dooley generated headlines but all she wanted to do was play ball
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With its stifling defensive philosophy, this high school holds the Minnesota records for most shot attempts and shots made
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Men and women were overheard betting their clothes, cufflinks and socks before police interrupted their game, which occurred inside a downtown Rochester building.
In 1859, lawlessness and injustice led to the first deployment of what would become the Minnesota National Guard.
Famous Northland mail carrier’s route turned into one of the country’s top sled dog races
The end of the 1900s brought fear that a computer glitch might down aircraft, erase bank accounts and even trigger World War III.
Walter Eldot's article exposed terrible living conditions — from men sleeping on the bathroom floor to a tuberculosis outbreak. But it spurred dramatic improvements and updates to the shelter.
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Barely a year after Di Lee’s arrival in Deadwood, she was killed, her house ransacked, and despite legitimate investigations by deputies and journalists, her attackers were never found.
The landmark case of Lucile Tisland, who killed her abusive husband — a Bemidji, Minnesota, pastor — in 1983 and walked away a free woman.
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In April 1917, the nation was scandalized by the home intruder murder of Alice McQuillan Dunn in St. Paul. Then the truth came out: Her husband, Frank Dunn, had arranged to have her killed.
In a new series, Sports Time Machine, we'll relive forgotten venues, athletes and unlock memories in our archives
Located downtown, Grand Recreation was a lunch diner, cigar shop, pool hall, bar and bowling alley. It also hosted two world champions.
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