The current No. 1-ranked team in Class 5A is Elk River, which is averaging 48 points per game.

Owatonna has been stingy, though, giving up just a touchdown in each of its three victories. In Section 8, high-powered Moorhead, led by stellar sophomore quarterback Jett Feeney, and Alexandria Area, an athletic squad allowing just four points per game, are headed for a showdown on Oct. 11, the next-to-last game of the regular season.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has dropped criminal charges against a man who Minneapolis police mistakenly identified as an accomplice in a recent attack on a homeless shelter.

The swift reversal on Tuesday saw the dismissal in Hennepin County District Court of two counts of second-degree assault, illegal weapons possession, threats of violence and second-degree riot in connection the Sept. 5 attack on St. Anne’s Place at 2634 Russell Av. N.

“We have recently learned from our law enforcement partners at (the Minneapolis Police Department) that [man] was misidentified as the suspect in the St. Anne’s Place attack who pistol-whipped two people and fired a gun,” a statement from the County Attorney’s Office read. Police “shared this information with us right away as part of their ongoing investigation, and upon learning this information, we immediately began the process of filing a written dismissal.”

The statement said the man, who was arrested Friday, would be released from jail “as soon as possible.” As of mid-afternoon Tuesday, the man was still in custody, according the jail’s online inmate roster.

The Star Tribune has asked for Minneapolis police for an explanation about how the misidentification occurred.

There is so far one person charged stemming from the attack. Eureka D. Riser, 33, of Minneapolis, was arrested Thursday and is charged with second-degree riot with a dangerous weapon and first-degree damage to property.

Riser, also known as Eureka Willis, is alleged to have been among at least three people who went to St. Anne’s Place and threatened residents, smashing doors with a baseball bat. According to police, an argument between shelter residents and neighbors led to the violence, resulting in at least one assault and gunfire damage to a vehicle.

The St. Paul Winter Carnival’s King Boreas Grande Day Parade is moving from downtown St. Paul to Grand Avenue.

A partnership between the mid-winter fete’s producer, the St. Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation, and the Grand Avenue Business Association (GABA) is behind the move of the signature daytime parade in 2025, Winter Carnival officials said Tuesday.

“The Winter Carnival has always been about celebrating St. Paul,” said Lisa Jacobson, president and CEO of the St. Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation. “By relocating the Grande Day Parade to Grand Avenue, we reach more people in the community who want to be involved in the ‘Coolest Celebration on Earth.’”

Previously held in downtown St. Paul, the parade featuring floats, marching bands and hundreds of units will make its way down Grand Avenue from Dale Street to Lexington Avenue at 2 p.m. Jan. 25.

“We are so excited to be partnering with the St. Paul Winter Carnival and bringing the beloved Grande Day Parade to Grand Avenue,” said Chris Jensen, president of GABA, which also puts on summer’s Grand Old Day event. “We can’t wait for January 25th to get here as we know the businesses on Grand Ave and the entire community will enjoy celebrating the treasured tradition of Winter Carnival’s Grande Day Parade.”

Todd Russell, who will soon open a new dining establishment on Grand Avenue called Russell’s, hopes the parade will help revitalize the historic street that has seen several high-profile closures, including Pottery Barn, Tavern on Grand and Salut Bar Americain, in the past year. But other businesses have opened on the street during the same time.

“We hope it will inspire people to rediscover Grand Avenue and fall back in love with all it has to offer,” Russell said.