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Lynx and Vikings fans excited to watch winning teams
Both teams won at home Sunday in a rare victorious doubleheader for Minnesota sports fans.
MINNEAPOLIS — A busy sports Sunday in Minneapolis, a doubleheader for the Twins in Boston and a doubleheader in Minneapolis with the Vikings and Lynx both winning at home.
Shawn Hanson is a fan of both the Vikings and the Lynx.
He said he normally waits until the Vikings game is over before he starts watching the Lynx, but he was excited to see his first Lynx playoff game in person, so he shut the TV off early and started heading downtown.
“We watched until about the third quarter and then we left to drive to Minneapolis. I had the Vikings on the radio while I was driving and my wife and my youngest both had it on their phones so we would hear the score updates before the Lynx game,” Hanson said.
Rarely do the Vikings and Lynx play their games so close together, but with a noon start for the Vikings and a 4 p.m. start for the Lynx, many Minnesota sports fans had to scramble to watch both games.
“I did see a lot of Vikings jerseys at the game last night. I wanted to wear my Vikings shorts over my pants last night so I could show support for both teams at the Lynx game, but my wife said that wouldn’t look good,” Hanson laughed.
Of the two wins on Sunday Lynx fans say they’re not surprised by their team.
“You have great players, and then you have great teams, we have a great team filled with great players,” Lynx fan Hayley Fletcher said.
But many Vikings fans are surprised that their team is starting the season 3-0.
At Triple Diamond Sports Cards in Eagan, Kevin Royal said Vikings fans are all-in, buying cards of their favorite players.
“We’re starting to see more people looking for Sam Darnold cards now,” Royal said. “He’s pretty hot right now.”
Royal himself invested in a Sam Darnold rookie card before the season started.
“His cards were cheap, and I decided to take a chance on it,” Royal said.
He purchased the rookie card for around $400 and he said the most recent sales online show the card is now selling for $650 to $700.
Royal said he wants to hold onto the card for now, because the season is just getting started.
For the Lynx, it’s game two on Wednesday, and fans say not even a late tipoff will keep them away from supporting their favorite team.
“It starts at 8:30 at night. I work corporately, so I’m up at like 4 a.m. but it’s nothing a nap can’t cure,” Fletcher laughed.
If the Lynx win game two on Wednesday night the team will advance to the next round of the playoffs. However, if the team loses to the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday a third game will be played on Friday night in Phoenix.
In a search warrant application, Richfield police detail reports by first responders alleging a slow staff response and allegations of forged documents in the death.
RICHFIELD, Minn. — A Richfield care facility is under investigation after allegations by first responders that staff there did not check on a patient as she was dying and then forged paperwork to cover it up.
In an application for a search warrant, police requested access to medical records and surveillance video related to the treatment and death of 55-year-old Candace Columbus, a patient at The Villas in Richfield. Investigator Sammy Gonzalez details a report by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) based on accounts from a Hennepin County paramedic on Oct. 7, 2024, the day Columbus died at the facility located at 7727 Portland Ave. S.
That paramedic reported that they suspected that facility staff suspected the patient was dying but did not check on her or call 911. The first responder said that when first responders were finally called, staffers claimed that Columbus had a Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR) but did not have a form on hand. Paramedics also reported seeing staff members filling out a DNR Form, which would constitute forgery.
Investigator Gonzalez says in the warrant application that body cam video from a Richfield police officer who responded to The Villas recorded the interaction between the reporting paramedic and care staff, including a phone conversation between one employee and someone claiming to be the facility manager, who appears to be giving the staff instructions on how to fill out the DNR form.
“Your affiant (Gonzalez) requests further information from The Villas at Richfield that will lead to further evidence of forgery and/or vulnerable adult abuse/neglect,” the application reads.
Richfield Police Lt. Brad Drayna told KARE 11 that the ongoing investigation prevents the department from providing anything beyond the information in the search warrant. An administrator for The Villas says a statement on the patient’s death and investigation will be released later Wednesday.
MINNEAPOLIS — Christmas came early for Minnesotans watching the trick-or-treat forecast for Thursday, as the news about impending snow is practically begging for related discussions about the infamous Halloween Blizzard of ’91.
While parents lugged their small ghosts, goblins and ghouls from door to door — layers of warm clothes and heaps of snow be damned — they could already tell this particular storm would be one for the record books.
When all was said and done, more than 8 inches of snow fell in the course of only a few hours, leaving Minnesotans with much work when the sun came up the next morning.
So, will we have a ’24-style repeat of ’91? Only time will tell, but for now, we’re bringing back a few classics from the archives to get everyone in the mood for another snowy (and spooky!) celebration.
See our story, “Helping in the Halloween Blizzard” above, and more from the archives below.
New York State authorities confirm that a woman and two kids children went over a guard rail and into the falls Monday night. They have not been found.
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — The New York State Park Police and the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation are investigating an incident on Goat Island in Niagara Falls.
According to a release on Tuesday by the New York State Police, officers responded to an incident that happened on or around Goat Island around 9 p.m. on Monday evening.
In an updated release on Wednesday the NYSP confirmed that a 33-year-old woman, a 9-year-old, and a 5-month-old crossed over the safety guard rail and went over Niagara Falls on Luna Island, which is attached to Goat Island.
The victims have been identified as Chaianti Means, 33, Roman Rossman, 9, and Mecca Means 5-months-old.
According to the NYSP release, “The investigation has determined that this incident was intentional in nature, though the circumstances remain under investigation. New York State Park Police and State Police search/rescue efforts were conducted with negative results. This incident deems no public threat to safety.”
NYSP Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Aviation, Underwater Recovery Unit, New York State Park Police and Niagara Falls Police Department are assisting in the investigation.
2 On Your Side will update this story when we receive new information from State Police.
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