Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom will have surgery within the next two weeks to fix an ankle injury that bothered him over the final weeks of the season.
The three incidents bring St. Paul's homicide total up to 18 this year.
The identities of the victims have not been released.
This is the second year in a row that the number has gone up.
The sheriff, who was recently convicted of drunk-driving, is set to stand down later this year.
Hundreds of private homes are at-risk in northern St. Louis County.
The incident sent the Minnesota Capitol into a brief lockdown.
Sven Sundgaard is providing an update after Thursday's flash hail storm.
Party leader says candidate didn't know the imagery perpetuated an antisemitic trope.
In addition to possible tornadoes, there is a threat for damaging winds and very large hail.
Prices continue to rise in the metro, but there are signs of buyer fatigue.
The blast rocked the Wisconsin town just before 7:45 a.m.
The 49-year-old was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Wild GM Chuck Fletcher tells the Pioneer Press that goalie Niklas Backstrom will soon undergo surgery to fix an ankle injury that bothered him during the last few weeks of the season. Fletcher also expects Guillaume Latendresse, Pierre Marc-Bouchard and Jared Spurgeon to make full recoveries from their concussions and be ready for next season.
The procedures weren't serious, but Minnesota Wild stars Niklas Backstrom, Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi have had minor surgeries since their season ended earlier this month. Backstrom and Setoguchi battled injuries this season, but Heatley played in every game.
Niklas Backstrom left tonight's game in Montreal in the first period with an injury. The Wild's goalie was helped off the ice after making a routine save. Backstrom had a difficult time putting weight on his left side.
Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom is 1-6-2 in his last eight games played. Minnesota has lost 11 of 13 games overall, so it's not all Backstrom's fault. But that didn't stop ProHockeyTalk from calling out Backstrom in its weekly edition of "Wednesday Wake-Up Call."
Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher tells the Star Tribune there is no way they are trading Niklas Backstrom. Fletcher loves the goalie tandem that Backstrom and Josh Harding provide. He points out that the duo was one of the main reasons the Wild were on top of the NHL over the first 30 games last season.
Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom practiced for a second day in a row Tuesday, and he could return to game action before the end of the season. Backstrom says, "I'm trying to do everything I can so it will be soon." He injured his groin in a March 1st game against Montreal.
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