The Minnesota Lynx -- the state's first professional championship team in 20 years -- is back home after conquering Atlanta. Festivities are scheduled for Tuesday with a parade down Nicollet Mall at 11:30 a.m., followed by a noon rally at Target Center.

Ruth Anderson of Marshall was locally renown for her love of Scrabble, which she played every week. She was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the oldest twin. She lived more than a century longer than her brother, who died at age 13 months in 1900.

Selma's in Afton has been empty since a foreclosure two years ago. But new owners reportedly plan to complete a renovation and revive the shop that opened in 1930.

Jerry Osteraas of Madison, Minn. (the self-proclaimed lutefisk capital of the world) has won the town's championship all but three times since the event began in 1988.

An 11-year-old chickadee made its way back again to a licensed bird bander in Pillager. Michael North tells the Star Tribune a combination of luck and skill helps the songbird outlast its competition

Michael Steven Tyler Rea, 22, of Superior, was sentenced to eight months in jail. He and Deeana Marie Crist, 26, who was sentenced to two years of probation, sold morphine during four drug buys monitored by Superior police in November and December, police said. Crist stole the drugs from her grandmother, police said, and they were either selling the morphine or trading it for marijuana.

It's early, but the guy from Europe is killing the American in fantasy football.