A former associate pastor at an East Grand Forks church has been charged with stealing a wedding ring left on a kitchen sink by a parishioner. Rev. Carlos Felipe Velez Rivera, 45, has a variety of legal problems.

People still love the catchy old phrase that corn ought to be "knee-high by the 4th of July." But it doesn't apply in a modern-day farming age of genetically modified plants. These days, an elephant's eye is closer to the mark.

Marisa Nelson was shattered when she lost her wedding and engagement bands on the muddy bottom of Lake Minnetonka. But a quick Internet search put her in touch with recreational scuba diver Denny Geffre, who found the rings in about 10 minutes.

For years, Vivian Olson of Lanesboro, Minn., would check the nooks and crannies of her dresser whenever she cleaned it, hoping to find her diamond engagement ring. She’d taken it off while pregnant with her fourth child in 1971 and put it in the dresser, but she never saw it again, and the loss left her empty. Then 41 years later, the ring reappeared -- but not in her dresser.

In the midst of the nation's worst drought in decades, farmers in Wheaton, Minn. struck gold. The area was blessed with one of its largest corn crops ever while dry conditions crippled harvests around the country, driving up corn prices.

Last July, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed and more than a dozen railcars carrying corn spilled into Locke Lake. Ten months later, neighbors tell KARE 11 the corn is causing foul odors and attracting more geese to the area. A railroad spokesperson says crews have already removed about 25 tons of corn, but aren't able to remove it all. A bike path that runs underneath the rail line also remains closed, but is supposed to reopen in July.