WCCO reports the service will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 5 at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Minneapolis. Eleanor Mondale died over the weekend after a six-year battle with brain cancer.

Former President Clinton will join the dignitaries who'll gather on the Capitol lawn August 4th to dedicate a memorial to Hubert Humphrey. The 7 foot bronze statue will be nestled in a garden along granite slabs inscribed with Humphrey quotes.

A 10-foot, 600-pound rusted steel beam from the World Trade Center sits at the center of a 9/11 memorial in Marshall, Minn., and in the year since it was established, it has become a quiet place of reflection, the Star Tribune reports. A prayer service is scheduled at the spot Tuesday to mark the 11-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., far from the town of 14,000.

The Twins may be approaching 100 losses, but at least they didn’t do it alone. For the second year in a row, the club attracted more than 3 million fans to Target Field.

The city of Sioux Falls is anticipating hundreds or thousands of people to attend services for former U.S. Senator and one-time presidential hopeful George McGovern. Mourners paused before a flag-draped coffin at a visitation Thursday. Vice President Joe Biden is expected to attend a funeral service for McGovern Friday.