A St. Paul hockey legend has died. Charles “Lefty” Smith -- who was instrumental in building the hockey program at South St. Paul High, and later became Notre Dame’s first hockey coach -- passed away last night at the age of 83. Next month, Notre Dame’s new hockey arena will be dedicated to Smith.

Kara Pavelich, an artist well known along the North Shore and the wife of former Minnesota Duluth and NHL hockey star Mark Pavelich, has died. Authorities believe she fell from a 20-foot balcony in an accident at her home. She was 44.

On this day in 1961, Harmon Killebrew hit his first home run in a Minnesota Twins uniform at Met Stadium in Bloomington. He had hit 84 in a Washington Senators uniform before the team moved north.

Despite dominating the first set of its match against Brazil Saturday, the U.S. women's volleyball team lost all momentum thereafter and dropped three-straight sets to lose its bid for the Olympic gold medal. The loss marked the second-straight time the U.S. squad lost to Brazil in the Olympic games.

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.