The Rochester Honkers didn’t have to look long or far for a reliable reference for the summer college baseball team’s next field manager. Newly hired Thom Dreier comes with the blessing and seal of approval of outgoing manager Rusty McNamara. The Honkers announced today that the 34-year-old Dreier, a former pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays farm system, will lead the Northwoods League team in 2010.
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September 30, 2009
Tigers beat Twins 7-2, can clinch division title Thursday
Magglio Ordonez hit a three-run double and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 tonight to move closer to the AL Central title. Eddie Bonine pitched five effective innings after getting off to a rough start for Detroit, which can clinch its first division title since 1987 by beating Minnesota again in Thursday afternoon’s series finale.
GM to shutter Saturn after Penske deal evaporates
DETROIT — General Motors Co. said Wednesday it would shut down its Saturn division after an agreement to sell it to Penske Automotive Group Inc. fell apart.
The Bloomfield, Mich. dealership headed by auto racing magnate Roger Penske walked away after it was unable to find a manufacturer to supply vehicles to it after a contract with GM runs out in 2011.
Incendiary device found at Princeton, Minn., school
Associated Press
PRINCETON, Minn. — An eastern Minnesota school superintendent says a suspicious package found outside his town’s high school on Wednesday contained an incendiary device.
Princeton schools Superintendent Rick Lahn (lain) says he learned that in a meeting with Police Chief Brian Payne. Lahn says the chief couldn’t give him details but told him it was “very suspicious and it contained some explosive material.”
19-year-old airlifted to Saint Marys after stabbing
OWATONNA — A 19-year-old man who was stabbed in the chest earlier today in rural Steele County was airlifted to Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.
According to the Steele County Sheriff Gary Ringhofer, the stabbing occurred near Pratt in Steele County.
Arrests made in property damage case
MANTORVILLE — Two adults and three juveniles have been arrested in connection with several reports of property damage during the weekend in Dodge, Mower and Olmsted counties.
Dodge County Sheriff Jim Trihey said the names of those involved would be released once they are formally charged in Dodge District Court.
Ceiling fan fire extinguished
A strange glow in the ceiling prompted a boy to wake up his mother early Wednesday morning.
Fire Marshal Vance Swisher said the glow was a fire in the ceiling fan in the bathroom of the boy’s apartment at Essex Apartments at 1019 41st St. N.W.
Swisher said firefighters were called about 1:35 a.m. today, but the fire already was out when they arrived.
After being awakened by her son, the mother went to check on the strange glow. She saw something falling from the ceiling to the toilet, ran outside and woke up a neighbor who grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the fire.
Swisher said this is the second time in recent weeks that they have been called out to ceiling fan fires at the apartment complex.
The Red Cross provided the individuals affected with food and lodging.
Saint Marys celebrates 120th birthday
Saint Marys Hospital turns 120 years old today.
The original hospital opened Sept. 30, 1889. To celebrate, Mayo Clinic officials will hold a public gathering today, with a presentation at 3:30 p.m. in the hospital’s former main entrance, 1216 Second Street S.W., which has been newly refurbished.
Mayo spokesman John Murphy says memorabilia will be on display, including the cross from the top of the original hospital. Hospital officials want to keep parking open for patient-related needs, so consider walking to the event if you’re able.
September 29, 2009
63 confirmed dead in tsunami, toll likely will rise
A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Monday, flattening villages, killing at least 63 people and leaving dozens of workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities. Cars and people were swept out to sea by the fast-churning water as survivors fled to high ground, where they remained huddled hours later. Signs of devastation were everywhere, with a giant boat getting washed ashore and coming to rest on the edge of a highway and floodwaters swallowing up cars and homes.
Central-leading Tigers beat Twins 6-5 to split DH
Justin Verlander kept the Detroit Tigers on top in the AL Central, pitching eight innings in a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins tonight that salvaged a split of their critical doubleheader. Detroit increased its division lead to two over Minnesota, which won the day game 3-2 in 10 innings, with two games left in the series and five to go in the regular season. Verlander (18-9) gave up four runs and eight hits. Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his 36th save in 37 chances and was hurt by two poor plays defensively that allowed Minnesota to pull within a run. Brian Duensing (5-2) gave up five runs over 4 2-3 innings for the Twins, who had a chance to at least tie the game in the eighth and ninth.
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