State girls tennis tournament - first round singles.
First round:
Class AA singles - at Baseline Tennis Center, University of Minnesota
- Kelsey Frechette (10) - Rochester Century H.S. won 6-3, 6-3 over Cassandra Brown (12) - Elk River H.S will play again at noon against Meghana Vasireddy (10) - Edina H.S.
Class A singles at Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center -
-Courtney Rust (12) - Rochester Lourdes H.S. won 6-3, 6-0 over Emily Slama (11) - Blue Earth Area H.S. will play at noon against Abby Fragodt (12) - Benson H.S.
- Lisa Johnen (11) - Austin Pacelli H.S. won 6-0, 6-0 over Charlotte Skinner (12) - Marshall School, Duluth will play at noon against Abby Edin (12) - Staples-Motley H.S.
President Barack Obama is making an overnight dash to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to greet the return of fallen soldiers. Obama’s unannounced move will give him a direct look at the ultimate cost of war during the deadliest month of the war in Afghanistan for U.S. forces. On a clear fall night, Obama was flying by his Marine One helicopter directly to Dover on a trip expected to last about four hours. He was expected to greet the flag-draped caskets of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, but was not likely to make any public comments on site.
The White House kept the trip off his schedule, informing a small group of traveling reporters in advance on condition of secrecy.
The Rochester Lourdes girls tennis team dropped a pair of matches today at the Class A state tournament to finish fourth. After coming up with a 6-1 win over No. 3-ranked Staples-Motley on Tuesday in the first round of the tournament at Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center, the fourth-ranked Eagles followed that by dropping a pair of 4-3 matches Wednesday, falling to No. 6-ranked Waseca in the semifinals and to No. 7-ranked Virginia in the-third place match.
Lourdes settles for 4th at state tennis tournament
The National Weather Service says the chance of rain on Thursday afternoon in the Rochester area is 100 percent, and there’s a chance of thunderstorms. New rainfall amounts of up to a half inch are possible. High temp is 57 degrees, with wind gusts as 28 mph. And the rain is likely (90 percent chance) on Thursday evening, with up to a quarter inch of rain, and possible thunderstorms.
Chance of rain on Friday drops to 20 percent.
The starting time of the Rochester Lourdes vs. Kasson-Mantorville semifinal football game in Section One, Class AAA has been changed to noon Saturday. The game will be played at the K-M field.
A man described as a leader of a radical Sunni Islam group in the U.S. was fatally shot this afternoon while resisting arrest and exchanging gunfire with federal agents, authorities said. Agents at a warehouse in Dearborn, Mich., were trying to arrest Luqman Ameen Abdullah, 53, on charges that included conspiracy to sell stolen goods and illegal possession and sale of firearms. Ten followers listed in a criminal complaint were also being rounded up in the area.
Abdullah refused to surrender, fired a weapon, and was killed by gunfire from agents, FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said. In a court filing, the FBI said Abdullah, also known as Christopher Thomas, was an imam, or prayer leader, of a radical group named Ummah whose primary mission is to establish an Islamic state within the United States.
Olmsted Medical Center is scheduling a limited number of H1N1 vaccination appointments for current OMC patients who are pregnant. A limited quantity of injected H1N1 vaccine is available, by appointment only. Call (507) 288-3443 to schedule an appointment.
For more information, see Post-Bulletin health reporter Jeff Hansel’s Pulse on Health blog.
Olmsted Medical to offer N1N1 vaccinations to pregnant patients
The Byron School Board voted 7-0 this afternoon to file an unfair campaign practices complaint against Phil Fuchs, a former school board member.
The board says that Fuchs twice published a flier in the Kasson-based Dodge County Independent newspaper that contains false information about the district’s Nov. 3 levy referendum. Byron schools officials say the second flier was included in the newspaper after the school district had sent a cease-and-desist letter to Fuchs.
Some board members also said they’d help pay legal costs to bring misdemeanor charges against Fuchs; the charges could result in a fine of $5,000.
Byron School Board votes to file unfair-campaign complaint
Associated Press
ST. PAUL — Minnesota health officials say two more H1N1 flu deaths are confirmed in the state.
The latest victims are an adult from south-central Minnesota with no underlying health conditions and an adolescent from the Twin Cities who did have underlying health conditions. The deaths were reported last week.
That brings the number of swine-flu related deaths in Minnesota to 12 since the H1N1 virus was first identified in the state.
The Health Department says 288 schools around Minnesota reported outbreaks of influenza-like illness last week. That’s up from 230 schools reporting outbreaks the previous week.
Crash on Olmsted County 3
Emergency responders were called to the scene of a one-car crash on Olmsted County 3 just north of the intersection with County 12.
A single vehicle rolled and landed upside down in the ditch. Early reports said one person was ejected from the vehicle. Information on injuries was not yet available.
The crash was reported at about 2 p.m.
