Christa Lawler

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Matt McKinney |Trey Mewes |Christa Lawler

MINNEAPOLIS - Statewide protests against the Trump administration proceeded as planned Saturday, despite a State Patrol advisory to the public not to attend the rallies "out of an abundance of caution" following the shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers. State Rep. Melissa Hortman, a former House speaker, was shot and killed along with her husband early Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz said appeared to be a targeted act of political violence. State Sen.

1 week ago | mahoningmatters.com | Matt McKinney |Trey Mewes |Christa Lawler

MINNEAPOLIS - Statewide protests against the Trump administration proceeded as planned Saturday, despite a State Patrol advisory to the public not to attend the rallies "out of an abundance of caution" following the shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers. State Rep. Melissa Hortman, a former House speaker, was shot and killed along with her husband early Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz said appeared to be a targeted act of political violence. State Sen.

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Matt McKinney |Trey Mewes |Christa Lawler

MINNEAPOLIS — Statewide protests against the Trump administration proceeded as planned Saturday, despite a State Patrol advisory to the public not to attend the rallies “out of an abundance of caution” following the shootings of two Democratic state lawmakers. State Rep. Melissa Hortman, a former House speaker, was shot and killed along with her husband early Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz said appeared to be a targeted act of political violence. State Sen.

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Christa Lawler

DULUTH - Divers will launch themselves from a 65-foot platform and into the chilly depths of the Duluth Harbor during USA Diving's inaugural Superior High Dive Challenge as part of the Festival of Sail. The mid-July challenge, which required sign-off from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Duluth Fire Department, features 10 elite international athletes, including two from Minnesota. Nate Jimerson is a three-time NCAA diving champion and eight-time All American who competed for St. Cloud State.

3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Christa Lawler

By Christa Lawler Doug Heiken was in Vietnam in the late 1960s with the U.S. Army. Decades later, he was part of an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials. (Courtesy of Heiken family)In 1974, he moved from Colorado to Grand Rapids, where he married, and he and his wife, Mary, had children Luke, Emily and Sam. Heiken has a son, Scott, from a previous marriage. Emily Heiken describes her father as gentle, a vegetarian. He's a family man who makes little sketches.