Lindsey Peterson

6 days ago | audacy.com | Lindsey Peterson

Brooks Lee had a go-ahead two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning to propel the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, completing a three-game sweep with their fifth straight victory. Lee's double came off reliever Gregory Soto, who entered after Yennier Cano (0-2) walked Harrison Bader leading off and Byron Buxton with one out. Soto struck out Trevor Larnach before Lee doubled to center. Ty France followed with an RBI single for a three-run lead.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Mark Freie |Lindsey Peterson

Ahead of the governor's fishing opener in Crosslake, Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz says he's confident lawmakers can strike a budget deal ahead of the close of the legislative session. Walz says both sides will need to be open to compromise, crucial due to a tie in the Minnesota House and a slim, one-vote advantage for the DFL in the Senate. "I've said there are certain core values that that we're not going to move on," Walz explained.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Lindsey Peterson |Dave Campbell

With the superhero of the Golden State Warriors out for the rest of the game, the sidekicks stepped up. Jimmy Butler and Buddy Hield have become quite the sideshow, on and off the court. When Stephen Curry went down with a strained left hamstring early in the opener of this second-round series against Minnesota, Butler and Hield delivered the both-ends-of-the-floor production necessary to fend off the Timberwolves for a 99-88 victory. "I'm Batman. I saved the day," Hield said.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Lindsey Peterson

Byron Buxton homered for a third straight game and Harrison Bader had a pinch-hit homer to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles for their fourth consecutive victory. Buxton hit a three-run shot to the second deck in left field off Orioles starter Charlie Morton in the bottom of the third inning. Buxton also had a three-run homer in Tuesday's 9-1 win over Baltimore and hit a solo blast Sunday in Boston.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Mark Freie |Lindsey Peterson

Local and state leaders gathered in Rochester Wednesday to demand that a woman seen in a video hurling racist slurs at a 5-year old boy last week at a city park be charged. The Rochester NAACP hosted a town hall inside the Rochester Civic Theatre to call for justice and to demand the community come together. Salah Mohamed says he wasn't surprised by the viral video - and that he's gone through similar situations living in the community.