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🌱 Man killed in pedestrian crash at Central and 125th avenues

Blaine, Minnesota Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Man killed in pedestrian crash at Central and 125th avenues
  • Blaine woman charged with chasing boy with a knife
  • NVent opens a hands-on showcase for its growing technology business

Also on today's calendar: Hope & Healing Expo and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler; a morning shower, with a high of 54 and low of 32 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 41, low: 28.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 41 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Blaine Man Dies After Entering Traffic, Struck by Minivan on Central Avenue (newsbreak.com) — A man died Saturday night after a minivan struck him near Central Avenue NE and 125th Avenue NE in Blaine, authorities said. Investigators say he entered traffic on foot and the driver is cooperating. Authorities have not released his identity or announced a cause or fault determination.
   

2. Blaine Woman Charged With Chasing 11-Year-Old Boy With Knife (mncrime.com) — A Blaine woman faces felony threats of violence and misdemeanor assault charges after allegedly chasing an 11-year-old boy with a knife on Nov. 4. According to the complaint, the boy and another child described seeing a knife. Shelly Marie Gower, 56, denied having one or doing anything wrong.
   

3. NVent puts innovation on display at new experience center (startribune.com) — NVent, which has expanded manufacturing in Blaine, opened a customer experience center Nov. 5 beside its management headquarters in St. Louis Park. The hands-on space showcases electrical connection and protection products, including data-center cooling systems. CEO Beth Wozniak said those systems can help reduce concerns about data centers' water use.
   

4. Not all candidates campaign for themselves (hometownsource.com) — Republican Nolan West leads DFL challenger Amanda Matchett by just 22 votes in the Blaine-area House District 32A race, pending a recount. Bloomington Rep. Nathan Coulter campaigned there as part of a broader effort by DFL lawmakers to help candidates in competitive districts across Minnesota.
   

5. Cross country: Tigers' Lansing finishes seventh at state (hometownsource.com) — Blaine's girls are listed as Class 3A cross-country champions with 65 points in this regional state-meet roundup, ahead of Wayzata and Edina. However, a later section names Minnetonka as champion, leaving the account internally inconsistent. Farmington's Lauren Lansing placed seventh individually at the Nov. 7 meet.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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