A man is in custody in Florida after he was found driving a stolen van with dozens of cats. Deputies say they arrested Steven Martel after he failed to pay for a U-Haul for about a month. Upon further investigation, officials found out Martel, his wife, another 72-year-old woman, two dogs and 35 cats were…
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ATV Minnesota State Director Perry May joined Community Connection talks about the State Convention September 16-18 in the Fifty Lakes area, why they chose the area, what to expect, and the work of the ATV Association of Minnesota:
If you’re pulled over by police and you respond by pulling out a three-foot sword, you’re about to have a bad day. Cops in Tampa saw 34-year-old Randy Austerman in his car blocking a bike lane and approached him. He was sitting in his fully-reclined driver’s seat and as officers got close, he reached into…
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Lakes Area United Way Executive Director Jonathan Aga joined Community Connection to talk about the annual Chili Cookoff on October 5th at Westgate Mall and the beginning of Campaign Season:
They are explicitly not to be used for your ears (seriously—don’t clean your ears with them). Clean kitchen tools: Waffle irons and similar appliances are challenging if you can’t run them through the dishwasher, and then there are can openers. Can openers are still an essential tool for modern life, and yet we can be…
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–Car design used to accommodate smokers with lighters and ashtrays, but now we’re over a decade into the smartphone era, and automakers still haven’t thought of including a phone mount. –It’s crazy that there’s this giant thing in the sky all the time that we’re not supposed to look at. –Using solar panels to power…
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A woman in Nottinghamshire, England, says her cat saved her life by pounding on her chest to wake her up while she was having a heart attack. While sleeping at home, 42-year-old Sam Felstead suffered a heart attack. Somehow, some way, Sam’s seven-year-old cat, Billy, figured out something was wrong, jumped on Sam’s chest and…
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A Florida woman walked up to police officers outside a bar in St. Petersburg and asked them to arrest her. She told them she had drugs on her and should go to jail. She then took two baggies of meth out of her pocket and handed them to the puzzled officers. A field test of…
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