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Grace McCallum has vaulted from Minnesota to Tokyo to Utah.
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Ren Clayton joined WCCO-TV in October 2021. He grew up in Chanhassen, Minnesota, but most recently lived on the beaches of Hawaii!
After graduating from Concordia University, St. Paul, Ren produced a high school sports magazine show in the Twin Cities, then worked as a weekend sports anchor at KOTA-TV in Rapid City, South Dakota, and KHON2 in Honolulu.
Ren has covered it all, from surfing, to rodeo, to hurricanes. He's grateful to be back working in his hometown, covering the teams and people he grew up with.
When he's not working, you can find Ren playing golf in the summer and snowboarding in the winter.
Grace McCallum has vaulted from Minnesota to Tokyo to Utah.
A community garden in Maplewood is trying to buy the land that they currently lease, to ensure they don't lose it. Under drifts of snow Rice Street Gardens lays dormant.
"There's still debris, there's still trees piled up on the side of the highways," said Twins pitcher Chris Paddack. "You're always seeing semi-trucks with palm trees or trash or whatever it might be."
The Holy Angels girls' hockey team is ranked number two in Class A. They are hoping to end a long state tournament drought.
"I love to cross disciplines and I do that as naturally as I can," said Jones. "Calling on the spirits of the folks that came before me. All these artists that easily blend different mediums and different disciplines. This is a way for me to blend art and nature."
"Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China," said Hao Bingwen, one of the many emcees for the Mall of America celebration. "Like Christmas and Thanksgiving here, we miss our family down there. So that's why we want to share our culture."
McEnelly is the top-ranked 195-pound high school wrestler in America. But he's also the most accomplished running back in Waconia history.
One of the best in the sport could have easily gone down a different path.
"Make a bigger bond and make it so it's not only one race or one type out there," said William Harness, 12. "Make it so all types and all colors, shapes and sizes can be all out and shredding and stuff."
Orr had a 6% chance of survival. His coworkers who administered CPR and an AED helped beat those odds.
Luka Garza has gotten significantly increased minutes over the Timberwolves last three games. He's risen to the occasion, scoring the most points of his season, so far.
"It's cool. It makes me think my hard work is paying off," said Johnson a senior guard at St. Michael-Albertville High School. "But I still have things to do. I have more work to put in. I'm winning another one, though. I'm winning another one."
Before Saturday, the largest NFL comeback was a Bills/Oilers playoff game in 1992--that was 32 points. The Vikings broke that record by winning 39-36 in overtime against the Indianapolis Colts after being down 33.
The Indigenous Bowl is an all-star showcase for Native football seniors, giving them one last game in their prep career -- as well as an opportunity to get noticed by colleges.
At a rally Saturday in St. Paul, demands were made for more video be released of the deadly police shooting that killed Howard Johnson.