Pine and Lakes Echo Journal

DETROIT LAKES, MN — It's not just the leaves falling this week, the air temperatures are falling as well. I say air temperatures specifically, because if you dip your hand into the water...yeah, it’s chilly, but it’s nearly the same temperature as it was last week. That’s thanks to what us meteorologists call specific heat capacity. Specific heat capacity refers to the amount of energy, or heat, that you have to add to something to raise its temperature by one degree.

The Minnesota Timberwolves traded for LaMelo Ball largely to accentuate the strengths of Anthony Edwards. Ball’s arrival could move Minnesota’s star guard off the ball to, in theory, lighten his load of offensive responsibilities while generating easier looks with less effort. The vision has been on display through three exhibition games. Edwards has 45 points in 41 minutes of playing time with Ball on the floor while shooting 54% from the floor and 60% from distance.

ST. PAUL — As open enrollment for Minnesota's individual health insurance market approaches, state Sen. Liz Boldon, DFL-Rochester, is calling out state leaders over limits on home care nursing coverage, which at least one insurer will do in 2027. "They are disregarding longstanding state law," Boldon said in a Tuesday, Oct.

There was no decision in Cade Tyson’s eligibility case on Tuesday, but some legal experts said it does not look good for the Gophers’ wing and others in his class who are suing the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility this season. The three-judge panel in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver appeared receptive to the NCAA’s case during oral arguments in the antitrust case, Wisne v. NCAA.

ST. PAUL — Picture this: It’s late in a one-goal game, and the Minnesota Wild coach needs six members of his roster to play a solid defensive shift. Onto the ice, in front of goalie Filip Gustavsson, Hynes puts out defensemen Brock Faber and Jared Spurgeon, and a grit line of wingers Marcus Foligno and Nick Foligno with Nico Sturm at center.

PEQUOT LAKES — "Blithe Spirit," a play by Greater Lakes Area Performing Arts, is coming to the Pequot Lakes High School auditorium. This witty and fast-paced 1941 comic farce blends comedy with supernatural chaos. The story centers on a novelist who accidentally summons the mischievous ghost of his first wife, creating a supernatural love triangle with his current wife. The show runs at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 15-17, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18.

Minnesota Lynx head coach and president of basketball operations Cheryl Reeve won her third WNBA Executive of the Year award on Monday, as determined by a voting panel composed of an executive from each of the league's 15 teams. Reeve, who also won her record fifth WNBA Coach of the Year honor this season, previously was the league's Executive of the Year in 2019 and 2024. She's the first person to win both awards in the same season twice, previously doing so in 2024.

BRAINERD — The World Ballet Company will present "Swan Lake" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts in Brainerd. "Swan Lake" features world-class dancers, lavish hand-painted sets and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, performed with a live orchestra.

PINE RIVER — Local non-profit Happy Dancing Turtle will host a swap featuring garden supplies, tools and equipment from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Happy Dancing Turtle office on the Hunt Utilities Group Resilient Living Campus, 2331 Dancing Wind Rd SW in Pine River. “We want to help new gardeners get growing and help established gardeners keep growing.

ST. PAUL — Minnesota State is considering a plan to shift millions of dollars from its colleges to help two financially unstable universities — a move college presidents, students and employees condemned as the school system considers longer-term fixes to a growing financial crisis. The proposal, headed to the Board of Trustees for a final vote on Wednesday, Oct.