AM 1240 WJON » lottery http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:33:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Minnesota Senate Passes Bills to Ease Shutdown Pain http://wjon.com/minnesota-senate-passes-bills-to-ease-shutdown-pain/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-senate-passes-bills-to-ease-shutdown-pain/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:47:31 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=85633 The Minnesota Senate has passed bills that would keep state parks open and the State Lottery operating in future state government shutdowns.

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]]> http://wjon.com/shutdown-lottery-tickets-pulled-from-shelves/feed/ 0 (Abby Faulkner) Minnesota Man's Dead Wife Wins Him $15,000 Jackpot http://wjon.com/minnesota-mans-dead-wife-wins-him-15000-jackpot/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-mans-dead-wife-wins-him-15000-jackpot/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:23:49 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=6349 A Minnesota man got a bittersweet reminder of his late wife, after she won a share of a small lottery jackpot even though she died in November.

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