Tarantula tossing candidate appears in forum

After being arrested in June, accused of throwing a tarantula during an argument with her roommate, Hennepin County Commission candidate Marisa Simonetti is forging ahead with her campaign, facing off against incumbent Heather Edelson during a forum on Wednesday.

Garden tours highlight variety of Twin Cities landscapes

Tour 10 unique Twin Cities metro gardens on Saturday as part of the Hennepin County Master Gardener Volunteer Learning Tour. The event is on Saturday, July 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Education is folded into this tour with 100+ Master Gardeners stationed at the featured gardens to answer your questions. Tickets to the tour, purchased in advance are $15 or $20 the day of. Children under 12 are free with a paying adult.

'Miracle Michael': Edina boy's journey

While many of us take a breath of fresh air for granted, for Michael Borg nothing in life has come easy. On this day late last summer, Michael hardly made it to the foot of his driveway before his home nurse, just as she’s had to do countless times before, calmly suctions a blockage in the tracheostomy tube in his neck just so then 3-year-old Michael could breathe again and continue on. FOX 9's Leah Beno has the story.