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There are popular plants that end up in just about every landscaped yard. FOX 9's Garden Guy Dale K highlights underused landscape plants.

Sonny Hilyar, who will throw out the first pitch for the Hamel Hawks' Town Ball Tour game, survived polio as a child and several other health issues, yet pitched for years and served as the former Hawks manager.

The new food announcement from the Minnesota State Fair is a dream come true for a local couple. Four years ago, Bryant and Rachel Amundson launched ?Nautical Bowls? in Minnetonka. Now they have 91 locations across the United States, but they still considered landing a spot at the State Fair to be the ultimate goal. For the 2022 fair they?ll be in the Food Building. Their bowls begin with a super food base like Ac?ai?, Pitaya, Blue Majik, Mango, and Cacao. They add in toppings like freshly ground peanut or almond butter, granola, pumpkin seeds, coconut and honey. The ingredients are organic, gluten free, dairy free and plant-based.

After his drunk driving crash in December, Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson went on a spending spree, eating and traveling at taxpayer expense, despite rarely being seen in the office. The FOX 9 Investigators made a public records request for receipts and statements for his county-issued credit card, known as a P-card for purchasing.

FOX 9 chats with Hamel Hawks GM Greg Devos on improvements, including lights, that have been made at the Hamel ballpark. The lights have helped the team boost attendance in the past year.

No baseball team is complete without a batboy. We sat down during our Town Ball Tour stop on Wednesday in Hamel with the team's bat boy.

FOX 9 took in a performance from country rock act Anderson Daniels at our Town Ball Tour stop in Hamel, Minnesota.

Hamel Hawks GM Greg Devos talks about how Paul Fortin Field has been upgraded recently.

Hamel coach Tim Flemming shared some team history as FOX 9's Town Ball Tour made a stop in the city.

The Hamel Rodeo Bull Ridin' Bonanza runs through Sunday.

FOX 9 Garden Guy Dale K offers tips to help attract pollinators to your Minnesota yard. There are some key ways you can do this in the garden, from the plants you choose to the habitat you offer.

Cotton, cashmere and polyester are fabrics that come to mind with modern clothing, but before these materials were easily available, people had to innovate. Their resourcefulness is on display in a new exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art called ?Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan.? The show focuses on clothing made between the years 1750 and 1930 using textiles like fish skin, nettle and banana plants. The show is in the Target Gallery and runs through September 11, 2022.

Many people immersed themselves in Vincent Van Gogh?s work when the traveling projection experience arrived in Minneapolis last year. Now the real thing is on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. ?Van Goh and the Olive Groves? focuses on several pieces he created during his stay at a psychiatric hospital in France. The show will be on display through September 18, 2022.

Kids of the 90’s this new ice cream shop is for you, and anyone else who enjoys a tasty scoop of ice cream. Dream Creamery is now open in Northeast Minneapolis. From the Travail team and led by Chef Nate Mickelson, the shop is getting just as much buzz for the ice cream as it is for the food on the menu, which includes burgers, lobster rolls, fries and cheese curds. The shop is open Wednesday to Sunday from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., and is located at 816 Lowry Ave NE.

Shane Pantila of the Hamel Hawks made this preview video about the history of the team ahead of FOX 9 Town Ball Tour's stop in Hamel on July 6.

Minnesota country star Anderson Daniels appeared on FOX 9 Good Day ahead of his performance at the FOX 9 Town Ball Tour stop in Hamel on July 6.