Sen.-Elect Al Franken Celebrates Holiday on the Range

Tools

Sen.-Elect Al Franken Celebrates Holiday on the Range

By KBJR News 1

Story Published: Jul 3, 2009 at 11:03 AM CST

Story Updated: Jul 3, 2009 at 11:03 AM CST

Senator-elect Al Franken is already marching into his new role: He'll participate in six Independence Day parades on Minnesota's Iron Range.

The Democrat will be part of parades in Aurora and Gilbert on Friday.
And on Saturday, he'll hit parades in Eveleth, Nashwauk, Keewatin and Biwabik.

Franken will be joined by his family, as well as Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Jim Oberstar.

This week, Franken was certified the winner of the drawn-out Senate race between himself and Republican Norm Coleman.

Franken will be sworn in as senator on Tuesday in Washington.

Saturday, Jul 4 at 8:41 AM fed up wrote ...

Who cares?

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 500 Characters Left

Northland's NewsCenter: News, Weather, Sports and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

More Good Stuff

Weather

Icon
Current Temp 42.0 °F
Fair
Wind : West at 5.8 MPH (5 KT)
Humidity : 45 %
Pressure : 1013.5 mb
More Weather

On Demand

YouNews

This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.

Stock Quotes
Local Business Dir