Big wins in Minnesota Lottery this week: a $187,000 Gopher 5 ticket from Stacy’s Kwik Trip and a $50,000 Powerball ticket sold in Champlin, with the jackpot rising to $700 million.

Malorie Thorson of Waverly has been named the 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way at the Minnesota State Fair, where she'll promote dairy farming and sit for a butter sculpture.