While crimes and deaths on area roads and to drug overdoses garnered the most readers on the Faribault Daily News website in 2023, the Faribault area also had some reasons to celebrate.
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Tug-of-war was among the many outdoor activities at North Alexander Park Jan. 7 for the annual Faribault Frostival event. (Photos by Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com)
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Semis were engulfed following a crash on I-35 southbound just north of Faribault on July 12. One driver who had to be pulled from the wreckage was burned and later died. (Photo courtesy of Travis Kath/ Kath Media Company)
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Marijuana plants that were not yet producing THC were seized by Faribault police on Aug. 1 from a parking lot distribution site. (File photo/southernminn.com)
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Protestors file out of Faribault High School on May 26 in objection to the Faribault School Board considering leaving the Minnesota State High School League. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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Matt Ristrom repairs an amplifier in his new downtown workshop in April. (Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com)
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Dave Campbell puts price stickers on books shortly before Books on Central, a nonprofit bookstore raising funds for the Rice County United Way, opened in October. (Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com)
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Christina Garcia makes brisket at her new restaurant, Taqueria Espartaco, in downtown Faribault in November. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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From left, Twisted Chicken co-owner Muem Mek, employee Shayden Wunderlich and co-owner Delmone Brice prepare work in the kitchen on the restaurant’s opening day in August. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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Co-owner Tony Jashari works in the kitchen of the new Faribault Family Restaurant in October. (Kristine Goodrich/southernminn.com)
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Faribault Police Department patrol officer Val Esquivel checks to see if the helmet she gave to Tanner Kanzeach, 6, fits. Tanner’s brother, Jax Kanzeach, 14, stands beside him. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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Aside from a few student-driver vehicles, the parking lot at Faribault High School sat empty during a snow day on Jan. 3. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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Fire departments work to extinguish refuse that was smoldering May 22, two days after a fire was first reported at the Rice County Solid Waste Facility. (Photo courtesy of Rice County)
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Ian Matakis, 25, of Faribault, competes in the 2023 World Series of Poker. He would later be crowned this year’s Player of the Year. (Photo courtesy of www.hayleyochophoto.com Hayley Hochstetler and the World Series of Poker)
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Gerry Kulzer begins to carve Emma Kuball’s likeness in a 90-pound block of butter Aug. 24 at the Minnesota State Fair. (Photo courtesy of Matt Addington/Midwest Dairy)
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