The St. Cloud State University baseball team opened up the weekend series with a close win over Augustana in extra innings, the Granite City Lumberjacks punched their ticket to the Fraser Cup semifinals, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Yankees in a spring training matchup Friday. On Saturday, the Gopher and Husky men's hockey teams will face off in the NCAA Tournament, the St. John's baseball team will host Crown College in their home opener, the St. Cloud Norsemen will face the Bruins in their lone matchup of the weekend, and the Minnesota Wild will look to return to the win column when they host Chicago.
WILLIAM VANPEMBROOK
IRON MOUNTAIN A Kingsford man will serve a minimum of 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
William Vanpembrook, 63, was sentenced Tuesday in Dickinson County Circuit Court to as many as 25 years on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to life in prison; and second-degree criminal sexual conduct, a 15-year penalty.
Vanpembrook made no excuses for his offenses and took responsibility “from the get-go,” defense attorney Henry McRoberts said.
McRoberts noted Vanpembrook’s only criminal history consisted of three misdemeanors each unrelated to the conduct Vanpembrook had been convicted of and asked that Dickinson County Circuit Judge Mary Barglind consider a prison sentence at the lower end of the guideline range of 81 to 135 months.