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Indianapolis Star
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
When will Tucker DeVries be ready for IU basketball after injury? Coach likes roster 'pieces'
BORDEN — Indiana basketball guard Tucker DeVries is nearing a full return to the court. DeVries has been rehabbing a right shoulder injury he suffered at West Virginia last season that limited to eight games. He previously had surgery on the same shoulder back in March 2024. First-year Indiana basketball coach Darian DeVries gave an update on his son's status Wednesday night while talking to reporters at the athletic department's annual booster event at Huber's Orchard. "For the most part, we are getting closer, we are awaiting final clearance for the full contact," Darian DeVries said. "He's able to do all the shooting drill work, lifting that's modified a little bit, I think by the time we get rolling here next week he should be fully cleared for full contact." It's perfect timing for Tucker with the new-look Hoosiers arriving on campus this weekend and scheduled for their first workout June 2. The former two-time Missouri Valley Conference player of the year looked sharp in footage posted to social media of a recent workout he had with Jordan Basye, a Bloomington-based coach and trainer. The 6-foot-7 guard has averaged 17.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists during his collegiate career (105 starts). Darian DeVries anticipates Tucker will be available to play in the three games Indiana has scheduled for its foreign tour of Puerto Rico in August. The Hoosiers will play the Puerto Rican All-Star team on Aug. 6 and have a pair of games scheduled against Mega Superbet, a professional club based out of Belgrade, Serbia. Insider: Will Luke Goode, Anthony Leal play for IU basketball next season? Where eligibility stands "I like the way the roster came together, " Darian DeVries said. "I think we got great depth in shooting the basketball, which was a priority for us. I think for the most part we got good positional size at a lot of the spots. The center we are a little smaller, but every other spot we got great size and I think overall we got great depth." "I like the way the pieces will all kind of connect together and I think compliment each other pretty well."
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Southern Social to open third Twin Cities restaurant this summer
Southern Social, a destination for classic southern fare, punchbowl cocktails and boozy slushies, will open its third Twin Cities restaurant this summer. The restaurant is headed to the west metro, where it'll take over the former Cuzzy's Brick House in Chaska. Bloomington-based Trellis Hospitality debuted Southern Social in Eagan in 2023 and added a second location, in Woodbury, last year. The group owns a range of other suburban restaurants, including Tamarack Tap Room in Woodbury, Barely + Vine in Lakeville, Woolley's Kitchen & Bar in Bloomington, the Jordan Supper Club in Jordan, and Steele & Hops in St. Anthony. 'Bringing a downtown experience to the suburb is what a lot of people are looking for,' Joe Nowak, with Trellis Hospitality, told Bring Me The News in 2023. The Southern Social menu was devised after the team traveled to Nashville to taste a mix of southern cuisine. Fried chicken entrees and barbecue dishes, such as pork belly burnt ends and baby back ribs, are among the menu's staples. There's also shrimp and grits, jambalaya and sides such as collard greens, mac and cheese, biscuits, roasted corn and cheese grits. Punchbowl cocktails, available in four or eight servings, include the "Debutante", which combines southern vodka, elderflower liqueur and hints of lavender and lemon. Southern Social in Chaska is expected to open sometime in the late summer.
CBS News
12-02-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Twin Cities nonprofit wants help from teens to create social media warning labels
BLOOMINGTON, Minn — More than half of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 use popular social media sites like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, according to the Pew Research Center. While social media allows teenagers to connect, safety advocates say it also presents harmful content. Logging on to social media can bring teens to one of the most dangerous places in their lives, and it's more than just cyberbullying, said Erich Mische, CEO of SAVE, a Bloomington-based nonprofit that for 36 years has been dedicated to suicide prevention. "We are seeing kids being sextorted, we are seeing kids being sex trafficked, we are seeing kids being sold illegal drugs," said Mische. His organization is helping to launch a global campaign for young people and others to submit ideas for social media warning labels. The goal is to educate younger users about the harmful content Mische said users see every minute. "We look at this as an opportunity to leverage a message and a call to action, to tell parents and kids that look, we're not trying to stop you from using social media platforms, but what we want to make sure is when you enter that virtual world, you are aware of those dangers that are there," said Mische. People will be able to submit their ideas of what social media labels could look like and say. Three winners will receive scholarships of up to $5,000. "I think it's a great idea," said Rep. Zack Stephenson, DFL-Coon Rapids. In his experience, Stephenson said combating tobacco use among kids was most successful when kids were talking to other kids. Stephenson said he will be introducing a bill this session to put warning labels on social media. He said he anticipates a multi-year fight to increase online safety. "Those big tech companies, they have unlimited resources and are making an unbelievable amount of money off of these social media platforms, so they're not going to just let us lay down and put guard rails on," said Stephenson.
