‘Blake & Co. Show’ scheduled

FAIRMONT — Fairmont Opera House will kick off February with the annual fundraiser The Blake & Co. Show, which will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

The show is comprised of local talent and will be a relaxed, informal event. The public is invited.

This is the third year of the Blake & Co. Show as a fundraiser to help maintain the historic building, in addition to raising money for an expansion that will include an elevator, more restrooms, offices, meeting rooms, etc.

Tickets for the show are $5, with all of the proceeds going to the capital campaign. Those interested may purchase tickets at fairmontoperahouse.org or by calling (507) 238-4900 during office hours — 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets also will be sold at the door.

Push renewed for voter photo ID

ST. PAUL (AP) — Republicans who control the Minnesota Senate plan to renew a push for a photo ID requirement for voters in the legislative session that convenes next month.

Minnesota voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment in 2012 to require a photo ID to vote. But Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka said in a video posted to Twitter that he did not think it was “clear in people’s minds what actually we were trying to do” nearly eight years ago.

Gazelka says “people want to know that the elections are secure.”

This time Republicans are calling for photo ID as a change in state law instead of as a constitutional amendment. But the proposal faces resistance from Democrats who control the state House and the governor’s office.

Man pleads guilty to killing wife

DULUTH (AP) — A Duluth man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his wife after she planned to divorce him.

Ryan Jazdzewski, 40, entered the plea to intentional second-degree murder in the June death of 41-year-old Nicole Ann Jazdzewski at their home. Jazdzewski admitted he “lost it” and “just started stabbing” the victim during an argument that came hours after she told him she wanted a divorce, a criminal complaint said.

Responding officers said they entered the residence and found Nicole Jazdzewski lying on her back in the kitchen with multiple wounds to the torso.

Jazdzewski stopped stabbing his wife in the kitchen only after their 7-year-old daughter told him “don’t kill mom,” the complaint said.

He agreed to a prison term of nearly 37 years in prison as part of an agreement with prosecutors. Sentencing is scheduled March 3.