Here’s a lovely couple living out their lives in the beautiful and highly underrated city of Minneapolis. It’s highly underrated in the spring and summer, anyhow. The winters are another story entirely, as the place becomes virtually uninhabitable for the warm-blooded among us. Glen Perkins’ wife Alisha Perkins is a runner. She’d run the Serengeti plains if you let her. Alisha recently helped organize a 5K run in the city to raise money for children…

The ladies of Minnesota shed a collective tear Monday, as news broke local boy and Minnesota Twins catching heartthrob Joe Mauer is now officially off the market. After dating for about a year and a half, Joe Mauer dropped to one knee and proposed to girlfriend Madeline Bisanz (she also goes by Maddie). Most reports indicate that while the couple has been together for about a year and a half, they have known each other…

Joe Mauer’s ex girlfriend Chelsea Cooley was born on October 30, 1983. Cooley was the 2005 Miss USA, representing North Carolina.  She went on to finish in the top 10 at the 2005 Miss Universe pageant.  After her pageant days, Cooley made occasional television appearances including being a suitcase model on NBC’s “Deal or No Deal.”  She is currently serving as the president of an image consulting firm, StandOut Productions which she founded in 2008….

Justin Morneau’s wife Krista Martin is a native of Winthrop, MN. She is extremely active in the Twins Wives charitable organization, making multiple public appearances annually. Justin and Krista met in August, 2006, and were married in January, 2009.  At the wedding, Morneau’s teammate and former roommate Joe Mauer served as a groomsmen.