 St. Paul officials declared a state of emergency on Wednesday as it braces for the brunt of flooding from the Mississippi, which is expected to rise another few feet by this weekend. A lottery player in Baxter is Minnesota's newest multimillionaire. A ticket worth $2,045,590 was sold at Orton's Baxter Holiday for the June 26 Gopher 5 drawing. The big win earns the store a $5,000 bonus.