The Salpausselkä races start today – the weather forecast for the weekend is merciless for the streets

The public is forecast to enjoy a weekend of sunny weather, but race officials are on edge.

The forecast of remarkably warm weather for the weekend bodes well for the public expectations for the Salpausselkä races, according to the organisers.

Around 55 000 visitors are expected to attend the Games, which start on Thursday evening and end on Sunday at the Lahti Sports Centre. One fifth of the audience outside Päijät-Häme traditionally comes from the capital region.

Kolu would not compare the fact that in previous decades the Salpausselkä races almost doubled the number of visitors.

\”There have been quite different methods of calculation, for example, a day-to-day and evening visitors may have been the same, even if they go with the same flag,\” he says.

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Four came to visit at night, soon an elderly man died in his burning house – Yle follows the Kujala homicide investigation

On Thursday, the court will hear closing arguments, and the Päijät-Häme District Court will deliver its verdict in the afternoon. The four men are accused of, among other things, manslaughter.

The Kujala homicide case in Lahti will be heard in court for the last day on Thursday.

The gang is accused of violently robbing a 69-year-old man, setting fire to his house and leaving him for dead.

Closing statements will be heard in the courtroom today, and the Päijät-Häme District Court will deliver its verdict in the afternoon.

There are a total of six accused: four men are charged with murder, gross robbery and gross damage. In addition, a man and a woman are charged with money laundering.

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Majority of Päijät-Häme regional election candidates would urge residents to use digital clinics more

70% of the candidates who responded to the questionnaire believe that the people of Väyryämaa should be directed more strongly towards digital reception.

The majority of Päijät-Häme’s regional election candidates believe that residents should be urged to make more use of digital clinics.

In the Yle election machine, there is a claim that residents should be more strongly directed to use the digital clinic. 55% of candidates who responded to the questionnaire somewhat agree and 15% strongly agree.

There are many people who agree to some or all of the above, including the Coalition Party and the Green Party candidates. For example, around half of the Left Alliance candidates somewhat or strongly disagree with the idea of steering residents towards greater use of digital clinics.

You can find out more about candidates’ views on the YLE area election machine. Information for this news from the election machine on Monday 17 March.

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A 14-year-old was threatened with a machete by a minor – five youths charged with assault and robbery

There are five accused and they are suspected of crimes committed when they were minors. The case was heard by the Päijät-Häme District Court.

The prosecutor is demanding sentences for five young people in Päijät-Häme District Court for, among other things, violent crimes against other teenagers. The accused were minors at the time of the offence.

As a young person, there are five defendants in the case. For the sake of clarity, they will be referred to in this case as defendants A, B, C, D and E.

In addition, the prosecution is demanding penalties for two men suspected of involvement in some of the cases.

Suspected crimes occurred between 2022 and 2024 in Lahti and Heinola. Some targeted other underage young people.

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Two men jailed for burglary of fuel vending machines – with the smallest haul being tens of euros

The first burglary took place in February in Asikkala and the latest in early March in Tuuloksi.

The Häme police are investigating a series of crimes in which two men are suspected of breaking into fuel vending machine cash containers a total of five times during the early part of the year in Kanta and Päijät-Häme.

One of the men is about 45 years old and the other 25. One of the men is from Hollola and the other from Orimattila. They are not related to each other.

According to a police release, the first burglary of a fuel vending machine took place in February in Asikkala.

The latest burglary took place on March 10 in Tuulos. In addition, men are suspected of doing similar acts in Heinola, Padasjoki and Hollola.

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Lahti is still holding out on street cleaning – sweepers will get down to business in the coming weeks

Sand has only been removed from the main cycle paths. The date of the sandstorm operation will be known soon.

The City of Lahti will start cleaning the streets of sand in the coming weeks.

So far, the city has mainly done coarse sand removal on the main cycle paths.

However, night frosts and snow have ensured that the full clean-up effort will not be fully operational until the coming weeks.

– Although it has been snow -free and warm, we are only around mid -March. Cleaning the streets cannot be started yet, as it is still winter. We do not want a backpack if the cold is still coming, Näveri says.

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Yle’s election calculator reveals: majority of candidates do not want a hotel on Lahti’s Alator

More than 70 percent of the candidates in the Gulf city council elections who responded to Yle’s election machine think that a hotel should not be built on the Alator.

The majority of the candidates for the municipal elections in Gulf of Galatia who responded to Yle’s election machine are against a hotel for the Alator.

71% of candidates strongly disagree or somewhat disagree with the statement that a hotel should be built on the Alator.

The hotel is opposed by all the left-wing and liberal candidates and almost all the Green candidates.

On the other hand, for example, a mild majority of the coalition candidates, 51 %, agrees somewhat or fully agreed with the electoral canopy.

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Man suspected of robbing a bus driver in Lahti imprisoned

The man who robbed a bus driver in Lahti last Friday has been arrested.

The driver of a local bus was robbed while driving in Kilpiäinen, Lahti.

The man is suspected of aggravated robbery. He threatened the driver with a bladed weapon.

A 46-year-old man was caught with a small amount of money.

Here are the Finnish teams for the Salpausselkä – Ski World Cup culminates with 50 km

The traditional Salpausselkä races will be held in Lahti on 20-23 March.

The Nordic World Cup continues this weekend with the Lahti Salpausselkä World Cup. The traditional event, which is over a century old, will serve as the closing weekend of the World Cup for cross-country skiing, men’s combined and women’s ski jumping.

The cross-country skiing competition programme includes free sprints on Friday, free double sprints on Saturday and the 50 km traditional combined on Sunday.

The men’s combined programme includes two individual races on Friday and Saturday using the Gundersen method.

The Ski Jumping Women’s World Cup culminates in Salpausselä on Thursday and Friday with two personal Suurmäki competitions.

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Lahti’s Salpauselkä Church closes due to indoor air problems

From 23 March, the church’s activities will be dispersed to temporary premises elsewhere.

The Salpausselkä Church in Lahti will be closed due to indoor air problems and operations will be dispersed to temporary premises.

For example, from next Sunday, 23 March, the services of the Salpausselkä parish will move to the chapel of the Western Cemetery.

At the same time, the start time of the service will be moved forward by an hour to 11 am.

Other weekly activities will also be moved out of Salpausselkä Church next week.

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