A remarkable young U.S. Marine broke some hearts in July by marrying a 2010 Olympic silver medalist.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Taylor Kolls and Olympic hockey medalist Monique Lamoureux wed two weeks ago. "They definitely got married a little earlier than we had hoped and planned," said Rebecca Kolls, veep of consumer strategy for Iconoculture. Of course, TV viewers will remember her as a WCCO-TV meteorologist before doing a national show that made her the Martha Stewart of Midwest, minus the Big House cred and edge. With that familiar twinkle in her voice, Kolls added, "But you know what? They are both 21 and they think they know more than we do, because you know as we get older we get more stupid. So we've come to terms with that. There were about 357 people at the reception, which ironically was held at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks. It was very nice. If I had to write on a list the qualities I would want in a daughter-in-law, she surpasses what would be on my list. The best part of the wedding was that Taylor asked Jay [his dad] to be his best man," she said. (FYI, Jay Kolls, her hubby of 22 years, is returning to work at KSTP-TV.)

Taylor can thank his sister Madison, now a University of North Dakota student, for introducing him to her Shattuck-St. Mary's hockey teammate.

News of Monique's marriage is going to break the hearts of adolescent male hockey players, who've admired her good looks and those of her mirror twin Jocelyne Lamoureux. Both are Olympic silver medalists and UND students, after fleeing the Gophers for the Sioux. The twins and some N.D. friends had dinner Friday at the Kolls' Wisconsin home. On Saturday, Monique and Jocelyne threw out first pitches at the Twins games against the Mariners.

Monique's Marine couldn't be there because he's in Hawaii training for his second Middle-East deployment.

Irony, court divisionWord has it someone who looked like the co-defendant of disgraced auto magnate Denny Hecker was seen in a first-class seat on a flight to Arizona last week.

"I just don't have any comments on that CJ," Steven Leach said when reached for confirmation.

Leach hung up before I could finish a question about whether he should be under the same 150-mile travel restriction imposed on Hecker, his partner in the alleged federal fraud. Friday I called the office of U.S. Magistrate Susan Richard Nelson to find out if Leach had to notify the court of out-of-state travel. "I'm sorry, sir, I cannot comment on the case," said the woman who identified herself as Nelson's judicial assistant.

So Hecker is clearly considered the greater flight risk? His repeated requests to travel to his home in Cross Lake have been denied while Leach can apparently jet off to suspected millionaire digs in Arizona.

Doesn't sound fair, since both are potentially facing life sentences.

Irony, radio divisionIt's ironic. Sheletta Brundidge has been trying to get hired by Oprah and now she's reportedly losing the job she has to Oprah's best friend. If the management of MYTalkFM107.1 can be believed, Gayle King is taking Sheletta's time slot.

Brundidge was informed that her services are no longer desired at the FM station where she was on 7-9 p.m. weeknights.

King is editor-at-large for O magazine and host of a radio show on Oprah's XM Radio channel. There are a glut of syndicated radio shows out there; they are reportedly cheaper these days than producing a local show. Selling commercials for them is also easier.

"First she steals Oprah from me and now [she's taken] my damned gig," Brundidge wrote on sheletta.com. Brundidge has spent a lot of time making noise and videos to land a show on Oprah's new TV channel.

The married mother of one said she doesn't know how to feel: "I've never been fired. I've never had a regular 9-to-5 gig." She's embracing the "Brundidge Family Motto: Happiness is a choice. Choose to be happy."

She should also choose to get busy working harder on her stand-up career.

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