Curt Brown
Reporter | Regional
Phone: 612-673-4767
E-mail: curt.brown@startribune.com
Curt Brown is a veteran general assignment reporter and feature writer who previously covered the Minnesota Vikings and St. Paul issues.
Recent content from Curt Brown
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Mom who threw twins in river raises awareness of mental illness
Six years ago on July 4th, Naomi Gaines took her 14-month-old twins from a stroller and tossed them from a St. Paul bridge 60 feet into the Mississippi River. Then she jumped in. This is her story.
Jul 8, 2009 -
Knight: traitor or hero?
A look at the leader of an insurrection from deep within the Confederacy.
Jul 7, 2009 -
Tom Kosobayashi, from WWII prisoner to interpreter
Tom Kosobayashi settled his family here because of the fair treatment he had received at Fort Snelling.
Jun 25, 2009 -
Two losses, $1.9M in hole, still defiant
Slammed by a jury, Jammie Thomas-Rasset of Brainerd maintains her innocence, but she admits the evidence is stacked against her.
Jun 20, 2009 -
Authorities raid Hecker offices, homes
With Denny Hecker's businesses unraveling and complaints from car buyers mounting, authorities raided his headquarters, dealerships and three homes.
Jun 18, 2009 -
Daniel Hauser's tumor in chest is shrinking
The Hausers continue to use a high-nutrition diet, vitamins, minerals and natural therapies along with the two "partial rounds" of chemotherapy that Daniel underwent May 28 and June 4 at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis.
Jun 16, 2009 -
Off rough streets, onto rough field
Because of a murder victim's legacy, inner-city kids get a chance to turn their lives around through rugby.
Jun 10, 2009 -
Hausers: Enticed, then abandoned?
The California moviemaker who flew Daniel Hauser back to Minnesota says the boy and his mother were lured out West by a lawyer. The Hausers were "out of their element," the moviemaker says.
May 27, 2009 -
Dealmaker sought to get Hausers home
A weekend phone call started attorney Jennifer Keller's work to reunite the family.
May 26, 2009 -
Chasing after hope, south of the border
The Hausers may have fled to Tijuana, a medical mix of convention and quackery.
May 24, 2009