Curt Brown

Reporter | General Assignment
Phone: 612-673-4767
In addition to covering regional issues and writing profiles, Curt contributes to the “Escape Artists” travel blog and writes bi-weekly Sunday “My Minnesota” mini-profiles, offering a sense-of-place look at intriguing Minnesotans.

Recent content from Curt Brown

He drank, sped, killed, lied -- and now he gets 10 years in prison

A repeat drunken driver who initially persuaded his passenger to take the rap was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing another motorist in a high-speed crash in central Minnesota.

Updated: May 17, 2012, - 09:47 AM

Vendor hawks dogs, spreads smiles at ballpark

After a heart attack nearly killed him, he gave up the corporate job to hawk uniquely styled hot dogs.

Updated: May 05, 2012, - 09:02 PM

Obituary: Sherman Rutzick, dean of St. Paul developers

Mayor Coleman says Rutzick embodied the city's immigrant, hard-working spirit.

Updated: April 09, 2012, - 08:59 PM

Feud clouds sale of Minnesota Titanic 'thank you'

A Minnesota granddaughter of Titanic survivors is irked. For the second time in five months, a letter her cigar-puffing grandfather penned on the deck -- and the stationery -- of the doomed luxury liner is going back up for auction just in time for the 100th anniversary of the ship's collision with an iceberg.

Updated: March 30, 2012, - 01:43 PM

Obituary: 'Sonny' Thompson never lost his love for music

Longtime local entertainer and former Swagman George "Sonny" Thompson dies at 83.

Updated: March 29, 2012, - 08:35 PM

Harvest Prep founder engineers school success

Eric Mahmoud has erased the achievement gap at his charter schools on Minneapolis' North Side.

Updated: March 24, 2012, - 03:35 PM

Did weather figure in Glencoe plane crash?

Witnesses said the plane appeared to be flying west and low in poor visibility, but it crashed going east.

Updated: March 22, 2012, - 07:41 PM

Plane slams into field near Glencoe, killing 3

Pilot, his wife and his mother, along with three pets, died in a fiery wreck near Glencoe.

Updated: March 21, 2012, - 11:14 PM

N.D. writer takes viral fame (and snark) in stride

Longtime Grand Forks columnist Marilyn Hagerty is "in a dither" over all the fuss about her Olive Garden review.

Updated: March 10, 2012, - 05:32 AM

NONFICTION: "Birch Coulie," by John Christgau

In time for the 150th anniversary: a new look at the pivotal Birch Coulie standoff during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

Updated: March 03, 2012, - 06:46 PM

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