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February 25, 2015
The Cathedral of St. Paul. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is asking parishoners to open their wallets to help pay off staggering debt fro

Coverage: Twin Cities archdiocese's struggles

Variety
January 12, 2015

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Investigators
December 1, 2014
Youthful ATV riders waited for instructions from DNR safety instructors. ] JIM GEHRZ • jgehrz@startribune.com / Farmington, MN 6/28, 2014 / 9:00

Risky Riding: Five-part series on ATV safety

As ridership has grown nationwide, hundreds of children have been killed riding off-road vehicles built for adults.
Investigators
July 14, 2014
Hospitalized for alcoholism and malnourishment last year, Isabelle Jessich is now living in a Robbinsdale nursing home against her own will. She is un

Weak Rules Govern Guardians

They're supposed to be helping those who can no longer make decsions for themselves. But too often, Minnesota's court-appointed guardians and conservators are making things worse for their wards. Despite well-documented abuses, the profession remains largely unregulated.
Variety
May 21, 2014

Download a pdf of today's sports page

The Twin Cities have been chosen to host Super Bowl LII in 2018. Here's how we covered the news on our sports page
Investigators
May 16, 2014
Robert Bothun, who lost his mother in 2009 due to what investigators said was negligent nursing care, became emotional while discussing the circumstan

Special report: When nurses fail

Investigators
January 24, 2014
A Minnesota judge said BNSF impeded the investigation of a 2003 train collision that killed four people at this Anoka crossing, but the railroad said

Derailed: A Star Tribune Investigation

From Minnesota to California, BNSF Corp. has drawn judicial penalties for misconduct.
Investigators
December 27, 2013
A patient bedroom in the competency restoration wing of Minnesota Security Hospital, MSH, in St. Peter. Patients come here having been charged with a

Breakdown: Minnesota's unraveling mental health system

Local
December 14, 2013
A Maplewood school built this classroom for a single student: an 8-year-old autistic boy whose behavior was too extreme for a regular class. Two adult

Costly Lessons: Price of Special Education in Minnesota

An occasional series examining special education in Minnesota's public schools, where the sharp increase in students who have serious disabilities has brought soaring costs, profound challenges and often controversial new methods for educating them.
Video
August 21, 2013
Whistleblower: Waiting on a claim

Whistleblower: Waiting on a claim

Paul Sunberg has spent almost a year waiting for North Star Mutual Insurance Co. to decide whether the home he rented from his mother would be covered under her homeowners insurance.
Local
July 17, 2013
Kyle showed an outcropping of sand that is so valuable to the mining companies. Kyle Slaby signed a lucrative contract with a local frac sand company

Continuing series: Frac Sand Fever

Local
April 16, 2013
Light shined through a beaker in the mobile home that Rodger Seratt used to house the laboratory where he mixes synthetic drugs that include bath salt

A Lethal Dose: The war on synthetic drugs

They carry names like Bliss and TranQuility, but don't be fooled: Synthetic drugs can be deadly. From a small town in Oklahoma to suburban Minnesota, these products have generated unusual violence and physical suffering. Efforts to control these substances remains a losing battlle.
Local
April 16, 2013
Indian Grass at Schaefer Prairie near Glencoe, Minn., on Thursday, September 13, 2012. Schaefer Prairie is a remnant of the once-vast northern tallgra

The Vanishing Prairie series

Investigators
January 14, 2013
A photograph provided by the family shows Miller as he flew on a hellicopter during his tour in Iraq.

Special project: Lost Warriors

More service members now are taking their own lives than are dying in combat. As the toll mounts, family members are asking whether military leaders are responding properly to soldiers in crisis.
Local
June 18, 2012
Tangeline Jackson, 10, worked on reading comprehension with an Educate Online tutor for an hour at her home in St. Paul in March. It’s the second tu

Schooled – Tutors Profit as Kids Fail

A billion-dollar tutoring program is failing the poorest students at America's worst schools. In Minnesota, unfit vendors got second chances.
Health
May 16, 2012
Danny Lee Bettcher spoke about his 27 DWI's from the Otter Tail County Jail moments after being sentenced to 48 months in prison for his last offense.

Smashed: The toll of driving drunk in Minnesota

In Minnesota, drunken drivers who kill someone with their car sometimes get less time behind bars than nonviolent offenders. Read the Star Tribune's in-depth look at the scourge of drunken driving, the victims it claims and the public safety questions it raises.
Investigators
April 6, 2012
Maria Winkelman, in her Plymouth home with a box containing her son’s ashes. Wes suffered severe burns over 20 percent of his body in a care facilit

Violated

State regulators have failed to protect some of Minnesota's most vulnerable citizens from being victimized by their care givers. Even known criminals have obtained state permission to work in nursing homes and other care settings.
Minneapolis
September 28, 2011
provided photo : credit Barbara Guttman fire at McMahon's Pub, lake street, Minneapolis, 6-6:30 am

Investigating a Deadly Fire

An apartment fire that killed six people in Minneapolis revealed serious flaws in the city's inspection practices and prompted major changes in the system. The apartments, which had multiple fire-code violations, were not inspected for at least 16 years.
Investigators
August 18, 2011
Mac has a compulsion of picking his fingers, so he wears a watch to remind him not too.

Autism in Minnesota

Officially, Minnesota doesn't pay for an intensive type of autism therapy. Yet it has for some affluent families. Advocates say the intensive therapy helps kids, but skeptics question the cost and whether it's really effective.
Investigators
May 25, 2011
Jacqueline Brown, 50, was working on getting certified in Microsoft.

Beyond the Great Recession

This occasional Star Tribune series focuses on how Minnesotans are adapting to a vastly changed economic landscape, even as the recession fades into the past.
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