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'Let me live:' Family recounts trial with a tornado
Updated July 06, 2008
Gerald and Christina Prindle piece together their lives after a tornado struck their Hugo home in May and left their son, Nate, dead, and daughter, Annika, facing a long recovery from injuries.
Living simply off the grid
Updated July 05, 2008
Machel Piper and Febe Dancier simplified their lives and built a cob house in rural Winter, Wis. The friends live in the 175-square-foot clay, sand and straw house without electricity or running water.
Making limoncello: Smooth as a lemon drop
Updated June 26, 2008
A step-by-step guide to making homemade limoncello.
Isle Royale: A biophiliac's paradise
Updated June 21, 2008
Travel writer and enthusiast Chris Welsch takes us on a black and white journey through Isle Royale.
The Taste 50
Updated June 19, 2008
Star Tribune Food Critic Rick Nelson talks about some of the highlights from the third annual Taste 50: People, places and products for food lovers in Minnesota.
Cannon River Winery: A Leap of Faith
Updated June 18, 2008
What started as a crazy idea became a reality. The winery took over an old car dealership in Cannon Falls, hired Vicente Negret as its wine maker and began making award-winning wines from its first release.
Rhymin' fathers
Updated June 13, 2008
Rhymsayers artists, Brother Ali, P.O.S., and I Self Devine, talk about what it's like being a father. For these men, the challenges of being a good dad are a little harder with the demands of the entertainment industry. But all three are committed to fulfilling their responsibilities as fathers.
Dennis Linehan: In the mind of a sex offender
Updated June 13, 2008
Dennis Linehan calls himself the 'poster child' for MSOP. Imprisoned for killing 14-year-old Barbara Iversen in 1965 during an attempted rape, he escaped in 1975 and was caught while trying to assault another girl. He talks about his actions.
A desperate disease
Updated June 10, 2008
Lynda Cannova has been navigating the mental health for the past 16 months on behalf of her son Tony Hill, who suffers from schizophrenia. Their journey has been at times dark and desperate, and at other times hopeful and healing.
The prairie chicken: Hoping for boom times
Updated June 06, 2008
For years Dave Trauba, manager of the Lac qui Parle Wildlife Management Area, has worked to reintroduce prairie chickens into southwestern Minnesota. He recently counted birds on one of the booming grounds as they socialized and competed for mates.
Mother recalls lost daughter
Updated June 06, 2008
Barbara Iversen was kidnapped and murdered in 1965 during an attempted rape. Barbara's mother, Joan Riley, recalls her daughter's disappearance. Riley died three months after this interview.
State of commitment
Updated June 06, 2008
Sex offenders and Human Service professionals reveal the complicated issues around commitment. Hear their voices.
Two mothers connect
Updated May 28, 2008
The Minnesota National Guard brought Lamyaa Kareem and her mother, Shanna Hassan, from Iraq to Minnesota for surgery to correct the teen's severely curved spine. The mother and daughter stayed with a host family, Johanna and Duncan Clyborne. In the the nine weeks that the two mothers lived under the same roof, they learned to navigate each other's culture to find common bonds.
No stopping Jordan
Updated May 27, 2008
Jordan Richardson is 17, a junior at Blaine high school and is blind; but there is no stopping this National Honor's student.
Playing Taps resonates from his heart
Updated May 26, 2008
Clarence Kraemer, 81, plays "Taps" at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Each note played from his cornet resonates from his heart.| Continue to next page |
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