Reid Forgrave
State/Regional Reporter
Minnesota/Upper MidwestA graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, Forgrave's career has spanned the gamut, from a national sportswriter and national magazine writer to chronicler of small-town stories in Iowa and the Mississippi Delta. Prior to the Star Tribune, Forgrave worked at CBSSports.com and CBS Sports HQ and FOXSports.com and Fox Sports 1. He's worked for several newspapers around the country, most recently The Des Moines Register, and has written long-form stories for The New York Times Magazine, GQ and Sports Illustrated, among others. His first book, based on a piece he wrote for GQ, was published in 2020. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two children.
Latest from Reid Forgrave
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Annunciation principal ‘called to show the world what healing looks like’
Matt DeBoer balances grief with hope as he helps students move forward after shooting.
November 27, 2025
His uncle rushed the cockpit on 9/11. In Annunciation shooting, this dad knew what to do.
A quarter century after Tom Burnett Jr. became an American hero, nephew Devin O’Brien had his own defining moment.
November 19, 2025
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One Minnesota family’s struggle through the darkness of opioid addiction
Dan and Yvonne Carlson battled for years to save their exuberant, headstrong daughter from disappearing into a cycle of addiction, treatment and relapse.
November 16, 2025
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In Willmar, a soccer field becomes a refuge from heated immigration debate
Most of this varsity boys team hails from immigrant families. This season, they learned to live and play as a team against the backdrop of a nationwide immigration crackdown.
November 2, 2025
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'This time feels different' for Annunciation parents taking on America's gun divide
Students and families affected by school shootings have long sought a voice in the nation’s debate over responses to gun violence. This close-knit group in Minneapolis says they owe it to their kids to keep trying.
October 10, 2025
Joe Pohlad keeps the faith even after Twins fire sale and fan backlash
“The goal is to win a World Series. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t come with some pain in the short term.”
October 1, 2025
Man convicted in 1998 murder will be freed but not exonerated
The state Board of Pardons was not unanimous in commutation for 63-year-old Brian Pippitt.
September 24, 2025
Minnesota man still in prison for murder a year after he was recommended to be freed
Brian Pippitt’s is the first case in which the state Conviction Review Unit has recommended full exoneration.
September 21, 2025
Inside Annunciation Church, terror and heroism as an attack unfolded
“The thing that’s going to stick with me,” said Shea McAdaragh, a parent who witnessed the shooting, “was when I said you guys can get up, and I knew some kids weren’t going to get up.”
August 28, 2025
In diverse, conservative Willmar, immigration debate gets complicated quickly
The politics of President Trump’s immigration crackdown hits differently in deeply red Kandiyohi County, where growth is fueled largely by immigration.
August 19, 2025
Assassinations place Vance Boelter’s religion in the spotlight
He was steeped in a thriving strain of Christianity. For some, the alleged assassin is a symbol of the growing politicization of faith.
August 17, 2025
Accused assassin claims shootings of Minnesota lawmakers unrelated to views on Trump, abortion
In a jailhouse interview with the New York Post, Vance Boelter alludes to information in the case he says “will come out in future that people will look at and judge for themselves.”
July 15, 2025
