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Skiing accident nearly derailed young Minnesotan's athletic career
Mounds Park Academy senior now one of state's top high school skiers and runners.
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Minnesota nonprofits create reusable pads for women and girls so they can stay in school
Minnesotans join forces to create reusable pads for girls on their periods so they can stay in school.
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Minnesota public health leader aims to bring equity to Alzheimer's care
Cindy Kaigama knows firsthand the challenges of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease.
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From indentured servant to university benefactor: This man's $10K gift helped Villanova survive
A graduate student's project finds the wider, inspiring story of a donor.
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Teens fill gap in coverage of their Mpls. neighborhood through community newspaper
When the 21 students huddle for their story meetings, they pitch stories on culture and sports, and propose ideas grounded in their own experience.
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Brooklyn Park brothers, 11 and 14, rush to aid of woman in frozen pond
When a stranger fell through the ice while chasing after her autistic son, boys sprang to help.
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White Bear Lake-based Cummins partners with 916 Career & Tech to power high-paying diesel jobs
The Cummins School-to-Work Program will train qualified high school students with the intention of launching them into high-paying jobs in the diesel field.
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At annual memorial breakfast in New Prague, kindnesses stack up
The New Prague Knights of Columbus Hall will honor the memory of a beloved patriarch with pancakes.
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In 3-D printing, one solid solution to homelessness
Small houses "a powerful piece of the puzzle" of affordable housing.
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Social media fundraisers boosting bottom lines of grateful Minn. nonprofits
Minnesota experts in the nonprofit sector say this new approach is, for the most part, a win-win-win.
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Twin Cities teacher has introduced more than 1,000 kids to ice fishing
Over the last five winters, the middle school teacher has worked to promote the favorite Minnesota past-time by working with schools, community groups and veterans' family organizations.
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Minn. teen beats the odds, dreams of building a school in her native Ethiopia
On March 19, this 18-year-old will be one of five honorees at the 28th Children's Defense Fund-MN Beat the Odds celebration.
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70-year-old Vietnam veteran heads back to college: 'Always ready for a challenge'
"I plan to use every ounce of this education for the betterment of society," Brad Williams says.
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Botham Jean's colleagues pledge to combat unconscious workplace bias
Bus tour uses VR to help raise awareness of unconscious bias.
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Black History Month comes alive as Vikings legends share personal memories
Vikings greats, including Alan Page, told their inspiring stories to a group of high school students recently.
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For her 60th birthday, St. Paul woman takes the leap with her first quinceañera
On Feb. 29, Barbie Muños turns 60 — or 15 in leap years, depending on how you're counting.
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New Nature Conservancy director returns to her roots
The job change is much like a homecoming for Ann Mulholland, a bird enthusiast whose love of nature deepened after she moved to Minnesota in 1991 and learned to fish, camp and harvest wild rice.
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Bethel graduate gives 100% of his nonprofit's donations to projects around the world
Lift Up has raised more than $300,000 for 24 projects helping more than 29,000 people.
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Huge tip changes everything for IHOP waitress
Single mom struggles with homelessness; diner felt "a nudge from God."
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Bridge-playing U honors students find fun is in the cards
The weekly class not only is creating a new generation of bridge players but is helping them forge new friendships.
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