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Minnesota teen wins Ann Bancroft grant for app to reduce litter
16-year-old Anushka Kollengode of Rochester plans to use award to market her mobile app.
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Over 50 years, Excelsior has changed a lot — but Leipold's hasn't
In an increasingly upscale lakeside city, a gift and antique store offers its classic hodgepodge.
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After 77 years, Iowa couple finally get wedding photos
Hospice workers restaged their 1944 ceremony.
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Inspired Conversations: Katie Retterath Martin started database of diverse books to reflect multi-layered identities
Retterath Martin is working to develop OneShelf while a fellow at the Finnovation Lab in Minneapolis.
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M Health Fairview nurse spent nearly three decades searching for the person who changed his life
This summer, Mohamed Jama Mohamed finally got the chance to say thank you.
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Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe buys local market
The former Teal's Market, a fixture in Cass Lake for 80 years, is now called Leech Lake Market.
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12 years after being locked up as a teen, he finds mercy from the DA who put him there
New California law was meant to undo overly harsh sentences
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Best friends separated when they fled the Nazis hug again, 82 years later
Both girls were forced to flee from Germany
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Minneapolis students share pandemic struggles through Story Booth
Nonprofit Wildling invites Minneapolis students to tell their stories in a supportive environment.
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Advocate is preserving families, breaking poverty cycles and Asian American-proud
ThaoMee Xiong is an advocate for Minnesota immigrants
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Roseville-based Salvation Army helps incarcerated parents give Christmas gifts to their children
The Salvation Army is resuming its special Toy Lift program, which was canceled last year due to COVID-19.
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Minnesota men help others "man up" to cancer with support and friendship
Two Minnesota cancer survivors are among 18 members selected to promote the growing men's cancer support community
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University of Minnesota students create nonprofit to donate unused medications to those who can't afford them
U start-up also cuts down on medical waste.
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When nation's freeways were built, Black communities paid the price
An exhibit at the Hennepin History Museum shows how construction of freeways across the country divided and destroyed Black communities, with effects still felt today.
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A new kind of Native American dance troupe
Since its founding six years ago, the group has quickly gained attention: It had a cameo in the 2016 music video "Stand Up/Stand N Rock" with Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas and performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2019.
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Howard University student wants more Black girls and women to discover rugby, so she started a team
Howard student creates club team, one of a very few at HBCUs.
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