Cody NelsonMegan Bah of Hutchinson is donating her breast milk to a St. Paul mother. She says it’s a way to honor her late daughter. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
People doing good
Bob CollinsGiggle if you must, but maybe you’ve never been overwhelmed by the trauma of learning math. Numbers, nothing but numbers that are all supposed to fit somewhere.
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There was a pretty good chance that nobody would show up for Joseph Walker’s funeral today, or even know that he was dead.
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Her insulin supply has been restored. Her faith in people, too, perhaps. Read more →
In Dupont, Wash., Nicole McNeil uttered the three most important words a human can say to another: ‘how are you?’ Read more →
Can you stand one more warm Christmas story before we get back to the national pastime in a dog-eat-dog world? Good.
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Opal Olson, 94, of Ortonville, died last Thursday. Her departure might have gone unnoticed, but for the fact she changed the world, or at least the piece of it that she could.
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It was a relaxing and enjoyable day on Tuesday, even for those people doing the hard work of repairing the world.
Like members of Duluth’s Temple Israel, who served dinner at the Union Gospel Mission on Christmas. Read more →
Ken Watson, of Wales, has all his Christmas shopping done, at least for the little girl who lives next door. Cadi was born a year after her parents moved to the neighborhood. Read more →
Brad and Jessica Bond, of Homestead, Fla., spent their first date seven years ago shopping at Target to buy toys for Toys for Tots.
Every year on the anniversary of their first date, they go shopping for toys for kids. Read more →
If we lived in a Frank Capra world, something special would be happening in Little Falls, Minn., right around now.
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Pro tip: Keep a shovel in your vehicle in winter months in case you see someone in a wheelchair struggling to get across an intersection. Read more →
Those words from Trevor Berger, the Atwater, Minn., police chief, are a reminder of the thin ice we’re all living on in the nation’s health care system. Read more →
Yes, we know. There’s a little bit of public relations involved in Tuesday’s visit to the hospital by members of the Minnesota Twins.
But let’s just set the cynicsm aside for a moment. Just because we can. Also: Joe Mauer petting a dog. That’s why. Read more →
Tear duct check time, thanks to this video released this morning by the Minnesota Vikings in honor of tight end Kyle Rudolph. Read more →