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St. Cloud’s Pernina Burke, 100, has a lot she wants to do

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 20, 2018, 7:01 AM Mar 20, 2018
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Spending an afternoon with a 100-year-old person is an invitation to examine how we square the daily reality that life alternates trying to kill us and trying to soothe us. Read more →

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Ernie Crippen, 1922-2018

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 16, 2018, 9:00 AM Feb 16, 2018
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As of today, I’ve written 14,318 NewsCut posts and I can tell you a story about most of them, including my favorite interviews with people that made me thankful I got into this line of work.

If there are afternoons I’ve enjoyed more than August 7, 2013, I can’t think of them. Read more →

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In Big Stone County, the Inadvertent Cafe hangs on

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2016, 8:44 AM Jul 3, 2016
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Brent Olson had big plans for his Bush Foundation grant in Clinton, Minn. He would reopen a closed cafe and try to give people a reason to stay and live in a declining small town. How has it worked out? Read more →

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You Should Meet: Dick Bancroft

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2016, 1:19 PM Jun 29, 2016
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If Dick Bancroft hadn’t come down from Saint Paul’s Summit Hill District as a young man, he might never have known the ‘invisible minority’ he champions so fiercely.

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Wally Wonka and his journey to St. Paul’s streets

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 3, 2014, 3:29 PM Jul 3, 2014
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Like most great performers, Stephen Dragert Gallivan is a shy guy. Put him in a seersucker suit, stick him on a tricycle, and give him ice cream to sell, however, and he’s Wally Wonka. Read more →

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Ending homelessness one pair of shoes at a time

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 28, 2014, 1:39 PM May 28, 2014
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For hundreds of people in the Twin Cities, the difference between homelessness and a more stable existence is a pair of black, no-slip shoes. Or barber tools. Or a bus pass. Or work clothes. Or an electrician’s license renewal. Read more →

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In suburban isolation, ‘cookie lady’ built community at the school bus stop

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 19, 2013, 1:13 PM Dec 19, 2013
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The bus stop cookie lady has been shut down. Somebody blew the whistle on her. Read more →

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You Should Meet: The last men of Luverne

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 13, 2013, 11:45 AM Aug 13, 2013
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There are only nine left in Glen’s Coffee Clique Last Man Club. Read more →

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You Should Meet: Wendy DeGeest

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 23, 2013, 12:40 PM Jul 23, 2013
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Wendy DeGeest once planned a life as an elementary school teacher.  Then she found the kids who really needed her and everything became clear. It was the 1980s and Pine City, Minn., needed a special education teacher. Growing up in a family that struggled with mental illness, DeGeest knew something about the wayward ways of Read more →

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You Should Meet: The family that brought gymnastics to Hendricks

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 11, 2013, 1:01 PM Apr 11, 2013
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Hendricks, MN., came close to losing its high school. That’s when a couple with a little creativity, some gymnastics equipment, and a plan for a farm shed stepped in.

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The Northwest Angle to Key West

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2012, 5:36 PM Sep 28, 2012
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Daniel Alvarez is living a life that can make people go chase their dreams.

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You Should Meet: Gary Bipes

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 9, 2012, 1:52 PM Aug 9, 2012
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Vietnam didn’t get Bipes. The CIA didn’t get Bipes. And a knoll in a farmer’s field in Glencoe didn’t get Bipes. Mosquitoes almost did.

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You Should Meet: Jeff Ryan

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 9, 2012, 2:31 PM Mar 9, 2012
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Jeff Ryan, a 23-year veteran history teacher at Prescott High School, has become one of the Lac du Flambeau band’s best friends.

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You Should Meet: Mary Steiner

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2012, 3:48 PM Jan 5, 2012
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Mary Steiner made her early trips to Uganda and Kenya to meet poverty. Then she met people.

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You Should Meet: Marnita Schroedl

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 29, 2011, 11:30 AM Nov 29, 2011
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Spend a few hours with Marnita Schroedl, and you’ll start thinking that if we could get 5 million people into her Minneapolis home, the state wouldn’t have a problem left to solve

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