2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (747+ words) I was fortunate to have a wonderful mother-in-law whom I loved dearly. She had lived through two world wars, the loss of an adult son to cancer, and more hardship than most of us will ever know. Yet somehow, she…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (187+ words) Somogyi elevated the vibrations intrinsic to the instrument into a dreamlike buzz, with complex rhythms and tempos that shifted, warped and settled into place again. The cozy venue’s acoustics gave the music room to pleasantly echo. While Pavek demonstrated his…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (111+ words) twincities.com How will the Vikings fare this season? Here’s our game-by-game prediction MN State Fair sets two daily attendance records, falls just short of 2025 overall Eagan massage therapist pleads guilty to sexually assaulting four clients UMN’s Michael Osterholm digs…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (523+ words) Form: MNUFC (7-8-8, 29 points) lost 5-4 at Portland on Saturday; the Loons have 12 total goals in the last three games but only four points to show for it (1-1-1). Dallas (10-7-6, 37 points) beat Sporting Kansas City 4-3 on Saturday after a 3-3 draw with St. Louis…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (442+ words) In most markets, prices tell consumers where to go, tell sellers what competitors are charging, and tell new entrants where they can win business. Healthcare too often suppresses that signal until after the service is delivered. Patients are rarely given…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (274+ words) After putting a key decision on hold last month regarding a possible partial merger with the Minneapolis Area Chamber of Commerce, the board of the St. Paul Area Chamber voted Tuesday to further develop its strategy, with the goal of…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (491+ words) As students start a new school year at St. Paul Public Schools, district officials are looking even further ahead. The St. Paul Public Schools board unanimously approved the district’s 2033 strategic plan on Aug. 18 after months of surveying families, students and…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (928+ words) A world-renowned epidemiologist and infectious disease expert from Minnesota weighed in on hot-button health issues last week, including vaccine misinformation, recent food-borne illness outbreaks and preparing for the next pandemic. Dr. Michael Osterholm directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (525+ words) When the sun rose over St. Paul on Sept. 11, 2001, the big news story on that Tuesday morning was the primary election that would narrow the field of candidates to succeed two-term mayor Norm Coleman. That changed 45 minutes after the polls…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (168+ words) Though the new scanners can identify threat items that older X-ray machines may have missed, such as liquid explosives, subjecting all passenger carry-on bags to this technology is misguided. One possible explanation for deploying these new scanners at all checkpoint…...