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MN groups meet on coordinating Hatian help

MN groups meet on coordinating Hatian help

There are many Minnesota nonprofits and churches that have been working in Haiti, and they're waiting to see how they can best help earthquake victims there. A meeting is scheduled today to coordinate efforts.

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Aid slowly reaching Haitians as desperation grows

Aid slowly reaching Haitians as desperation grows

Pushed to the far edge of desperation, earthquake-ravaged Haitians dumped decaying bodies into mass graves and begged for water and food Friday amid fear that time is running out to avoid chaos and to rescue anyone still alive in the wreckage.

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Far from her native country in its darkest hour

Far from her native country in its darkest hour

Images from Haiti evoke despair, but also moments of pride.

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Missing Minn. man's body found near Vail Mountain

The body of a man who hadn't been seen since he left to go snowboarding Jan. 6 has been found in the backcountry near Vail Mountain.

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U.S. takes charge in Haiti - with troops, rescue aid

U.S. takes charge in Haiti - with troops, rescue aid

President Barack Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Thursday, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid to try to keep order as well as rescue the suffering in a country dysfunctional in the best of times.

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Red Cross: up to 50,000 dead in Haiti; Aid starts to arrive

Red Cross: up to 50,000 dead in Haiti; Aid starts to arrive

The international Red Cross estimated that 45,000 to 50,000 people were killed in Tuesday's magnitude-7.0 earthquake in Haiti, as aid from around the world slowly made its way into the country.

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Minnesota group to send Haiti medical supplies

Minnesota group to send Haiti medical supplies

A Minnesota medical organization with long-standing ties to Haiti is starting to collect medical supplies to send to the earthquake stricken country. Project Haiti was started over 20 years ago and works closely with a rural hospital in the town of Pignon, about 100 miles north of Port Au Prince.

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Minnesotans launch Haiti aid efforts

Minnesotans launch Haiti aid efforts

Thousands of miles away from the disaster, Minnesotans were doing what they could to help the people of Haiti after an earthquake left the country's capital city in ruins.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Slideshow: International relief

Slideshow: International relief

The first cargo planes with food, water, medical supplies, shelter and sniffer dogs headed to the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation a day after the magnitude-7 quake flattened much of the capital of 2 million people.

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