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Family finds strength after New Year's skiing accident
For the Fink family, each New Year's Day marks another anniversary of an event that profoundly changed the family's life. Eleven years ago, Susan Fink fell on a ski trail and was paralyzed from the neck down.
Minn. Orch's jazz director still calls New Orleans home
Minneapolis revelers looking to add some New Orleans spice to an otherwise chilly New Years Eve will likely head to the Dakota jazz club tonight, where trumpeter Irvin Mayfield is performing with his quintet, part of a national New Year's Eve concert broadcast.
Romantica performs live in The Current studios
Romantica performs These Things Are Too Beautiful live in the studios of 89.3 The Current.
People offer to help 88-year-old robbery victim
The St. Paul Police Department has been flooded with calls from people asking to help an 88-year-old man who was robbed of $300 while planning his wife's memorial service.
Transportation officials expect that road conditions will improve for tonight's evening commute, as the snow has stopped falling in many areas and crews have been working to salt major roads.
Gym using judo to help kids tackle larger issues
In the sport of judo, contestants try to flip, fling or wrestle each other to the ground and keep them there; and in north Minneapolis, some neighborhood residents are using judo to help them tackle some larger problems.
A brief flight delay at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Wednesday morning had nothing to do with snowstorms or terrorism. Blame the foxes.
The number of homicides in Minneapolis is down sharply this year, a trend showing up in large cities nationwide.