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'Mental health is health': Docs who treat kids get trained to spot mental health problems
There's a 1 in 5 chance that kids will develop depression sometime between middle and high school. Yet, doctors who take care of kids most of the time — like pediatricians and family doctors — don't get much training in how to treat mental health problems.
Biliteracy seal offers graduates recognition for language skills
In addition to their caps and gowns, some of the high school graduates crossing commencement stages this spring will have an unusual and honorary distinction: the seal of biliteracy.
In Becker, little shock over news of coal plant's early demise
Residents of the central Minnesota city were already bracing for the Sherco power plant to close two of its three coal-fired units. Now, with the possibility of the entire plant closing earlier than expected, residents are looking ahead to a post-coal future.
There'll be a birthday party on Friday afternoon at the house in Duluth where Dylan lived for his first six years.
Lynx season preview: No Whalen. No Moore. No problem?
The Minnesota Lynx seemed set to stumble after Lindsay Whalen retired and Maya Moore stepped away. But with the new season starting Saturday, there's reason for optimism. The team's rebuild has been surprisingly solid.
A new sculpture in sticks takes shape in Chaska
Patrick Dougherty's medium of choice made the Landscape Arboretum the perfect venue for his work.
Video: Confusion, disbelief as MPD officers rush to Ruszczyk shooting
Bodycam videos released Thursday paint a picture of how officers responded to the 2017 police shooting of Justine Ruszczyk. The footage is among the 300-plus trial exhibits that a judge ordered released.
The Improvised Life: Sam Miltich takes his message of jazz and mental health across Minn.
Fifteen years ago, Sam Miltich was a teenager on top of the world. He taught himself how to play jazz guitar growing up in the woods outside Grand Rapids. And he got so good that at 18 he played in Europe and New York. Then, four years later, something happened that made it hard for Miltich to comprehend living, much less making a living playing jazz.