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People doing good

People doing good

After stillbirth, Minnesota mother donates milk to help grieve

Cody NelsonCody Nelson February 4, 2019, 1:22 PM Feb 4, 2019
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Megan Bah of Hutchinson is donating her breast milk to a St. Paul mother. She says it’s a way to honor her late daughter. Read more →

People doing good

‘What’s your emergency?’ 911 operator asked. ‘Homework,’ he said.

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 31, 2019, 7:05 AM Jan 31, 2019
6

Giggle if you must, but maybe you’ve never been overwhelmed by the trauma of learning math. Numbers, nothing but numbers that are all supposed to fit somewhere.
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People doing good

Strangers show up for funeral of vet with no family

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 28, 2019, 2:44 PM Jan 28, 2019
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There was a pretty good chance that nobody would show up for Joseph Walker’s funeral today, or even know that he was dead.
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People doing good · Politics

It’s all good for furloughed worker who rationed her medicine

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2019, 3:50 PM Jan 15, 2019
13

Her insulin supply has been restored. Her faith in people, too, perhaps. Read more →

Health · People doing good

He came for coffee and got a kidney

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 28, 2018, 1:26 PM Dec 28, 2018
2

In Dupont, Wash., Nicole McNeil uttered the three most important words a human can say to another: ‘how are you?’ Read more →

Health · People doing good

When believing in Santa isn’t ‘marginal’

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 27, 2018, 9:15 AM Dec 27, 2018
2

Can you stand one more warm Christmas story before we get back to the national pastime in a dog-eat-dog world? Good.
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Education · People doing good

The art of the obituary: Opal Olson was a teacher

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 27, 2018, 8:09 AM Dec 27, 2018
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Opal Olson, 94, of Ortonville, died last Thursday. Her departure might have gone unnoticed, but for the fact she changed the world, or at least the piece of it that she could.
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People doing good

In Duluth, an effort to repair the world

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 26, 2018, 7:09 AM Dec 26, 2018
2

It was a relaxing and enjoyable day on Tuesday, even for those people doing the hard work of repairing the world.

Like members of Duluth’s Temple Israel, who served dinner at the Union Gospel Mission on Christmas. Read more →

People doing good

Dying man bought neighbor a Christmas gift for the next 13 years

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 19, 2018, 8:05 AM Dec 19, 2018
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Ken Watson, of Wales, has all his Christmas shopping done, at least for the little girl who lives next door. Cadi was born a year after her parents moved to the neighborhood. Read more →

People doing good

Wedding relocates to Target to shop for ‘Toys for Tots’

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 18, 2018, 10:34 AM Dec 18, 2018
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Brad and Jessica Bond, of Homestead, Fla., spent their first date seven years ago shopping at Target to buy toys for Toys for Tots.

Every year on the anniversary of their first date, they go shopping for toys for kids. Read more →

People doing good

No Christmas in Little Falls this year

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2018, 10:38 AM Dec 17, 2018
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If we lived in a Frank Capra world, something special would be happening in Little Falls, Minn., right around now.
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People doing good

Heroes with shovels

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 14, 2018, 10:41 AM Dec 14, 2018
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Pro tip: Keep a shovel in your vehicle in winter months in case you see someone in a wheelchair struggling to get across an intersection. Read more →

Health · People doing good

‘Everything was going fine, then all of sudden you have cancer’

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 13, 2018, 8:38 AM Dec 13, 2018
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Those words from Trevor Berger, the Atwater, Minn., police chief, are a reminder of the thin ice we’re all living on in the nation’s health care system. Read more →

People doing good · Sports

When ballplayers visit the hospital

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 12, 2018, 1:46 PM Dec 12, 2018
7

Yes, we know. There’s a little bit of public relations involved in Tuesday’s visit to the hospital by members of the Minnesota Twins.

But let’s just set the cynicsm aside for a moment. Just because we can. Also: Joe Mauer petting a dog. That’s why. Read more →

Health · People doing good · Sports

Dear Kyle Rudolph…

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2018, 10:08 AM Dec 6, 2018
9

Tear duct check time, thanks to this video released this morning by the Minnesota Vikings in honor of tight end Kyle Rudolph. Read more →

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