Event in Mpls. celebrates 20 years of the ADA People with disabilities and supporters will hold an event Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Nicollet Island Pavillion in Minneapolis to celebrate the anniversary Americans with Disabilities Act.July 26, 2010
Klobuchar-sponsored adoption changes pass U.S. Senate U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar says two key changes in international adoption law have passed the Senate, and she expects quick approval by the House and by the president.July 26, 2010
Pawlenty honors soldier with flag proclamation Gov. Tim Pawlenty is ordering all U.S.
and Minnesota flags be flown at half-staff at state and federal
buildings from sunrise to sunset in honor of a soldier from Apple
Valley killed in Afghanistan.July 26, 2010
Fund created for family in Burnsville crash Donations are being accepted for a
Burnsville family involved in a crash that claimed the life of
their 11-year-old son.July 25, 2010
A visit with Prince at Paisley Park Jim McGuinn, program director for 89.3 The Current, was invited recently to visit Prince at his Paisley Park studio complex in Chanhassen. He recalls his meeting with the man behind the music, and reviews Prince's newest album, 20TEN.July 24, 2010
NPR: Journalism legend Daniel Schorr dies At 93 Daniel Schorr, a longtime senior news analyst for NPR and a veteran Washington journalist who broke major stories at home and abroad during the Cold War and Watergate, has died. He was 93.July 23, 2010
Vietnam Memorial replica on display in Crosby The Moving Wall, a half-scale replica of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C., is on
display in the northern Minnesota town of Crosby.July 23, 2010
Desmond Tutu to retire from public life The Nobel peace laureate
honored for his efforts to fight apartheid said he wants to spend
more time with his family.July 22, 2010
Cambria silo saga full of twists and turns Changing face of a pop-can silo between Le Sueur and St. Peter, Minn., has been an ongoing saga for residents, MnDOT and the local county board of appeals.July 22, 2010
Fallen Minn. soldiers honored at Capitol ceremony A Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq in
2008 and another missing in action since 1968 and presumed dead
will be honored at a State Capitol ceremony.July 22, 2010
Former justice Gardebring Ogren remembered as 'a star' Former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Sandra Gardebring Ogren, whose career in public service spanned four decades and touched government, the courts and higher education, has died after a nine-year battle with cancer. She was 63.July 21, 2010