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 — Individuals living with early-stage dementia reveal insights about stigmas, misconceptions that others have about living with dementia —  June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month — (Chicago, Ill) —  June 1, 2022 — This June, during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, the Alzheimer’s Association is revealing insights from people living with early-stage dementia and what they wish others knew about living with Alzheimer’s and other dementia. Many Americans struggle with

Helping Ellanor - Southern Minnesota Steps Up to Help
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(Sleepy Eye, MN) – May 28, 2022 —   Multiple communities in Southern Minnesota have been united to help raise funds for the daughter of Caleb & Katie Siefkes.   10-month-old Ellanor was hospitalized in June of 2020.  After 6 months of ongoing testing and multiple infections, Children’s Hospital’s hematology department determined that she had a genetic mutation causing low neutrophil counts and diagnosed her with ELANE mutation Severe Congenital Neutropenia. For

St Croix Hospice
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Agency Wins Gold and Silver Aster Awards (Oakdale, MN)  May 26, 2022 — St. Croix Hospice is proud to have earned four Gold and three Silver Aster Awards in the Home Health/Hospice group for marketing and communications materials created in 2021. The Aster Awards by Creative Images honor “excellence in healthcare advertising” nationally. St. Croix Hospice won awards in the categories of print advertising, patient education, illustration, folder design, calendar design, flyer

Mayo Clinic Diet
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Health is the #1 Aspiration for American Dieters Who Are Considering Weight Loss   (Rochester, MN) — May 23, 2022 – The New Mayo Clinic Diet, the official dietary program developed by the Mayo Clinic, today released key findings from its “Diet Mindset Assessment,” a survey of over 200,000 consumers in the U.S. about their mindsets when beginning a new diet program. The data was compiled and reviewed by Digital Wellness,

Ride of a Life Time
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(Chanhassen, MN)  — May 20, 2022  — In just its second year, the annual Ride of a Life Time, a charity cycle event raising money to benefit the health of kids, fund-raised more than $1 million in 40+ metro markets. More than 8,000 people took part in riding and more contributed in exceeding the goal. Funds raised during Ride of a Life Time benefit Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Life Time Foundation, two

Mall of America
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The iconic mall will host events to inspire 30,000 lifesavers during 30th birthday celebration (Bloomington, MN) — May 9, 2022  — Be The Match® and Mall of America are pleased to announce a new year-long campaign to inspire 30,000 lifesavers to take action in support of patients in need of a blood stem cell transplant. The campaign marks a year-long celebration of the mall’s 30th birthday, with a focus on giving patients

RST, Project of the Year award
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(Rochester, MN) — April 22nd, 2022 — The Minnesota Council of Airports (MCOA) awarded Rochester International Airport (RST) their prestigious “Project of the Year” award during its annual Minnesota Airport Conference held April 6-8 at the Mayo Civic Center. Selecting from a record number of airport nominations from across the state MCOA recognized RST, project consultant Mead & Hunt, Inc., and contractor Hoffman Construction Company for Phase 1 construction on

Bethel Alumni Helping Ukraine
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  After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, neighboring countries experienced an influx of refugees. Petry Groza S’12 and William Shaw ’04, S’08 are two Bethel alumni who’ve been able to offer direct support to Ukrainians who’ve fled, providing food, shelter, resources, and hope for new beginnings. By Cherie Suonvieri     Led by Bethel alumnus, Petry Groza, the Regen Foundation has been providing direct support to Ukrainian refugees

Minnesota Company Helps Raise 100K for Puerto Rico Habitat for Humanity
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(St Cloud, Mn) — May 3, 2022  — Trailer Bridge, Inc. and ATS International today announced their Rally por Puerto Rico Charity Golf Tournament raised $100,000 for Habitat for Humanity of Puerto Rico supporting the organization’s efforts to create and preserve home ownership opportunities for low-income individuals and families on the island. The gift is a critical investment in the people of Puerto Rico where both companies have transportation and logistics operations. Habitat for

ATCC Deca Students
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(Alexandria, MN) — April 26, 2022– Eleven students from the Accounting, Business Management and Marketing programs at Alexandria Technical and Community College competed at the DECA International Career Development Conference April 9-12 in Baltimore, Maryland. Three Alexandria College students received National DECA awards: Sebastian Ahumada of Alexandria (Accounting/Business Management) – Second Place in Entrepreneurship Operations Olivia Maday of Alexandria (Fashion/Business Management) – Top 10 Finalist in Fashion Merchandising and Management

CHS Foundation
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New $829,000 Donation Will Help Drive Precision Agriculture (St Paul, MN) —April 28, 2022 — The CHS Foundation, funded by charitable gifts from CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), announced today six grants totaling $829,000 to support development, education and sustainable benefits of precision agriculture. The CHS Foundation supports agricultural and energy-related projects at colleges and universities across the CHS trade area through its annual competitive grant program. In 2021, that program focused on precision agriculture

Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network
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(Minnesota) — April 28th, 2022 —  An update on the Rain Hail and Snow Network story of March 1st on Good News Minnesota. Minnesota added more rainfall monitoring volunteers during the annual March recruitment than any other state and set a new national recruiting record for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). The recruiting effort led by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota office

The Minneapolis Foundation Announces $4,207,570 in Grants
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Photos from the Sahan Journal, Pangea World Theater, Native American Community Development Institute, and Cultural Wellness Center.  The Minneapolis Foundation today announced $4,207,570 in grants to 86 local organizations that are advancing racial and economic justice in the Twin Cities.   (Minneapolis, MN) — April 27, 2022 — Racial and Economic Justice grants support organizations and projects that: Advance structural and systems change through policy advocacy, organizing, and movement building.

Treatment for Trigger Finger
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(Eagan, MN) — April 27, 2022 — Sonex Health today announced the full U.S. commercial launch of its UltraGuideTFR device, which is used in conjunction with real-time ultrasound guidance to perform trigger finger release (TFR) procedures. This follows Sonex Health’s successful limited-market release earlier this year in which more than 100 patients were treated using the device. Real-time ultrasound guidance enables physicians to use a minimally invasive technique while performing TFR

The University of St. Thomas' Schulze School of Entrepreneurship
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Top college entrepreneurs are in Minneapolis pitching business executives and competing for $215,000 in cash prizes.   (Minneapolis, Mn) — April 26, 2022  — As start-ups surge across the country, some of the nation’s top college entrepreneurs are in Minneapolis this week pitching local business executives and competing to bring their ideas to life. Twenty-five teams will participate in this weekend’s annual e-Fest competition for $215,000 in cash prizes and an opportunity to advance

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Legacy Amendment Supports $355,452 in Small Grants to History Organizations Throughout Minnesota (Minnesota) — April, 2022 — The Minnesota Historical Society is pleased to announce the newest recipients of 42 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Small Grants ($10,000 and less), totaling $355,452 in 23 counties. Small grants are awarded quarterly to help nonprofits, educational organizations, government units and federally recognized tribes to preserve and share Minnesota history. This cycle of

FitPAWS
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AOC to offer canine rehab products to enhance recovery road for injured animals.   Dogs truly love working on FitPAWS equipment and want to please their owners and trainers by doing what is asked of them and seeing that for myself made me feel even more excited about my job.”  — Sonya Courtney, Global Sales Manager of FitPAWS   (Arden Hills, MN) — April 25, 2022  — Animal Ortho Care (AOC)

Let's Go
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  Now Available: Let’s Go! Ten Adventures Through West Central Minnesota Free copies of West Central Initiative’s region-focused children’s book available for families with young children (Fergus Falls, MN)  — April 12th, 2022— West Central Initiative released its region-focused children’s book titled Let’s Go! Ten Adventures Through West Central Minnesota. The book is free to families in west central Minnesota with children five years old and younger. West Central Initiative’s Director

Escape the Vape winners
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More than 250 entries submitted from students across the state (Minnesota) — April 21, 2022 — Mohamed Mustafa, a senior at Moorhead High School, and Princess Hart, an eighth grader at Buffalo Community Middle School, are this year’s Escape the Vape video contest winners for their videos Don’t Let Vaping Take that Away from You and Vaping Is Stressing You Out!, respectively. Each student will receive a $500 cash prize. Their schools

North High School
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(Minneapolis, MN) — (April 15, 2022) – Pillsbury United Communities (Pillsbury United), an agency with a 140-year legacy of recognizing and amplifying the assets and aspirations of the communities living in historically under-invested neighborhoods across Minneapolis, announced $1M in scholarship funds raised for the Minneapolis North High Class of 2022 at 3pm on Friday, April 15. Every senior who graduates this year will receive up to $10,000 for post-secondary education.

NC3
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(St Paul, MN) — April 15, 2022  — 3M’s Safety and Industrial Business Group and the National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) have announced the winners for the Skilled Trades – 3M Transformational Scholarship for students with a focus in skilled trades. This scholarship will allow schools to help students from diverse backgrounds pursue their dreams in skilled trades while also bridging the gaps of inequality in our communities. 3M

Ryan Hartman
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Fans have stuffed Wild forward’s Venmo account with donations to help pay fine from incident Tuesday in St. Paul by Dan Myers @mnwildscribe / Wild.com (St Paul, MN/Dallas, TX)  — April 14th, 2022 — Talk about making the best of a bad situation.  When Wild forward Ryan Hartman came to the defense of teammate Kirill Kaprizov Tuesday night in St. Paul, a scuffle ensued between he and Oilers forward Evander Kane. The two were separated

St Peter Area Food Shelf - Food Drive
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St Peter Area Food Shelf Exceeds Goal to help fight food insecurity.   (St Peter, MN) — April 14th, 2022 —   People don’t give to needy organizations, they give to effective organizations.    With this in mind, the St Pete Area Food Shelf must be doing an outstanding job.    During their Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign Food Drive, a group of 29 local businesses and organizations had a goal to collect 11,000

MN Department of Labor and Industry
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  (Minnesota) — April 12, 2022 — Eleven partnerships across Minnesota will receive funding to develop and implement programs to offer meaningful career exposure and paid work experience for students 16 years of age and older. The grants are part of a Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry’s (DLI’s) Youth Skills Training program that was signed into law in 2017 with bipartisan support to create and provide employment training for

Dr Abbasi Inspired Spine
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(Burnsville, Mn)  —  April 13, 2022 — The OLLIF procedure is a true minimally invasive lumbar fusion technique that employs an incision of 15mm, produces up to 90% less blood loss than a traditional fusion, and requires no muscle detachment to access the disc space. Many patients are ambulatory within hours after surgery and are often discharged the same day. No deep infections have occurred during the first 1,500 procedures.  By tremendously

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(Minnesota) — April 7th, 2022 — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) recently awarded funding to schools across Minnesota for two new grants to increase the amount of healthy local foods in school meals through its Farm to School programs. Forty-six school districts across Minnesota received a total of $741,619 for purchasing Minnesota-grown and -raised foods to be used in school meal programs. This grant funding will leverage an additional $624,619

Lectric eBikes
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Fast Growing eBike Brand Expands Portfolio with Most Powerful and Affordable eBike in its Class (Phoenix, Az) — April 12, 2022 —  Levi Conlow and Robby Deziel designed their very first eBike in 2018, and haven’t looked back since. They grew up together in suburban Minnesota and their complementary perspectives led to a strong and dynamic friendship. Levi always had a knack for seeing “big picture” themes in his everyday life, and went on to

DNR Volunteers
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(Minnesota) — April 7th, 2022 — More than 15,000 volunteers helped the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources do everything from monitoring rainfall levels to clearing trails, according to the new 2021 annual DNR volunteer report. “Our volunteers give back to their communities and the state in so many ways,” Commissioner Sarah Strommen said. “I can’t overstate how grateful we are for their continued service.” Although many volunteer activities paused or

Mike Hastings Penrose Award
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Hastings now a 3-time recipient of the Penrose Award Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Intercollegiate Athletics News Release (Mankato, Mn)  -April 6th, 2022- For leading Minnesota State University into the 2022 Frozen Four, Mike Hastings has once again been chosen as the recipient of the Spencer Penrose Award as Division I Men’s Ice Hockey CCM/AHCA Coach of the Year by his peers. The honor is the third for Hastings,

MSP International Airport
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ASQ Program Surveys Travelers Globally to Recognize Best Airport Experiences   (Twin Cities, MN) — Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) has once again earned top honors in the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Service Quality (ASQ) program, which surveys customers at airports around the world. ACI named MSP the Best Airport in North America in the 25-40 million passenger category for 2021, an honor shared with Salt Lake City International Airport. MSP

Tyroler Injury Law
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The monthly giveaway is designed to celebrate outstanding educators. (Oakdale, MN.) — March 31, 2022  — Attorney Isaac Tyroler announces his law firm’s $500 monthly teacher giveaway designed to show appreciation and encouragement to outstanding schoolteachers in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Residents, students, and teachers themselves can nominate any teacher, and the winner will be selected on the first day of each month. To nominate a teacher for the $500 prize, just provide the following information by emailing it to isaac@injurylawman.com:

Dine out to give back
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  Dining Out For Life® Hosted by Subaru Returns to Nearly Sixty Cities Across North America (Minneosta) — March 30, 2022 — The last two years have curtailed most public events, but Dining Out For Life® hosted by Subaru soldiered on by helping partner restaurants fill take-out or gift card orders while their own fundraising was severely limited. This year, nearly all of the 50+ Dining Out For Life licensed health care organizations

Worship Times of Rochester Launches Rebuild Ukraine Website
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  (Rochester MN) —  March 30, 2022  — On March 21, 2022, Worship Times launched a new website for Rebuild Ukraine: rebuild-ua.org. Built in a matter of days, the site shares the urgent mission of the nonprofit and will facilitate their fundraising efforts. The immense humanitarian crisis created by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine is growing. Rebuild Ukraine responded immediately, leveraging partnerships to deliver critical aid to the people

The Cereal Box Challenge
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(Rochester MN) –March, 25, 2022 — There’s a new social media trend sweeping the nation.   The Cereal Box Challenge helps school kids get involved with local charities.   It helps local food shelves and other charities gather boxes of cereal for those who need it.   It entertains while building awareness.   It’s a social media trend that is a win-win-win. The Students and Staff at Bamber Valley Elementary School (School District 535)

St Croix Hospice
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(Oakdale, MN.) — March 24, 2022  — St. Croix Hospice has earned four rings in the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Quality Connections program, recognizing hospice agencies for continuous quality improvement. Four rings is the highest rating that can be awarded to a hospice agency. “We’re proud to be recognized for quality in the four areas of education, application, measurement and innovation,” said Ashley Arnold, Vice President of Clinical Services

Launch Minnesota Awards $1 million in Education Grants
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Awards to 9 organizations around the state will help build the Launch Minnesota Network and further grow the state’s innovation ecosystem   (St Paul, MN) — 3/23/2022 — The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced that it has awarded $1 million in Launch Minnesota Education Grants to nine organizations throughout Minnesota. This is the third round of Launch Minnesota Education Grants, which are awarded to groups

Greater MSP
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GENER8TOR AND GREATER MSP WILL ESTABLISH MSP EQUITY FUND WITH ANCHOR INVESTMENTS FROM COMPANIES INCLUDING ALLIANZ LIFE AND XCEL ENERGY   (Minneapolis MN) — March 23, 2022 — As part of ongoing efforts to close equity gaps for Black, Brown and Women entrepreneurs, partners in the Forge North startup coalition announced today the launch of the MSP Equity Fund – a $50 million venture capital fund of funds powered by

Land Trust - Deep Lake Park
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Trust for Public Land Announces Protection of Val Chatel, Deep Lake Park in Hubbard County (Emmaville, Mn) — March 8th, 2022  — The Trust for Public Land (TPL) announced the protection of over 300 acres in Hubbard County, Minnesota as part of its Mississippi Headwaters and Forever Northwoods programs.  The 352-acre property, home to the former Val Chatel ski area, includes the entire shoreline of Deep Lake and a smaller

Liquid Screen Design Named Best Places to Work
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  Stress is never going to go away so we decided to make yoga and mindfulness part of our staff routine. It’s a great way for everyone to breathe and take some time for themselves” — Benji Bearman   (Minneapolis, MN)  — March 17th, 2022 —  Liquid Screen Design (LSD) celebrates a major milestone and impressive achievement having been named to the ‘Best Places to Work in the Promotional Products

Found Safe - Amber Alert
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(Glenwood MN) – March 18th, 2022 — The Pope County Sheriff’s office in Glenwood has announced that Robert Ramirez, age 2 has been found and is safe. The Amber Alert has been cancelled. An amber alert was issued on Thursday for the 3′ Tall boy who was believed to be abducted near Westport. At this point, no details of his safe recovery have been released.   More details are expected on

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center
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Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby is named one of the best hospitals in the United States by Newsweek magazine in its annual “World’s Best Hospitals” ranking released in March. (Crosby MN) – March 8th, 2022 — Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby is named one of the best hospitals in the United States by Newsweek magazine in its annual “World’s Best Hospitals” ranking released in March.   CRMC is one

Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network
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(Minnesota) — The State Climatology Office is looking for volunteer rainfall monitors for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS). The network includes more than 20,000 volunteers nationwide who measure precipitation in their backyards using a standard 4 inch diameter rain gauge and submit reports online. Climatologist Pete Boulay said the data from backyard rain gauges are helpful and important in many ways. “These volunteers help to verify

Lake Region Healthcare Recognized as a Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital
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(Fergus Falls, MN) – Lake Region Healthcare (LRH) announced today it has been named a 2022 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. This annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX™. Each year, the rural hospitals are analyzed through the lens of the Hospital Strength INDEX, the industry’s most comprehensive and

Man Falls Through Ice - Saved
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(Inver Grove Heights, MN)   February 14, 2022 — Inver Grove Heights Fire performed an ice rescue on the Mississippi Monday afternoon.   According to IGH FD, a man appeared to be cross-country skiing with his dog when he fell through the ice. By luck, someone heard him yelling. A firefighter went onto the river with a special ice rescue suit to help get him climb out.  Other firefighters then pulled the

Patriot Awards
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ALEXANDRIA, MN. (November 3, 2021) – Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) is a Department of Defense program that develops and promotes supportive work environments for service members in the National Guard and Reserve. An employee serving in the National Guard or Reserve, or the spouse of a Guard or Reserve member, may nominate individual supervisors for support provided directly to the nominating Service member and his or