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Warren Buffett Invites Good Deed Dairy Queen Teen to Shareholders Meeting
A Minnesota teen's act of kindness for a blind customer has prompted an outpouring of praise, including from billionaire Warren Buffett, who has invited...
Fast Food Worker Who Stood Up For Blind Customer Gets National Praise
A 19-year-old employee at a local Dairy Queen served more than ice cream at his Hopkins, Minnesota store on September 10. He stood up...
Grandparents Develop iPad App to Stay in Touch With Family
With six children and eight grandchildren who live 3000 miles apart, Colorado toy inventors Charlie and Maria Girsch dreamed up a better way to...
Hometown Hero: Birthday Girl’s Gifts Go to Good Cause
A Minnesota girl, Jaydn Moriarty, decided to make her 10th birthday party less about herself, and more about others. Forgoing presents, she instead requested...
US States Revive Preschool Funding as Economies Recover
As Congress evaluates the Obama administration's plans for universal preschool, several states are already inching toward that goal. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced last...
Another Vacant Warehouse Turned into Organic Urban Farm
The Hamm’s Brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota closed in 1997, but now one of the vacant buildings is being renovated into an urban farm.
A...
A Grateful Grocer Passes on Business to His 400 Employees
For the past 46 years, Joe Lueken has been a successful Minnesota grocer and come January 1st, staying true to his philosophy of giving...
Dying Man Finds Miracle in Abandoned Church
At 57 years old, Greg Thomas was diagnosed with stage 4 head and neck cancer. "When I found out that I had cancer, they...
Nurses Help Hospitalized Man Participate in Son’s West Coast Wedding
The father of the groom was too sick to travel to the planned wedding of his son in California, so the nursing staff at...
Nice is Trending on Twitter: School’s Football Captain Beats Cyber Bullies With Kindness Tweets
When he saw classmates taunted on Twitter, 17-year-old Kevin Curwick, a high school football captain, decided that online bullying should not be a spectator...
Two Vietnam War Enemies Meet and Turn Friends
Two men, who tried to kill each other 40 years ago, met at the Minneapolis airport this afternoon.
Dan Cherry and New Yen Hong Me...
Obama Writes Excuse for 11-year-old who Missed School to Attend Speech
11-year old Tyler Sullivan never made it into school on Friday, but he had a pretty good excuse.
After the boy and his dad watched...
Obama Beams as Bob Dylan, 12 Others, Awarded Medal of Freedom (w/ Video)
At the White House yesterday, President Obama honored this year's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor.
“I have to...
Love With a Side of Fries: McDonald’s Inspired High School Sweethearts Marry After 30 Years
The McDonald's in Crystal, Minnesota brings back golden memories to Steve Rydberg going clear back to the 1960s when he met his high school...
Iowa Honors Birthday of Farming Hero Who Saved a Billion Lives: Norman Borlaug
Today marks the 98th anniversary of the birth of Iowa’s greatest hero, Norman E. Borlaug, the farm boy who received the Nobel Peace Prize...
GE to Hire 5000 Returning Veterans; States Also Seeking to Spur Jobs for Soldiers
A combination of activity is underway across government and industry has to help spur the hiring of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. General...
Truckers Who Saved Others are Finalists for Highway Hero Award
Professional truck drivers who jumped from their cabs to rescue fellow motorists are being honored as heroes by the Goodyear Tire Company in their...
Good Samaritan Pays Bus Fare for Riders All Day After Wallet is Returned
The holidays are upon us and the spirit of giving is already in full swing in Minnesota.
An anonymous good Samaritan paid it forward Thursday...
Woman Quits Real Estate Business to Help Heroes Afford New Homes
After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Ruth Johnson found a way to use her extensive real estate experience to "give back" to those who...
When Not To Quit: Man Revived After 96 Minutes Thanks to New Technology
Last January, a Minnesota man's heart stopped beating for an amazing 96 minutes. Emergency room doctors thought he was dead. But first responders who...