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Barely half of Minnesota men are organ donors. A former Vikings player and kidney recipient says that’s not enough.

Former Minnesota Gophers and Vikings player Ben Williams went for a routine checkup in June of 2015. He was told that his kidneys were operating at 15% of their normal function. “I consider myself fairly tough, and among the things...

Conservative political motion committee Right Now Minnesota faces questions on the way it’s spending donors’ money

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Ryan Faircloth and Briana Bierschbach on the Star Tribune report a conservative political motion committee (PAC) in Minnesota, Right Now Minnesota, spent zero dollars to assist elect Republican candidates last...

UMN might sell Eastcliff mansion, president’s home, unless donors put up $15 million

The University of Minnesota might sell the historic St. Paul mansion that houses the university’s president if it could possibly’t raise at the least $15 million to support ongoing maintenance and operations. Inbuilt 1922 as a personal home for lumber...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...