Carver County Awarded for Civic Education

Submitted by Cassie Hart, Web Reporter/Producer

Saturday, June 15th, 2013, 10:33am

Carver County - Image: Carver County website

The Mental Health Consortium of Carver County was awarded the 2013 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award for the category of Civic Education and Public Information.

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Chanhassen Artist Turns Strangers' Stories into Art

Submitted by KSTP News Staff

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 6:24am

Artist Phil Hansen of Chanhassen - Photo: KSTP/Josh Rosenthal

When we caught up with Phil Hansen, he was on the phone with a total stranger. It was the 16th one who had called him that day.

"Putting my phone number on-line is either the greatest idea I ever had or the stupidest. Not quite sure yet," he laughed.

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Mucky Spring Forces Minn. Farmers to Make Tough Decisions

Submitted by KSTP News Staff

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013, 6:25am

Minnesota farmers just can't catch a break. With rain day after day, the season is quickly passing by. Many crops are still unplanted.

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Sequester Cuts Hit Minn. 'Head Start' Program Hard

Submitted by Katherine Johnson on Monday, June 10th, 8:32 pm

Hundreds of children are bused into Hennepin County Head Start facilities from local homeless shelters on a daily basis to start early childhood development while their parents search for housing and jobs.

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Weekend Box Office Preview for June 7, 2013

Submitted by KSTP News Staff

Friday, June 7th, 2013, 12:02pm

This weekend Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson's "The Internship" features the duo trying their hand at an internship with Google.

Also opening this weekend is "The Purge" and "Much Ado About Nothing."

Casey Messer, host of The Reelz Show, gives you a closer look at these movies and what's hot at the box office this weekend.

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Gay Minn. Couples Nab Marriage Licenses

Submitted by Leslie Dyste, Senior Web Producer

Thursday, June 6th, 2013, 8:54pm

When Harvey Zuckman and Phil Oxman first met at a Minneapolis bar in 1975, they never imagined that they would one day be among the first Minnesota gay couples to apply for a marriage license.

"We never really thought this would happen in our lifetime. We just didn't," Zuckman, a 62-year-old computer store owner, said Thursday.

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Edina High School Hires Activities Director, Assistant Principal

Submitted by KSTP News Staff

Wednesday, May 29th, 2013, 5:17pm

The Edina school district has hired Troy Stein as the new activities director and assistant principal at Edina High School. Stein will start his new job July 1.

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