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An Owatonna monther recently posted a heartfelt message to the community surrounding her autistic son Mason, of whom both have recently moved to the community.

A nonprofit in the Twin Cities is turning unrest into a place to rest for Minnesota's homeless.

Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge opened their Women's Center in November, and today it's the Grand Opening Celebration at Assisi Heights!

Thanks to all who helped in making the annual Farmer's Appreciation Breakfast a very successful event. I don't have an exact number of people served, but we estimate about 225. We will have a another post of the prize winners up soon. Thanks to the Townsquare Crew that did the broadcast, served the food and helped in any way...

Hy-Vee Inc. announced that they have awarded 156 One Step Garden Grants totaling $156,000 to community organizations and Hy-Vee stores as part of the Hy-Vee One Step program. The $1,000 grants will be used to purchase seeds, plants, garden tools and food preservation equipment for community gardens...

Everyone agreed, and the Faribault City Council has even talked about the fact that the feral cats are getting to be a very big problem in the city. It's been talked about for a while now. The feral or stray cat program in the city of Faribault...

The National Association of Letter Carriers is once again asking for your help to Stamp Out Hunger with their annual drive to help feed families on Saturday, May 13. Go through your cupboards for healthy nonperishable food items that you can spare, or the next time you go shopping, pick some extra items up at the store for the drive...

Minnesota food shelves always need help to replenish their stock, whether it be nonperishable food donations or cash, which the food shelf can take and purchase more items per dollar than we could. But during the month of March, 330 Minnesota food shelves come together to ask for your help...

Since 2012, Wells Fargo has gifted more than 300 homes to veterans nationwide. Today a veteran who has received the Purple Heart got a new home in Farmington. Reid Erickson left the army in 2014 as a first sergeant. He had given 10 years of his life to the service and was deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom and was wounded during that deployment...

Not that I need them, but it's hard for me to pass up those wonderful Girl Scout cookies. As a former Boy Scout leader, I know how hard it is to do fundraising, and so I always try to support the Girl Scouts in their cause. More than 21,000 scouts will start going door to door on Saturday, Feb...