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“No confidence”: As UFM residents look to move program, patients flee a clinic adrift

by David Lamb The marriage that created the United Family Medicine (UFM) Residency Program in 1993, providing high-quality health care to a generation of Saint…
An Election Like No Other: Making Your Voice Heard on November 3

Deadline While Minnesota state law allows absentee ballots to be requested until the day before the election, voters must register for them by October 19…
Father John Clay, 94, Nurtured Communities for Generations

by David LambPastor emeritus of St. Stanislaus Church, a Catholic parish in the Little Bohemia neighborhood, the Rev. John Calvert Clay guided and inspired thousands…
Back to School?: In year of uncertainty, parents, students and teachers tackle new challenges

BY DAVID LAMB After the debate over how to handle the coming academic year raged through most of the summer, with no consensus emerging, administrators…
Wabasha Street Caves to Close as Pandemic Threatens Local Venues

by David Lamb The manmade tunnels behind West St. Paul’s castle-like structure, once the site of a speakeasy said to be frequented by notorious gangsters,…
After George Floyd, Cries for Justice and Equity

By David LambIn the video that outraged the nation, George Floyd is shown lying face-down on the street for nearly nine minutes, begging for his…
As Coronavirus Advances, Losses Reverberate Through Generations

by David Lamb With the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 soaring nationally, few communities have been spared the disease’s devastation. What first arrived in…
HRA Approves Significant Affordable Housing Investments for 2020

[Editor’s Note: Affordable housing is a local, state and national issue. The Community Reporteris beginning to work on a series of articles on the topic. In November,…