The woman next to me brushed tears from her eyes, and stared gloomily ahead as we rushed toward United Hospital.
We were in the back of an ambulance and the woman had just been resuscitated from a near-fatal fentanyl overdose in the bathroom at the Dorothy Day shelter.
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Sunday, August 3, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
West 7th’s C.S.P.S. Hall was emptied out. Lights down, chairs and tables folded and put away.
The band was packing instruments and coiling microphone cables. The beautiful 140 year-old wood floor was being swept, polished.
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In the 1500s eight thousand years of Dakota way of life and territorial integrity in Minnesota was challenged by European
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The kayaks sat on top of our car. Tents, sleeping bags, cooking gear, food and everything else one needs for four days in the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness were packed inside. The weather forecast was perfect, sunny days with temperatures in the mid 70’s. We anticipated fishing, exploring the lakes with our kayaks, summer evenings around a campfire and in general enjoying the beautiful outdoors. Unfortunately the morning our permit gave us permission to enter, we turned around and headed back to St. Paul. The entire BWCAW was experiencing the same extreme air quality alert that folks were experiencing throughout Minnesota, including St. Paul. The reading registered at 170 or in the color coded alert system, purple, which means very unhealthy for everyone, not just the elderly or folks with health issues.
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When I was in medical school, I signed up for a 10-mile trail race on the Superior Hiking Trail. It was a bold move—I wasn’t a runner, let alone a trail runner—and I had no real idea what I was getting myself into. I’d hiked a few trails before, but running up and down rocky terrain for hours was a completely different challenge.
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In the 90s and early 2000s, Saturdays were cleaning days. My grandmother would wake us all up, give us a
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I often find myself enthralled with books before I finish them. Once I do, and they’ve marinated in my head for a while, my full opinion unfurls. “The God of the Woods” by Liz Moore was one of those books. I devoured it within a week or so, yet while ruminating on how to frame it in this article, began to discern some of the book’s defective properties.
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Writer/director James Gunn has a pretty stellar track record when it comes to the realm of spunky, comical, and heartfelt
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Join us for the first-ever Great North Star Read Together—a statewide Read-In and celebration of Minnesota libraries! Bring your current
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