ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — What we see every day, our eyes no longer see. Take freeway noise barriers, not even worthy of our passing glances. Unless you're Dave Gatzmer, and a noise barrier calls you. “There we go,” Dave says to himself, 20 feet up on a lad... See more
WINNEBAGO, Minn. — Sunday morning in Winnebago means Mary Conklin won't be last to the First Presbyterian Church. With hand on railing, Mary climbs the church steps, “I always get here early,” she says. Early gets Mary a good seat, but not a pew on the ai... See more
ST PAUL, Minnesota — A fresh coating of snow has frosted the old brick mansion like gingerbread as a car pulls into the parking lot. A young woman with an inviting smile steps out. “Hi,” she says, stepping onto the sugary snow. Life was not so sweet when ... See more
MINNEAPOLIS — Even when he's working solo in the loft of his south Minneapolis home, David Geister isn’t alone. “I never get lonely,” the visual artist says. “I always have somebody in the studio with me.” At this moment, David is spending time with Kay B... See more
COLERAINE, Minn. — Come to Coleraine, Minnesota, stop by Greenway High School, and you'll find a foreigner in American government class. “I'm learning a lot of new things here,” Henri Kuckels, an exchange student from Cologne, Germany, says. Henri would n... See more
