
COMMUNITY VOICES | Become one of the helpers in the wake of political violence
"I think we can choose together to stay soft. We can become the helpers that Mr. Fred Rogers (and his mother) recommended we look for in tragedies," writes Nora Hertel.
"I think we can choose together to stay soft. We can become the helpers that Mr. Fred Rogers (and his mother) recommended we look for in tragedies," writes Nora Hertel.
Work to mediate more than 100 years of industrial pollution and dumping in Duluth, Minn., has reached new milestones.
The St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce named Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Homes the 2025 Family-Owned Business of the Year. Here’s how they’ve met the community’s shifting needs and how they accommodate families’ desires and wishes.
Education about the history and role of controlled burns in northeast Minnesota is key, officials say.
The mission to beef up charging infrastructure is more financial than technical, experts say.
The generational divide between younger Somalis willing to seek out mental health services and their parents is a challenge practitioners are working to address.
Creating more cycling infrastructure in cities is one part of the larger puzzle to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Project Optimist partners with The Sowing Room and Central Lakes College on a belonging dialogue.
We believe communities are stronger when people know how journalism works and participate in making journalism however they’re able.
Project Optimist and Hartley Nature Center will host the free event.
The number of domestic violence cases has not decreased, but officials say the Stearns County Domestic Violence Partnership has reduced homicides and offered victims and offenders support.
Los documentales de Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo se enfocaron en la comunidad tras mudarse a Minnesota. Desde entonces, sus proyectos han adoptado nuevas formas, como la narración y el bordado.
Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo’s films became community-focused after she moved to Minnesota. Since then, her projects have taken on new forms, such as storytelling and embroidery.
Without the money and resources that the Global North has, countries in the Global South are not able to adapt to or fight back against the impacts of climate change.
While Minnesota’s Latino population surged by nearly 38% from 2010 to 2020, the mental health system has not kept pace.
Aunque la población latina de Minnesota aumentó casi un 38% entre 2010 y 2020, el sistema de salud mental no ha logrado mantenerse al día.
Some of Minnesota’s tiniest frogs make big sounds, often before ice is out on most lakes.
Here's what the partnership means for Project Optimist.