Rural Blue Earth, Minnesota, resident Deb Oothoudt has been through many physical and emotional challenges. She begins her story with a bit of background information about her growing up years and credits her parents as role models for setting a daily example that was more valuable than mere words of instruction and advice, “They literally [...]
After an 11-year-long civil war in Sierra Leone, the devastation and poverty left behind over 350,000 orphaned children. After adopting two children from the country, Tina Schmidt became involved with The Raining Season. She felt the call to help restore the children of Sierra Leone and was instrumental in the opening of a new children’s [...]
Life for some at the Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children was a nightmare, while others considered it a safe haven from a circle of poverty and abuse at the hands of their parents.
The orphanage housed 10,635 children from 1886 to 1945. It’s said that there are at least 10,635 different perspectives [...]
In 2009 Scott and Diane Peterson of Champlin, Minnesota were overjoyed with the news that they were expecting. Immediately they fell in love with their little one and looked forward to the day when they could hold their baby. Fourteen weeks into the pregnancy, they were given the devastating news that their daughter, whom they [...]
By Eve Ruotsinoja
It seems like a bit of a jump to go from Navy diving to spacewalking, but if you can’t fly, you might as well jump. Or so Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper thought when she decided to apply for the NASA astronaut program.
Heide Stefanyshyn (rhymes with “definition”) received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering [...]
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