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    June 18, 2019
    Brian Lombardi of Woodbury poses with his wife, Kelly, and two of their children at a previous Hope in Motion 5K. Lombardi began running in the annual fundraiser following a cancer diagnosis in 2013. Submitted photo
    Inspired to run: Cancer survivor runs for family, hope
    Brian Lombardi of Woodbury wasn't much of a runner until 2013. That's the year he was diagnosed with cancer. Lombardi and his wife were expecting...
    community/peopleJune 18, 2019 - 9:40am
    June 14, 2019
    Talisha, Tim, Royb and Taylor Wickberg pose for a photo. Submitted photo
    Heading to Gambia: Hastings native joins Peace Corps
    Taylor Wickberg always dreamed of teaching overseas. Now, as a member of the Peace Corps, the Hastings native is doing just that. Wickberg left...
    community/peopleJune 14, 2019 - 6:00am
    June 6, 2019
    Jay Eidsness and Maja Gamble hold up a sign advertising the warrant resolution event in St. Paul. David Clarey / RiverTown Multimedia
    Warrant resolution event helps many find path forward
    On Saturday, First District Judge Jerome Abrams sat in a Washington Technology Magnet School classroom in St. Paul. On his left and his right...
    community/peopleJune 6, 2019 - 12:00pm
    May 29, 2019
    Barry Jaeger and Dick Andrews fly near Stanton Airfield in the glider they used to win the National Championships held in Albert Lea, Minn., May 12-18. Steve Gardiner / RiverTown Multimediaplay button
    Video: Minnesota pilots grab national soaring championship
    Dick Andrews and Barry Jaeger had competed against each other for years in glider plane competitions. This year, they decided to combine their...
    community/peopleMay 29, 2019 - 11:00am
    May 28, 2019
    "I have felt really welcomed here. People are really friendly," said Stephanie Tardiff, a transplant from Maine and new manager at Crystal Cave in Spring Valley. Her position at the tourist site has allowed her to use her Earth and Environmental Science degree from Unity College in Maine and work with her major interests. Rachel Helgeson / RiverTown Multimedia
    From Maine to Wisconsin: New Crystal Cave manager arrives in midst of expansion
    Wisconsin welcomed a newcomer to the area from Unity, Maine in August 2018 to hold an executive managerial position at the ever-growing Crystal...
    community/peopleMay 28, 2019 - 10:00am
    May 27, 2019
    A headstone at Fort Snelling honors Air Force First Lieutenant William James Crockett of Cottage Grove, who remains MIA after being killed while serving in Vietnam. Submitted photo courtesy of Steve Crockett and Gail Crockett Stanghelle
    An ending unwritten: Family lives with unknown fate of brother lost in Vietnam War
    COTTAGE GROVE — In a letter dated Friday, July 7, 1972, Air Force 1st Lt. William James Crockett wrote to his family in Cottage Grove. While...
    community/peopleMay 27, 2019 - 5:00am
    May 24, 2019
    Loving Home in Nkubu, Kenya, an orphanage started by Hastings resident Ann Makena-Daggett, currently has seven children from the ages of 2 to 6 years old. Photo provided by Makena-Daggett.
    Loving Home built from afar: Hastings resident helps start, run Kenyan orphanage
    HASTINGS—"I saw a lot of poverty because village people were coming to my Mom for help," said Ann Makena-Daggett, who was born and raised...
    community/peopleMay 24, 2019 - 11:49am
    May 23, 2019
    Ten-year-old Silas Ruprecht of Cottage Grove on the job for his new dog poop removal service. He's managed to earn the business and hearts of dog owners across the county. Jackie Renzetti / RiverTown Multimedia
    Cottage Grove kid scoops his way to cash
    After digging out of a record snowfall, residents like Kris Heywood faced another challenge last month: clearing the yard of six months worth...
    community/peopleMay 23, 2019 - 5:00am
    May 22, 2019
    Dave Welshons (right) and Richard Welshons own of DCA Titles. Kelsey Roy/RiverTown Multimedia
    From Here to There: Brothers take over the family business at a young age
    In the summer of 1989, a 22-year-old Dave Welshons and a 25-year-old Richard Welshons took over their father's title insurance agency, Dakota...
    community/peopleMay 22, 2019 - 11:53am
    May 17, 2019
    After battling back from cancer, Lynden Wilson is all smiles after winning the section wrestling tournament and earning a berth at the 2019 state meet. Photo courtesy of Lynden Wilson
    Wilson wrestles back from cancer
    Lynden Wilson was a freshman in high school when doctors told him he had cancer. "At first, I didn't really know what it meant," Wilson said....
    community/peopleMay 17, 2019 - 5:00am
    May 16, 2019
    Miss Hastings 2019, Alaina Mattimiro, will be competing for the title of Miss Minnesota starting Wednesday, June 19. Photo courtesy of Mary Kelly Photography
    One year later: Reflecting on Miss Hastings revival and looking forward
    Last year, the Miss Hastings Scholarship Program was brought back after a 34-year slumber. With a year of experience under their belt, the volunteers...
    community/peopleMay 16, 2019 - 4:00pm
    May 9, 2019
    A picture of Tanner Kelm in his football uniform sits on a table during a fundraiser at a Wildcat basketball game this past February. Bob Burrows / RiverTown Multimedia.
    They've got his back: River Falls athlete not alone in cancer fight
    As an offensive lineman on the River Falls football team, senior Tanner Kelm is used to having his teammates' backs. Now he's got teammates,...
    community/peopleMay 9, 2019 - 6:00pm
    April 30, 2019
    Don Bettis has been running the Auto Doctor for 30 years, and has been working on cars since he was 13 years old. Kelsey Roy / RiverTown Multimedia
    From here to there: The Auto Doctor celebrates 30 years in Hastings
    Don Bettis raced his first snowmobile at the age of 5. When he was 10 years old, he raced his first motorcycle. The year Bettis turned 13, he...
    community/peopleApril 30, 2019 - 5:00am
    April 18, 2019
    Tom Swanson is pictured undergoing one of three weekly dialysis treatments. Because Polycystic Kidney Disease, which Swanson suffers from is incurable, dialysis is the next immediate option to keep him alive until he finds a kidney donor. Submitted photo
    Prescott man needs a kidney, wants thousands of others to receive one too
    About 95,000 people in the United States as of January 2019 are waiting on a list to receive a kidney, according to the U.S. Government Information...
    community/peopleApril 18, 2019 - 12:00pm
    April 3, 2019
    The robotics team brought joy and freedom to 2-year-old Cillian Jackson when the teenagers modified a Power Wheels car and turned it into a small wheelchair. Cillian is the son of Tyler and Krissy Jackson of Farmington. Submitted photo
    Farmington robotics team builds joystick-driven wheelchair for toddler
    FARMINGTON — The highlight of this year's competition season was engineered when the team brought joy and goodwill to a local toddler and...
    community/peopleApril 3, 2019 - 10:05am
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