Minnesota awarded $5M to fight chronic diseases
The money comes from the new federal health care law's Community Transformation grant. It will help fund programs aimed at fighting tobacco use, unhealthy diets and lack of exercise.
The money comes from the new federal health care law's Community Transformation grant. It will help fund programs aimed at fighting tobacco use, unhealthy diets and lack of exercise.
Multiple people were questioned but no one is in custody.
Two of its Minneapolis locations are still open, with the third temporarily closed.
The fire started Monday night and caused much of the church's roof to collapse.
The 48-year-old had coached in Bloomington hockey programs for more than 20 years.
A community staple for more than five decades.
Four soldiers were inside a military vehicle that was shot at.
The governor has asked the Legislature for emergency funding for the additional police.
The jury listened to lengthy presentations from the prosecution and defense.
The passenger in the vehicle told police about the incident.
Facebook will remove posts that call for weapons to be brought to Minneapolis and anything that celebrates George Floyd's death.
The company's lawsuit claims the voting system suppressed free speech and hurt its business relationships.
Research from the University of Minnesota says a long-term treatment approach is significantly better at helping smokers kick the habit compared to conventional, short-term programs. Under the long-term approach, care providers continually encourage smokers to reduce their use with the ultimate goal of quitting altogether.
For ten years Wisconsin had kept the disease confined to deer in the southern part of the state. But an infected doe found near Shell Lake changes that. The DNR will look for other sick deer in the area.
The Basilica of St. Mary is just one of the 25 metro sites receiving preservation grants from Partners in Preservation. The organization funds restoration of historical sites throughout the nation and awarded the Minneapolis cathedral over $100,000.
Jen Anderson was a motivational speaker who raised tens of thousands of dollars to help find a cure for cancer. An annual fundraising bike ride in the Twin Cities area was started in her honor. Anderson's fight with cancer lasted six years. She once said "Giving up is so easy. It's the choosing to fight every day that is the real challenge."
Immigrants and refugees often arrive in good health, but within a generation many of them are suffering from obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and other common problems. In what MPR calls a "first-of-its-kind collaboration," Mayo Clinic is partnering with community organizations to teach new arrivals to Minnesota about the importance of diet and exercise.
Twin Metals Minnesota, a joint venture pursuing the development of an underground copper, nickel and platinum group metals mine in Northeastern Minnesota, announced Tuesday that it has been selected as a recipient of Finance & Commerce's 2012 Progress Minnesota award.
Minnesota’s top corporations have domestic partnership benefits, but don’t look for them to donate money to fight a proposed gay marriage amendment.
He also wants to dedicate $1.1 million to fighting the disease annual henceforth.
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