ISIS revelations lead to debate over best ways to combat recruitment in the Twin Cities
While some local Muslim leaders have been advocating a concerted public effort, others worry about a backlash to a high-profile approach.
Mike Cronin
Mike Cronin is a Minneapolis-based investigative reporter. In 17 years as a print, broadcast and web journalist, Cronin has worked for The Associated Press, Bill Moyers, Minnesota Public Radio, The Arizona Republic and Texas Watchdog, among others.
The big late-in-life move: Assisted living is becoming a rite of passage in rural Minnesota
“We made a kind of pact: When she fell, that would be the time,” said Keith Ogden about his mother, Margaret Steenerson. “But she didn’t want to leave the house.”
Minnesota responds to rural doctor shortage with teams, training, telemedicine
Primary-care physicians are becoming older and fewer in Greater Minnesota, while their patients also are older but growing in number.
How has the Root River Trail System affected hamlets along its path?
Some say the 60-mile bike path’s effects on business in southeastern Minnesota have surprised the trail’s proponents and opponents alike.
What gun victims would do about gun violence
Victims of gun violence are seldom asked what they would to to curb gun violence. So we did.
Minnesota’s new recycling law means business
Under the state’s new recycling rules, Twin Cities businesses will have to follow practices homeowners have used for decades.
Bible comments by GOP’s candidate for state Supreme Court alarm legal experts
Michelle MacDonald says using the Bible was meant only to be a symbol that God is the highest court.
Don’t cross the pollinators: Starting July 1, they’re protected by law
Farmers, environmentalists and entomologists praise Minnesota for spearheading state laws to protect beekeepers and pollinators (bees, ants and bats) from insecticides.
Andrew Rothman, a leading gun-rights advocate, on why Minnesotans need guns
Rothman carries a gun with him almost everywhere he goes “for general self-defense.”
Despite audit’s red flags, vets give Minnesota’s VA clinics high marks
Minnesota Veterans Affairs officials anxiously seek an explanation why a federal audit identified the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and the Rochester VA clinic as trouble spots needing more review.
VA wait-time audit flags Minneapolis, Rochester clinics for further review
WASHINGTON — The clinics are among 112 in the country flagged for additional review.
Learning about our gun cultures: I’m getting a permit to carry a pistol
The second time I ever shot a gun, I passed a safety class that qualified me to legally carry a pistol in Minnesota.
