Minnesota Public Radio
A selection of my reporting during my time as a reporter at MPR.
Award winners
False documents: A lucrative business
Priests and health department tackle infant and fetal deaths among Latino families
Immigration and race relations
Reporting the news — en español
Lutheran church revisits bilingual past for Sudanese immigrants
From tiny island to tiny town, Micronesians at home in Milan, Minn.
Somali population, cultural tensions rising in St. Cloud
Some students say St. Cloud schools haven’t responded to racism
Pastor’s newspaper ad fans religious tensions in St. Cloud
St. Cloud’s history of friction with outsiders
In St. Cloud, apartment shortage splits families
Business
New bakery offers a taste of home to Salvadorians
Immigrant farmers work and learn in a new land
Immigrant brothers build their dream
St. Cloud bank is nation’s top buyer of failed institutions
St. Cloud residents not seeing results of stimulus
Program helps beginning farmers get started
Human interest
St. Cloud seniors miss the newspaper’s bridge column
Raising sheep a family affair on one farm
Quilt shop makes cozy concert venue
Crowds embark on culinary adventure at Garlic Festival
Trauma Reporting
How military families cope when parents come home injured
Despite rising flood waters, some residents are staying put
They came for a class reunion and stayed for the cleanup
Environment
Health Department says it’s safe to eat more fish in Minnesota
Minnesota cities struggle with measuring their carbon footprint
Several agencies will investigate the cause of explosion
Authorities search for cause of pipeline explosion
Weatherization needs on Indian reservation outstrip assistance