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J. J. Brian Calva reading to kids.

Schools find more than one way to develop readers

By Star News on March 15, 2013 at 12:37 pm

Bjorn and Esther Dixon and kids.
Photos by Britt Aamodt
Bjorn and Esther Dixon discovered the adoption agency, to whom that had paid close to $30,000, had gone bankrupt through a mass email on Feb. 8. Still, the Dixons have no doubt that someday their twin daughters Liana and Amaya will have a baby brother to play with.

Adopting hope: Three local families’ adoptions stalled by agency bankruptcy

By Star News on March 15, 2013 at 12:26 pm

Elk River High School graduate, Mitch Gerads is co-creator on the special ops comic book, THE ACTIVITY.

Vindication comes for comic artist

By Star News on March 8, 2013 at 10:45 am

The last ride for Toth

By Jim Boyle on March 1, 2013 at 10:18 am

Carmen Pampa, the Most Dangerous Road in the World:
Mitsubishi commercials have featured the breathtaking mountainside road outside Carmen Pampa, often referred to as the Most Dangerous Road in the World.

The power to transform

By Star News on February 22, 2013 at 11:39 am

Pat and Jim Rossman on the deck of ARiverDerci at their departure from Lake City in September.

Rossman couple takes on the Great Loop

By Star News on February 15, 2013 at 11:43 am

Griffiths adds his name to Eagle Scout list

By Star News on February 15, 2013 at 10:47 am

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High school scientist and inventor Josh Wolf hopes to make the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Ariz. this year with his invention to turn plastic bags into gasoline.

Wolf resumes scientific title hunt

By Star News on February 15, 2013 at 10:45 am

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Student builds bike rack with artistic flair

By Joni Astrup on February 11, 2013 at 1:07 am

Jessica Bloom (on right) founded Carrie’s Closet in 2011 in memory of her friend, Carrie Lorman (on left) who was killed in a car accident in 2009.

Act of kindness blossoms into nonprofit

By Star News on February 1, 2013 at 9:59 am