AltWeeklies Wire
Is the Reign of Feral Cats Over in the Twin Cities?new
Two years ago, St. Paul Animal Control and Animal Ark formed a unique partnership to implement the controversial Trap, Neuter, and Return program advocated by the Humane Society.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
12-17-2008 |
Animal Issues
Midwest Oil Mining is a Crude Idea to Manynew
A web of pipelines has sprouted up throughout the Midwest, following the Great Lakes, moving all the way from the Dakotas to Chicago and Detroit. But it comes at a heavy cost, a price so large that one environmentalist remarked that in comparison to the nightmarish ramifications of the oil sands, offshore drilling is an "environmental yawn."
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
12-03-2008 |
Environment
Skate or Die: Life with the MN Roller Girlsnew
The rough-and-tumble Roller Girls punch, smack, and kick their way to victory at the rink.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
10-09-2008 |
Sports
Minneapolis Mayor to Arrested Journalists: Drop Deadnew
For a city leadership that spent so much time trying to convince everyone that the convention was in Minneapolis, too, Mayor R.T. Rybak's office suddenly wants very little to do with hosting the RNC, especially those nasty reports of police brutality and journalist arrests.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
09-17-2008 |
Media
Advocates Say Minnesota's Largest Animal Shelter Could Reduce Euthanasia Ratesnew
The Animal Humane Society killed more than 14,000 animals last year. How many were unnecessary?
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
08-20-2008 |
Animal Issues
Battered Woman Becomes American Refugee in Amsterdamnew
A wanted fugitive and kidnapper in the United States, Holly Collins was granted refugee status in the Netherlands in 1997. She fled the US to keep her husband -- who beat her -- from taking custody of their kids.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
07-31-2008 |
Children & Families
Chronic Underfunding is Leading Rural Schools to Desperate Measuresnew
Most rural districts are graduating more students than they are enrolling because of the declining and aging population in outstate areas. Because Minnesota funds schools on a per-pupil basis, declining enrollments can affect small schools disproportionately. But schools still have to heat the buildings; they still have to staff the school. And rural schools often have higher transportation costs.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
07-02-2008 |
Education
'So My Boyfriend and I Went Speed Dating'new
An intrepid reporter enters the modern world of attention deficit dates.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
06-18-2008 |
Culture
Minnesota Offers Treatment to Vets Who Commit Crimesnew
Minnesota became the second state in the nation to pass a sentence-mitigation bill for veterans facing criminal prosecution who suffer from combat related mental health disorders.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
05-23-2008 |
War
Mystery Illness Fells Young Mannew
In a matter of months, his parents and doctors watched as Cole Haakana regressed from a healthy 11-year-old into a big kid with the mentality of a four-year-old. But to get her son's mysterious malady diagnosed, a mother must battle some of Minnesota's top hospitals.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
05-14-2008 |
Science
Crime & PTSDnew
Pending legislation would help veterans get treatment instead of prison time.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
03-26-2008 |
War
Veterans Are Killing Themselves in Record Numbersnew
But at the VA, not much has changed.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
03-26-2008 |
War
A Soldier in Winternew
A 24-year-old veteran seeks redemption for atrocities committed during the Iraq War.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
03-05-2008 |
War
