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Hy-Vee Inc. announced that they have awarded 156 One Step Garden Grants totaling $156,000 to community organizations and Hy-Vee stores as part of the Hy-Vee One Step program. The $1,000 grants will be used to purchase seeds, plants, garden tools and food preservation equipment for community gardens...

The National Association of Letter Carriers is once again asking for your help to Stamp Out Hunger with their annual drive to help feed families on Saturday, May 13. Go through your cupboards for healthy nonperishable food items that you can spare, or the next time you go shopping, pick some extra items up at the store for the drive...

Since 2012, Wells Fargo has gifted more than 300 homes to veterans nationwide. Today a veteran who has received the Purple Heart got a new home in Farmington. Reid Erickson left the army in 2014 as a first sergeant. He had given 10 years of his life to the service and was deployed during Operation Enduring Freedom and was wounded during that deployment...

Hey there, I'm putting out the call for area events. One of the things that drives me nuts about a lot of the wonderful activities in our local communities is that the people who organize them don't think to reach out to their local radio stations...

Back to the '80s is the theme for the annual Pet Parade to be held in Faribault on Thursday, August 4. So guys, find your '80s clothes, girls bring back that Olivia Newton John, "Physical" look and get your pets ready. Seriously you don't need a pet to join in...

Every year on the second Saturday of May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities across the U.S. participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive, the largest one-day food drive in the nation. The drive has delivered more than 1 billion pounds of food in the past 24 years...

Michelle Redman, executive director of Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota, announced their "Big Couple" and "School Site Big of the Year" winners. Troy Dunn and his wife, Tara, signed up to be a Big Couple four years ago. They spend time with Grayson each Sunday...

With all of the turmoil in North Minneapolis yet and the issues surrounding that police department, and with the news of a Plymouth officer accidentally getting hit by a car while on duty yesterday, it's nice to hear a good police story. Last week, a Lakeville Police officer responded to a call of a resident who had fallen inside her garage...

I told you a few weeks ago that IHOP Restaurants raise money for children's charities every year by offering up a free short stack of their fabulous pancakes to their customers on National Pancake Day, which this year was March 8. Their goal this year was to raise $3...