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June 5, 2012 in DL-Online
Anton Treuer, Minnesota Ojibwe author and professor of Ojibwe studies at Bemidji State University, answered questions about Native Americans Wednesday afternoon to promote his book, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask.” Continue Reading
May 28, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
WILMONT Flags snapped in the breeze, childish laughter rang out and the murmur of voices buzzed across Calvary Cemetery in Wilmont Monday morning as a crowd of people wandered the burial ground visiting gravesites and acknowledging the headstones marked with flags and the words that identified the deceased as a veteran. Continue Reading
May 21, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa It was love that kept Marcy Costello in Lakefield.
But it was her dream that landed her in Iowa.
A native of Peru, Costello came to the States to study through an exchange program. Continue Reading
April 3, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON At a time when more and more people are angrily weighing in with opinions about what happened in Sanford, Fla. on the night of Feb. 26, Patricia Lawrence is trying to bring some peace to the situation, she said Tuesday. Continue Reading
March 19, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON As a child, Dr. Firas Farra was aware of the expectations his parents had for him being the oldest of three siblings. Continue Reading
March 12, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
Berhane’s life in northeast Africa was surrounded by death
WORTHINGTON The tears flowed freely down Alemitu Berhane’s face Sunday afternoon when asked about her homeland of Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea in northeast Africa. Continue Reading
February 13, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
Cameroon native teaching at Minnesota West
WORTHINGTON On both sides of his family, Gilbert Ayuk’s grandfathers were chiefs of their villages in his native Cameroon, located in west-central Africa. Continue Reading
November 14, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe
Côte d’Ivoire native shares struggles in pursuit of the American dream
WORTHINGTON Twenty-three years ago, Leon Kouame was working in a factory repairing IBM typewriters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast), in West Africa. It was at a time when computers were starting to take over, and Kouame realized if he wanted to make more money, he needed to learn to work on them. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe
Worthington man returns to native Libya to help fight Gaddafi regime
WORTHINGTON Awad Abdulrahman sat on the couch at the home of a fellow Libyan friend Monday afternoon, the flag of his home country proudly displayed behind him. Continue Reading
August 23, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe
MINERAL, Va. Worthington native Jennifer (Behrens) Nelson was in her yard cutting the rose hedge when a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the East Coast shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday. The epicenter was determined to be near Mineral, Va., where Nelson has lived since 2002. Continue Reading
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