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Twin Cities

Fans, famous mourn Prince's death

Fans, famous mourn Prince's death

Minnesota pop music icon Prince, 57, was found unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park studios in Chanhassen. Tributes poured in almost immediately as the news ricocheted around the world.
by MPR News Staff

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'Unprecedented' need for Twin Cities heroin treatment

'Unprecedented' need for Twin Cities heroin treatment

The number of people entering treatment for heroin addiction in the Twin Cities reached a historic high last year and more people are being treated for heroin now than marijuana, a state drug abuse expert says.
by Jon Collins

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'Culture of second chances' -- or opportunity for struggling students?

'Culture of second chances' -- or opportunity for struggling students?

As schools try to close the achievement gap, some educators worry that a shift in grading standards -- and allowing students to correct answers they've gotten wrong on tests -- isn't preparing their students for college or the workplace.
by Laura Yuen

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She lost her fiance to painkillers and went on to fight for Narcan

She lost her fiance to painkillers and went on to fight for Narcan

Steve Rummler and Lexi Reed Holtum were high school sweethearts who went their own ways after graduation. Years later, they reunited, fell back in love and planned to marry. A prescription for opioid painkillers -- and later, addiction -- intervened.
by Jon Collins

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He sold drugs to his own community; now he fights for redemption

He sold drugs to his own community; now he fights for redemption

James Cross used to sell drugs in Minneapolis and on northern Minnesota's Native American reservations. After more than two decades in and out of jail, he's working to support recovery and addiction programs in Native American communities.
by Jon Collins

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