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    April 3, 2013
    Hudson Hospital dietician Jean Weiler says a good place to start this new year is by eating more fruits and vegetables.
    Dieticians say small steps can lead to big results
    While the inclination may be to literally "hit the ground running," when it comes to making healthy choices, experts seem to agree that small...
    health/LifeApril 3, 2013 - 6:00am
    April 1, 2013
    International group helps ease homesickness for some
    WOODBURY -- A group of women who gather every month at a Woodbury coffee shop shows just how small the world is. Or how diverse the city has...
    LifeApril 1, 2013 - 6:00am
    March 29, 2013
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    Book Report: This, not your PBS version of London
    "I wander thro' each charter'd street Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of...
    LifeMarch 29, 2013 - 10:56am
    March 28, 2013
    New driver in your future? Parental tips offered to ease rite-of-passage
    Few parents look forward to the day when they must teach their teenager to drive a car. Handing over the keys to a teenager and then riding shotgun...
    LifeMarch 28, 2013 - 6:00am
    March 27, 2013
    Pediatrician: One-on-one interaction critical in baby's first years
    HASTINGS -- There are many different sources of information for parents about developmental milestones for children. Most have long lists of...
    LifeMarch 27, 2013 - 6:12am
    What's being hungry got to do with eating?
    In January a small group in western Wisconsin celebrated the one-year anniversary of a local gathering where everyone may not know your name,...
    health/LifeMarch 27, 2013 - 6:00am
    March 26, 2013
    Board games can entertain, chase away cabin fever
    Finding the right games for this setting can be a challenge for people of different interests and ages, but with careful selection and compromise,...
    Family/LifeMarch 26, 2013 - 9:18am
    LaVergne Dickerson has been instructing first aid and babysitting training courses using the American Red Cross curriculum for several years
    OH, BABY! You're in good hands
    Why is play important for children's development? What is the most important thing to remember when changing a baby's diaper? What information...
    Family/health/LifeMarch 26, 2013 - 8:24am
    March 22, 2013
    Book Report: Indiana, no, make that Wisconsin Jones
    When I was a kid in a small Wisconsin grade school, one of my favorite subjects was Wisconsin history, taught to me by my sixth-grade teacher,...
    columns/LifeMarch 22, 2013 - 12:33pm
    March 14, 2013
    Book Report: Glowing endorsements for new poet
    River Falls poet Thomas R. Smith writes that Kristin Laurel's new book of poetry will "burn itself on your memory." Minnesota poet Deborah Keenan...
    columns/LifeMarch 14, 2013 - 9:45am
    March 8, 2013
    by Jim Travis
    Book Report: Area author's round two a success
    Not long ago I raved about a first novel written by a neighbor down the road in Lake Elmo, Minn.
    LifeMarch 8, 2013 - 12:18pm
    February 28, 2013
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    Book Report: Son carries on, expands war narrative
    As the River Falls Reads program winds down and folks who have read and enjoyed Michael Shaara's Pulitzer-Prize winning novel about the Battle...
    LifeFebruary 28, 2013 - 12:09pm
    February 25, 2013
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    Book Report: The dirt: Even Puritans didn't always come clean
    I have ancestors who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century, so I'm always on the lookout for books, movies or plays about...
    columns/LifeFebruary 25, 2013 - 3:12pm
    February 21, 2013
    Book Report: Court documents reveal historical truths
    I have ancestors who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century, so I'm always on the lookout for books, movies or plays...
    columns/LifeFebruary 21, 2013 - 9:44am
    February 14, 2013
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    Book Review: Diary entries sum up tales of rich and famous
    "October 27, 1940, Sunday -- Went to chapel all day as usual. Our big meeting next Sunday. Gwilym Rees will be preaching. "October 29, 1940,...
    columns/LifeFebruary 14, 2013 - 12:23pm
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