WBFO s Marian Hetherly reports It s not about the gender, it s about the calling that you have, said Michelle Kraebel. I think God chooses you.
Kraebel is a deacon at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Depew. She grew up Catholic, but left the faith 17 years ago because it doesn t allow female deacons. I wanted to do more, and I couldn t do more where I was. And it was a struggle. It was a big struggle for me to make that final decision. I felt guilty, she said. But then I realized I m not leaving anything. I m bettering myself. I am answering the calling that I m getting.
Hennepin County Board approves a record $17 million for affordable housing projects It s the largest amount awarded by the board to support affordability. May 19, 2021 3:22pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Hennepin County is spending a record $17 million for 27 affordable housing and development projects this year to create nearly 2,300 units and the county s first low-income rent-reduction subsidy program.
The grants are the largest amount ever awarded by the board at one time to support affordable housing, officials said. The awards represent more than double the funding approved for affordable housing in 2018, and it s part of the county s 10-year plan to bolster housing for its poorest families and most vulnerable residents.
As part of a push to bring more affordable housing to the county, the Hennepin County Board this week approved a new round of funding to support more than two
Obituary: Kathleen Melanie (Littlefield) Sproul
AUGUSTA - Kathleen Melanie (Littlefield) Sproul died on April 9, 2021 at her home in Augusta at the age of 69 .
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Kathleen Melanie (Littlefield) Sproul
AUGUSTA – Kathleen Melanie (Littlefield) Sproul died on April 9, 2021 at her home in Augusta at the age of 69 years old. She died after a 10-year battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a rare neurological disease of which there is no cure and little is known.
Born on June 24, 1951, Kathy was the second child born to Dexter Parker Littlefield and Patricia M. (O’Grady) Littlefield in Worcester, Mass. They moved to Belfast when Kathy was still quite young. She attended Belfast public schools, graduating from Belfast Area High School in 1969. In high school, Kathy sang in chorus, participated in school plays and American Field Service. She later attended Beal Business College in Bangor.
Minnesota churches helping Brooklyn Center families during the unrest
Pastor Jenny Sung with St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi has spent the last week going door to door in the neighborhood. Author: Deevon Rahming (KARE11) Updated: 10:35 PM CDT April 15, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. It s been a long week for people who live just feet away from the Brooklyn Center Police Department, in the wake of Daunte Wright s death. We re literally hostage in our own home, said Johnny Tolliver who lives in the apartments neat the station. We didn t have nothing to do with this stuff you know what I m saying, the whole Fort Snelling came over here man, said another neighbor.