Adam Jukkola

Love blooms anew in '85 VW convertible

It occurred to Bob, his wife could ride with him, if she could be dropped into the passenger seat through the open convertible top. The staff at her care facility agreed to help.

Maple Grove’s Mike Raven started volunteering after retirement in the school where his wife worked.
“She said maybe you should come over to the school and do some work,” said Raven. “It’s just evolved and evolved.”
Today he’s a fixture at Elm Creek Elementary, volunteering everywhere from the school cafeteria to the classroom to the grounds crew. He helps put up a display on kindness every year, and he also builds a four-foot-tall paper mache cartoon character to celebrate ‘I Love to Read’ month...

Three freshman DFL representatives shared with CCX News how Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) was dynamic on the campaign trail and in St. Paul.
“She cared about Minnesota,” said Rep. Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley (DFL-Brooklyn Park). “She made me feel valued and heard and that I belonged in a space as a freshman legislator. You know, you couldn’t have asked for a better leader.”
Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed in their Brooklyn Park home on June 14. 
Lawmakers said Hortman...

It’s not a Saturday morning at the New Hope Ice Arena unless it’s bustling and bursting with activity. On any given week, there could be figure skating lessons, hockey practice, dance rehearsals, and a team planning to host a hockey tournament.
Many of the people involved at the rink have been working there for years.
Dawn Landon Boice has been teaching figure skating lessons at the arena since it opened in 1975.
“It’s truly a part of my life and it’s who I am at this point,” said Boice.
Many of...

One of the most frequent phone calls that we get at CCX Media is about a long-running show on Create called Polka Spotlight.
People are passionate enough to either call with a request for us to turn on the show, or a request for a song to be played on the show.
A crew of dedicated volunteers shares that passion, by creating multiple shows that play on Access stations throughout the Midwest.
“Polka Spotlight” is just one of the success stories that keeps volunteers and viewers connected and comin...

WAYNESVILLE, N.C. -- Our Person of the Week has become somewhat of a local legend around Waynesville.To many people, he's been a welcome sight for more than a decade.What he does may seem unimportant or odd to some people, but when you get to know Donnie Davis, it makes perfect sense. For more than eight years now, Donnie has the unofficial Frog Level greeter. Donnie is a harbinger of happiness. He's here for one purpose: to greet anyone who drives by.He's been called names and had things thrown...