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Shutdown Prevents Wis. Couple From Bringing Baby Home
Jessica and Craig Porter of Somerset, Wis. have their newly adopted baby’s room all ready, but the shutdown is forcing their new son to sleep in a playpen across the river in Minnesota. The family is...
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Minnesota Family Reunited After Several Months in Africa
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota family is back together for Thanksgiving after being apart for several months. Steve and Jeannette Takata left back in May to Zambia with their two adopted children and...
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MN Matches Nat’l Trend Toward More Open Adoptions
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It used to be that there was a lot of secrecy when adoptions took place, but not anymore. A new report finds that only about 5 percent of infant adoptions in the United States now...
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Ex-Orphan Loses Legs, Still Plays A Mean Softball
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Elena Evans’ story began in Russia and has taken her to the land of opportunity. In her case, it’s also been the land of unconditional love. Watching Elena play softball, it’s...
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Orphaned Siblings Join A New Big Family
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Given an opportunity for adoption, a pair of brothers wanted their younger sibling to have a home first. Touched by their selflessness, a St. Paul family is now on a journey that...
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60+ Cats Taken From Duluth Home Ready For Adoption
Update: As of Wednesday night, Animal Allies said 50 of the cats have found homes. MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than 60 cats and kittens taken from a home in Duluth will soon be ready for adoption. The...
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Russian Adoption Debate Brings Anxious Memories For Minn. Couple
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The effort by Russia’s parliament to ban Americans from adopting Russian children brings back anxious memories for a Twin Cities couple. Rick and Barb Durig went through a similar...
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Talk Of Russian Adoption Ban Straining Minn. Family’s Hopes
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For years, Minnesota families have opened their hearts and homes to hundreds of orphans from Russia. But an international fight over adoption could soon change that, leaving...
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Klobuchar Pushes To Process Russian Adoptions Before Ban
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — For Kris and Mark Nelson, there is nothing more important than seeing a smile on their son’s Alex face. “Alex came from Russia last year and we’ve had him for a year and now we’re...
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Arb Doubles As Ultimate Dog Park
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – For four legged friends, arboretums are the ultimate dog park. Hundreds of people took their canine pal to the “All About Dogs Day” event at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, a...
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Man Serving Life For Murder Holding Up Daughter’s Adoption
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Twin Cities man in prison for murdering the mother of his daughter wants a say in how that little girl grows up. Tyler Wicklund is serving a life sentence for killing Jessica...
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98-Year-Old Woman Recounts Experience As ‘Orphan Train’ Rider
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – It seems unimaginable now, but adoption for some families used to be as easy as showing up at the train depot. Word would go out when kids were coming from the East Coast....
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Families Grow At Nat’l Adoption Day Celebration
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s something that can change a child’s life forever, and for one Twin Cities native, it’s a subject close to his heart. Recording artist James Grear conducted a parenting seminar...
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On Russian TV, Minn. Mom Urges Waiver To Adoption Ban
NEW YORK (AP) — A Minnesota woman has gone on television in Russia with an emotional appeal for an exception to be made to that nation’s year-old ban on adoptions by Americans. She and her husband...
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Abused Puppy Found In Sub-Zero Temps On The Mend
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 4-month-old pit bull named Jarvis is on the road to recovery after being abused, then left out in extreme cold. Jarvis made his first public appearance Saturday since being...
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Embryo Adoption Allows Infertile Couples To Experience Pregnancy
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — When families experience infertility, they often lose some of their dreams. Most couples that go through adoption miss the chance to experience pregnancy, but not all of them....
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After 7 Years, Minn. Mother Brings Home 3 Daughters Adopted From Guatemala
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It takes a special person to adopt a child from another family — or another country. Yet, thousands of American families have been waiting for years to complete the foreign...
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Haitian Orphans Join MN Family After Almost 2-Year Delay
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — This Fourth of July will be a holiday of firsts for one Twin Cities family. Barry and Megan Quiggle of St. Paul will celebrate the holiday with their three new sons from Haiti. Two...
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1 Year Later, Both Parents In Same-Sex Couples Have Legal Rights
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s been over a year since same sex couples have been allowed to legally wed in Minnesota. And in the months since gay marriage has been legal, for some couples, like Tara...
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Large Adoption Celebration Held In St. Paul
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A family reunion with hundreds of people wrapped up in St. Paul Sunday. Few were related by blood, but the bonds celebrated go beyond genetics. Alan and Amy Ames of Woodbury,...
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Minnesota Father Meets Birth Family For The First Time
MINNESOTA (WCCO) – A Minnesota father is feeling complete this holiday season after meeting the family he never knew. Born into extreme poverty in Romania, Alex Magaard’s mother put him up for...
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Dear Future Family: MN Couple Opens Up About Adoption Journey
For many American families, adoption is an abstract concept. These are the families who can take it for granted that they can conceive when they are ready and start their families how, and when, they...
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4 Your Pets: Rocky & Waffles – Where Are They Now?
For the next few weeks, 4 Your Pets will be highlighting Ruff Start Rescue, a unique, non-profit animal rescue in central Minnesota. Rocky is a Dutch Shepherd who wins the heart of any animal lover he...
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MN Couple’s ‘Dear Future Baby’ Has Arrived
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – After creating a viral hit based off of Meghan Trainor’s “Dear Future Husband,” it may be time for one Minneapolis couple to write another. Joey Famoso and Joe Morales’ “Dear...
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Pet Guest Of The Week: Della
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150515133820100AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We like to end each week meeting a pet in need of a great home. This week, Carrie Libera from the Animal...
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Minn. Couple Challenges Native American Adoption Law
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150609194002130AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Native American parents John and Jane Doe — as their lawyer calls them — want a better life for their child....
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Pet Guest Of The Week: Mrs. Beasley
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Every Friday on WCCO 4 News at Noon, we feature a pet in need of a permanent home. This week, the Northwoods Humane Society brought in 7-year-old Mrs. Beasley. She is a Chihuahua...
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Meet Hazel – This Week’s Pet Guest!
MINNEAPOLS (WCCO) — Hazel stopped by WCCO Studios Friday for her live television debut! The Chihuahua-mix was found abandoned with her brother in a foreclosed home. Cathy Johnson from Northwoods Humane...
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Couples Struggling To Conceive Turn To Crowdfunding
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s a difficult situation many families find themselves in: One in every 10 couples has trouble conceiving a child. Many turn to in vitro fertilization or adoption — both pricey...
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Pet Guest Of The Week: Princess Nicci
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We like to end each week by meeting a pet in need of a great home. Cathy Johnson from the Northwoods Humane Society brought the super lovable Princess Nicci to the WCCO studios...
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Pet Guest Of The Week: Jill
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We like to end each week by meeting a pet in need of a great home. Zach Nugent from the Golden Valley Animal Humane Society brought the lovable Jill to the WCCO studios Friday...
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Pet Guest Of The Week: Millie
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We like to end each week by meeting a pet in need of a great home. (credit: Mpls. Animal Care & Control) Jena Wasche from Minneapolis Animal Care and Control brought the lovely...
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Mother In Middle Of HIV Medication Fight Dies
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The story garnered worldwide attention, a young Minnesota mother’s fight to get her son with HIV back. Three years ago, Mower County removed baby Rico from his home after doctors...
View ArticleEden Prairie Couple Raises Adoption Funds Through Bake Sale
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) — There’s an old saying: “It takes a village to raise a child.” Saturday, a Twin Cities couple found the village helping them adopt one. People flocked to a bake sale in Eden...
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Mpls. Woman Shares Her DNA-Test Inspired Adoption Journey
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Adopted as a newborn, a Twin Cities woman grew up never thinking too long about the family she never knew. A milestone in her life led her on a surprising journey, which she is now...
View Article32 Cats Rescued From Hoarding Conditions Adopted
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — After 115 cats were rescued from hoarding conditions in rural Todd County last week, the Animal Humane Society says 32 of them have been adopted. In addition to the 32 adoptions,...
View ArticleDNA Test Leads To Sisters Being Reunited After Decades Of Separation
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A DNA test led to a life-changing reunion for two women in the Twin Cities. Thirty years ago, WCCO captured the fall of a communist dictator in Romania. The countries orphanages...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Takes Another Look At Native American Adoption Law
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children was getting a second look Wednesday from a federal...
View ArticleInterest In Foster Care Rises As Fewer Kids Enter The System
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The number of children entering foster care in Minnesota has dropped significantly since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, yet the number of inquiries about becoming a foster...
View ArticleMinnesota Family Shares Experience Of Adopting Brothers During COVID
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The pandemic forced several organizations to pause and figure out how to move forward. That’s true for adoption in Minnesota. Non-profits that help kids and families have found...
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