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Land Of 10000 Stories

Best of the Land of 10,000 Stories: (Part 2)

Land Of 10000 Stories

A 15-year-old in Minnesota decided his town needed a veterans memorial. He raised $77,000 and built one

Dominique Claseman built Olivia, Minnesota a veterans memorial for his Eagle Scout project. He finished it before his 17th birthday.
Land Of 10000 Stories

Land of 10,000 Stories: Best of 2021 (Part 1)

KARE 11 recaps the best of Boyd Huppert's Land of 10,000 Stories in 2021, in the first of a two-part special.
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Man who paid $75 for Chevy truck 44 years ago, just sold it to prior owner's grandson for $75

Bob Sportal bought the old truck in his 20s and drove it to work every day until he retired.
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Woman and sunfish form five-year friendship on Minnesota lake

'Greenie' the sunfish waits by the dock for Holly Jorgensen, swims with her and jumps out of the water for treats
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127-year-old church finally gets its steeple, thanks to great grandson of founder

From boyhood, Larry Backlund always thought the steeple-less church his family attended needed one.
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Four sisters on top-ranked basketball team, and that's not the best part of their story

Courtney, Mackenzie, Dakota & Avery Rich all play varsity for New London-Spicer. But that's just the beginning of a heartwarming story.
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Ten ducklings follow their mom through a Minnesota elementary school, continuing 20-year tradition

Eisenhower Elementary in Hopkins celebrates an unusual annual spring ritual.
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Family takes in rescue, then learns the dog has same heart condition as daughter

“I don’t even know how you could possibly calculate the odds of this,” mom says.
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Four years after installing a pool for neighborhood kids, 98-year-old still loves seeing his yard filled with families

Lonely after the death of his wife, Keith Davison has filled his yard with children after installing a pool for the neighborhood in 2017.
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He's 2 years old. She's about to turn 100. They've formed a friendship across a backyard fence

Benjamin Olson and Mary O'Neill formed a friendship that helped them both through the pandemic.
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Families of crash victims get annual sympathy card from chief of Minnesota State Patrol

Col. Matt Langer was inspired by another trooper who marked a fatal crash with an annual call