Dan Gunderson

Moorhead

Correspondent at Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN)

MPR correspondent based in Moorhead. RT not an endorsement.

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White Earth Casino plan near Moorhead faces local opposition

2 days ago | mprnews.org | Dan Gunderson

Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. The White Earth Nation has purchased 280 acres of farmland just east of Moorhead, adjacent to Interstate 94. “We've been looking at this property for a number of years,” White Earth Nation Tribal Utility Commission executive director Nate Mathews told the Clay County Commission.
On a mission to end human trafficking in rural Minnesota

2 days ago | mesabitribune.com | Dan Gunderson

Anne LaFrinier-Ritchie grew up in northern Minnesota wanting to be a journalist, but addiction disrupted her education and derailed her plan. Life led her instead to become a social worker and then to devote herself to protecting the state’s most vulnerable children.
She's on a mission to end human trafficking in rural Minnesota

3 days ago | mprnews.org | Dan Gunderson

In every corner of Minnesota, there are good stories waiting to be told of places that make our state great and people who in Walt Whitman’s words “contribute a verse” each day. MPR News sent longtime reporter Dan Gunderson on a mission to capture those stories as part of a series called “Wander & Wonder: Exploring Minnesota’s unexpected places.”Anne LaFrinier-Ritchie grew up in northern Minnesota wanting to be a journalist, but addiction disrupted her education and derailed her plan.
Lambs, family and garlic help this couple build a new life in rural Minnesota

1 week ago | inforum.com | Dan Gunderson

MEEKER COUNTY, Minn. — Mark Anema and Kate Ritger met at a garlic harvest party. He was looking for land to realize a dream. She was running a community-supported agriculture venture for the Sisters of St. Benedict in St. Joseph. Together, they started a small farm near Watkins growing produce and garlic. That partnership has worked pretty well, growing over seven years into marriage, a baby, and now lots of lambs on the way.
Lambs, family and garlic help this couple build a new life in rural Minnesota

1 week ago | mprnews.org | Dan Gunderson

In every corner of Minnesota, there are good stories waiting to be told of places that make our state great and people who in Walt Whitman’s words “contribute a verse” each day. MPR News sent longtime reporter Dan Gunderson on a mission to capture those stories as part of a series called “Wander & Wonder: Exploring Minnesota’s unexpected places.”Mark Anema and Kate Ritger met at a garlic harvest party. He was looking for land to realize a dream.
Grief brought her back to western Minnesota. Now she’s helping restore her hometown

2 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Dan Gunderson

In every corner of Minnesota, there are good stories waiting to be told of places that make our state great and people who in Walt Whitman’s words “contribute a verse” each day. MPR News sent longtime reporter Dan Gunderson on a mission to capture those stories as part of a series called “Wander & Wonder: Exploring Minnesota’s unexpected places.”Kris Shelstad had a plan. Life was good.
In NW Minnesota, he turns gears, wire and marbles into art that moves

3 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Dan Gunderson

In every corner of Minnesota, there are good stories waiting to be told of places that make our state great and people who in Walt Whitman’s words “contribute a verse” each day. MPR News sent longtime reporter Dan Gunderson on a mission to capture those stories as part of a series called “Wander & Wonder: Exploring Minnesota’s unexpected places.” Jeffrey Zachmann makes a living playing with marbles.
Fascinated by fossils, Blue Earth man builds a science museum bone by bone - Albert Lea Tribune

1 month ago | albertleatribune.com | Sarah Stultz |Dan Gunderson

Fascinated by fossils, Blue Earth man builds a science museum bone by bone Published 3:56 pm Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Jim Pollard poses for a photo Feb. 5 at his Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History in Blue Earth in front of a replica of a Lythronax, which lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It's the only replica in his collection. He couldn't afford $2 million for a real Tyrannosaurus skeleton. Dan Gunderson/MPR News Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
In western Minnesota, she helps new immigrants put down roots

1 month ago | wctrib.com | Dan Gunderson

KERKHOVEN, Minn. — Alma Contreras remembers how hard it was to connect with people in rural western Minnesota when she came from Mexico 16 years ago after her husband was hired by a large local dairy operation. Those memories drive her to help other immigrants coming to the region. She volunteered for years to help other new arrivals navigate life in America, from understanding the school or medical system to getting registration tabs at the motor vehicle department.
Minnesota sculptor forges a passion for people who put their lives on the line

1 month ago | mesabitribune.com | Dan Gunderson

KIMBALL, Minn.—Nick Christensen remembers the first time he visited Brodin Bronze about 25 years ago as a recent high school graduate. “I’d never seen anything like it,” he recalled of his first exposure to the bronze sculpting process. kAm%96 @H?6CD @776C65 9:> 2 ;@3 2?5 96 H2D 9@@<65] w6 H@C<65 A2CE E:>6 E9C@F89 4@==686 367@C6 ;@:?:?8 E96 DEF5:@ 7F== E:>6 2D 2 D4F=AE@C :? a__b]k^AmkAm}@H 96 CF?D E96 DEF5:@ H:E9 9:D H:76 z6=D6J 2?5 `g 6>A=@J66D]k^AmkAmqC@5:? $EF5:@D DE2CE65 :?