James Walsh
Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
I am a Star Tribune reporter covering St. Paul and and its many stories. I grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. Contact me at: jim.walsh(at)https://t.co/UwyXwvcLb2
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | James Walsh
It took Everett Wallin a few years of grieving and loneliness after losing his wife before he was ready to leave the Marshall, Minn., townhome they'd shared. Now, he's happy to say, he's found a new home - in Chanhassen. "It's great here. There's just so much to do," Wallin said of Riley Crossing Senior Living, one of the many 55-plus newer developments welcoming a steady stream of retiree residents to Carver County.
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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | James Walsh
A Maple Grove family's yearslong fight to win accommodations for their disabled daughter can move ahead, thanks to a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday. The ruling on behalf of Ava Tharpe, who has a rare form of epilepsy that makes her most prone to seizures in the morning, essentially sends the family's discrimination case back to the lower court.
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lacrossetribune.com | James Walsh
When a Crow Wing County judge assigned a guardian to oversee much of Sherry Linn’s life in 2023, she lamented the shrinking of her world. It got smaller still after Linn, who uses a wheelchair and has fallen many times, was moved from her home in Breezy Point in north-central Minnesota to an assisted living facility more than 100 miles away in Brooklyn Park. Now, she said, her life is limited to a 6-by-6-foot room.
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winonadailynews.com | James Walsh
When a Crow Wing County judge assigned a guardian to oversee much of Sherry Linn’s life in 2023, she lamented the shrinking of her world. It got smaller still after Linn, who uses a wheelchair and has fallen many times, was moved from her home in Breezy Point in north-central Minnesota to an assisted living facility more than 100 miles away in Brooklyn Park. Now, she said, her life is limited to a 6-by-6-foot room.
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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | James Walsh
When a Crow Wing County judge assigned a guardian to oversee much of Sherry Linn's life in 2023, she lamented the shrinking of her world. It got smaller still after Linn, who uses a wheelchair and has fallen many times, was moved from her home in Breezy Point in north-central Minnesota to an assisted living facility more than 100 miles away in Brooklyn Park. Now, she said, her life is limited to a 6-by-6-foot room.
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