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Foundation Opens Park At Mpls. Ronald McDonald House
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two men embarked on a journey 18 years ago to help raise money for children battling life-threatening illnesses. Now, their own children are coming together to honor them in a...
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Fmr. WCCO Sportscaster RJ Fritz Dies After Long Cancer Fight
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities broadcasting legend has passed away. Ralph Jon Fritz died in his adopted state of Florida Wednesday after battling stomach cancer for more than two-and-a-half years,...
View Article20 Years Later: How St. Peter Rebuilt After Deadly Tornadoes
By Don Shelby ST. PETER, Minn. (WCCO) – Thursday marks 20 years since the deadly tornado outbreak that hit Comfrey and St. Peter. The 14 tornadoes recorded that day was the largest number ever to hit...
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Al Austin, Co-Founder Of ‘I-Team’ At WCCO, Dead At 83
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The world of journalism lost a giant. Alan Austin was a producer and writer of award winning documentaries. He was also one of the original four who introduced WCCO’s I-Team to...
View Article‘It Does Kind Of Stand For Family’: Faces Of WCCO Look Back On 70 Years Of...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Harry Truman was President and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was signed. The year was 1949, the same date WCCO-TV went on the air. Monday marks 70 years of broadcasting...
View ArticleGood To Know: Responses To ‘Energy’ In Politics
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Tuesday night’s Good to Know got a lot of response. It was about why candidates for office this November aren’t talking about energy policy. So Don Shelby, opens the mailbag for...
View ArticleRevisiting Shelby’s Report On ‘The Iron Crib’
By Don Shelby, WCCO-TV (WCCO) — Of all the stories WCCO-TV Anchor Don Shelby has ever done, there is one that stands out above the rest. It stands out because if WCCO hadn’t done the story, thousands...
View ArticleRevisiting ‘The Iron Crib,’ Part 2
By Don Shelby, WCCO-TV MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — When WCCO-TV first did the stories about the thousands of Romanian orphans in 1990, the pictures and stories shocked Minnesotans. People sent medical and...
View ArticleGood To Know: Where’s The ‘Energy’ In Politics?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — As Election Day draws near, there is a certain subject that politicians are afraid to broach. The subject is energy policy. Don Shelby says somebody in leadership ought to start...
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Don Shelby Recovering After Stroke Waylaid His Stage Performance As Sinclair...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — He sat behind the anchor desk at WCCO for more than 30 years before his retirement in 2010. But, due to a recent health setback Don Shelby never made it on stage for his latest...
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