A special honor for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, along with her husband Mark and their dog Gilbert, gunned down in their home in June during what prosecutors in the case called a ...

Eight golden retriever puppies were handed to volunteers, one by one, beginning a two-and-a-half-year journey that started in grief and now moves forward on small paws. At Helping Paws, this new ...

Helping Paws, a Minnesota-based nonprofit that trains and places assistance dogs with veterans and first responders with PTSD, is starting a fund in honor of the late House Speaker Emerita Melissa ...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark had a special place in their hearts for Helping Paws, an organization that trains and places dogs that positively impact the lives of ...

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — Despite a busy, cheerful barbeque fundraiser full of friendly service dogs and volunteers on Thursday, it was hard for the executive director of Helping Paws to ignore the ...