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Couple Q&A: Valentine’s Day edition Press Publications asked local couples a few questions about their love story. Dennis and Kathy Erno
Q: How long have you been married? A: “57 years. We met in college. University of Wisconsin River Falls. We were exchanging classes. She was coming from a class, and I was going to a class. And we met on the stairs, and I wanted to meet her because I was attracted to her, so I asked her if she had a sister that went here, which was my opening line. So I asked her out. Our first date was at a Sadie Hawkins dance, which was supposed to be girls-ask-boys. That's how our relationship started.”
Joshua Duckett and Kelly Jacobson
Q: How did you meet? A: “It'll be three years [of dating] on Valentine's Day exactly. We met online and I asked her out. She declined.” “At first because my friend also didn't have someone, so we wanted to have a girls Valentine's Day.” “So I convinced her to still have that girl's Valentines and come out.” “And it ended up being a really amazing night. We moved in with each other I want to say like a year later and we've been really, really happy.”
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Q: What was your first impression of him? A: “Handsome. A little forward, a little suspicious because I was a little younger.” Q: What’s the secret to that many years of marriage? A: “Just to know each other very well and don't give up. Discuss if you have a conflict and try to come up with a compromise or whatever.” “We have shared values. We’re both, I’d say, moderate progressives, and we have the same moral and religious and social values.” “And we love each other.”
Q: What's the secret to happiness in a relationship? A: “We have so much fun. I feel like we allow ourselves to be like the young and funny side and I think the really honest side.” Q: What do you guys do for your Valentine's Day anniversary? A: “Sometimes we go back to the first place that we met. Nico's Tacos. But we mix it up depending on weather.” “Nothing too crazy.”
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The 2026 Minnesota legislative session is scheduled to convene on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Key topics are expected to include elections, public safety and environmental protection. All 134 House and 67 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. Learn about local lawmakers’ priorities for 2026 in Press Publications’ Legislative Preview.
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Local community groups mobilize to support immigrant neighbors BY MAYA BETTI NEWS INTERN
Continued federal immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota has left some students and families afraid to leave their homes, so community members have begun stepping up to support immigrant families. Local volunteers are stepping in wherever help is needed — delivering groceries, helping families cover rent, working with food shelves and collecting school supplies for students
learning online. At the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf in Mounds View, demand for services has risen sharply, particularly for home deliveries. Shane Johnson, the food shelf’s basic needs program manager, said many families are requesting deliveries because leaving home no longer feels safe. “Deliveries are the kind of service that families are requesting most, as many families are isolating,” Johnson wrote in an email to the White Bear Press. “The community has stepped up
in a big way to help us with the increase in deliveries.” Johnson said donations remain strong, but the need continues to grow. “Food and financial donations are also continuing to come in, although with the increased need in our community they are more important than ever before if we want to continue maintaining the quality and reach of our programs,” Johnson wrote. While food is essential, he added that diapers and hygiene items are among the most urgent needs and are often
overlooked by donors. Some faith communities have also become places where people mobilize to help. At First Presbyterian Church in White Bear Lake, involvement with immigrant and refugee families began years before the current federal enforcement surge. In 2019, the church opened its space to a Hispanic congregation serving immigrants from across Latin America. SEE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, PAGE 13
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