WCCO-TV sports director and anchor Mark Rosen paid tribute to his friend and colleague Bob Rainey by leading a team of walkers and runners at yesterday’s successful Get Your Rear In Gear 5K. Rainey was a fellow sports reporter and weekend anchor at WCCO-TV. He passed away last year at the age of 46 after [...]
In the spring of 2008 things were looking pretty good. I was a 46-year-old, divorced, single mom of a then 20 year old, working full time and part time and was just enjoying life.
WCCO-TV presents “Preventable. Treatable. Beatable.” Half-Hour Special on Colon Cancer Awareness on Sunday, April 19th at 11 a.m. WCCO medical reporter Dennis Douda takes a new approach to colon cancer awareness by sharing a documentary style coverage of a colonoscopy, an interview with local comedian and advocate, Brenda Elsagher, the latest colon cancer facts and [...]
With less than a week to go before the Twin Cities hosts it’s fifth annual Get Your Rear In Gear 5K Run /Walk, KARE 11 fitness expert Chris Freytag reminded viewers to register and get involved. “Whether your goal is to improve your fitness level, a sense of community or a sense of personal accomplishment, [...]
The first line of text on the website for the CBS Cares Colonoscopy Sweepstakes reassures readers that this is an actual sweepstakes. In fact, CBS will fly one lucky winner and a companion to New York City, where they will be awarded a free celebrity style colonoscopy and a three night stay in a luxury [...]
Writen by his sister, Heather Groetsch As Jim Valvano once said, “Cancer can take away your physical ability. It cannot touch your mind; it cannot touch your heart; and it cannot touch your soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever. Jonathan “Jon Billy” Groetsch was diagnosed with colon cancer in January [...]
Written by her husband, Tom Gronek Lisa was only 43 when she was diagnosed with Stage IIII colon cancer, signet cell strain. As you probably know, this strain is very rare, as well as being ‘typically aggressive’. After 15 months of being on multiple types of chemo, she succumbed to the disease on January 31, [...]
My mother died of colon cancer it will be two years come April 19th, the day of theTwin Cities 5K walk, so my family has decided this would be a great way to celebrate her life! My mother was the center of my family’s life. She was our pillar. She was a kind and generous [...]
Seventies icon Farrah Fawcett was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital this week inciting a flurry of news stories about the actress’s three year battle with anal cancer. Television news outlets, online sources, and entertainment shows are also reporting that A Wing and A Prayer which documents Fawcett’s battle with anal cancer will be aired [...]
