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Obituary: Wallace Allen, a storied editor with eye for design

Wallace Allen, an editor who believed deeply in the crucial role newspapers play in a free society and led a historic redesign of the Minneapolis Tribune to make it more modern and accessible to readers, died last month. He was 93. Updated 10:19 PM

Obituary: Frank Dorman, a 'self-taught visionary' at the U

He never earned a bachelor's degree, but his restless mind powered innovations that helped lay the bedrock of Minnesota's medical device industry. Updated Jan. 12, 2013

Wallace Kennedy, innovative arts educator

He paired high school students with professional artists in a program that became a national model. Updated 12:51 PM

Obit: Christine Walthour co-founded high-end chocolatier with chef husband

Christine Walthour, whose business acumen helped make B.T. McElrath Chocolatier a hit, died Jan. 2 from breast cancer. She was 43. Full storyFull story Updated Jan. 12, 2013

Obituary: Words meant the world to journalist Steve Riel

He was the newspaper's resident expert on foreign affairs, and used his knowledge and mastery with words to share the news of the world Full storyFull story Updated Jan. 9, 2013

Phyllis Wiener dies; she was a painter, feminist and 'object maker

A painter and pioneering feminist, Phyllis Wiener was an outspoken role model for a generation that came of age in the 1970s when women were still struggling for professional acceptance in a male-dominated art world. She exhibited her lyrical abstractions throughout Minnesota for more than 60 years and will be included in a show opening this month at the University of Minnesota's Katherine E. Nash Gallery. Full storyFull story Updated Jan. 7, 2013