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Minnesota Professional Partner Organizations: Search Rescue and Recovery Resources of MN
April 29, 2020
Search and Rescue Groups: Search, Rescue, and Recover Resources of Minnesota (SRRRMN), Midwest Technical Rescue Training Associates (MTRTA), Emergency Support Services (ESS)
Minnesota Professional Partner Organizations: MN Department of Corrections
April 15, 2020
Throughout our state, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) works diligently to contribute to a safer Minnesota.
In These Times: An Online Safety Inventory
April 10, 2020
As families work to respond to COVID-19, many parents are feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and afraid. Caregivers are trying to do what is right for their children without the benefit of a road map of what has worked well before.
Minnesota Professional Partner Organizations: United Legacy
April 1, 2020
United Legacy is a Minnesota based Nonprofit organization that offers a no cost missing person search management service.
Destination Imagination (DI) Partnership
March 27, 2020
Destination Imagination (DI) is a global educational nonprofit dedicated to inspiring the next generation of innovators, leaders, and creative problem solvers.
A Letter from Patty Wetterling
March 24, 2020
We, our family and friends, are not unfamiliar with some of the dynamics of the crisis our nation is facing. There is tremendous fear, and it is taking way too long to solve, or turn things around. Living with fear and unknowns for nearly 27 years, we managed to find ways to cope. Maybe some of our coping strategies will be helpful to you…
Youth Serving Organization, Minnesota Theater Alliance
March 17, 2020
JWRC Director Alison presents Under a Watchful Eye: Prevention Education for Youth Serving Organizations to MN Theater Alliance members.
30 Year Anniversary: March – Be Kind- Youth Serving Organizations
March 5, 2020
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys (as we fondly call “GSRV,” “River Valleys,” or “council”) is one of 111 Girl Scout councils in the United States. We operate as Girl Scouts, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We serve 28,000 girls in southern Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and a single (yet important!) county in Iowa. Our work is supported by more
A Letter from Alison Feigh
February 28, 2020
30 years. Much has changed at Jacob Wetterling Resource Center since our early days of sending out missing posters by mail shoulder to shoulder with volunteers in a basement in St. Joseph. Our work originated in a family and community’s belief that what happened to Jacob wasn’t fair and being moved to act. The community came together and began making
11 for Jacob – The Beginning of A Movement
February 11, 2020
The answer to the question of what happened to Jacob Wetterling came in September of 2016. It was not the answer that we wanted. What happened to Jacob was and is completely unfair. One spark that came out of that dark and grief filled time was a movement for the people of Minnesota and beyond to move forward in hope
Family-Friendly Valentines based on the #11forJacob Movement
February 10, 2020
Family-friendly Valentines based on the #11forJacob Movement. Download and print your own to give to family and friends to share our message of hope and positivity! Be Kind Be Positive Be Joyful Be Thankful Be Understanding Be Gentle Be a Good Friend Be Fair Be a Good Sport Be Generous Be Honest
A Letter from Patty Wetterling
February 1, 2020
Welcome to the beginning of our yearlong journey to honor 30 years of Jacob Wetterling Resource Center. Over the course of the next 11 months, we will use Jacob’s 11 positive traits as our guide to acknowledge and celebrate the partners and communities of people that have made JWRC what it is today.
JWRC 30th Anniversary – Timeline
January 21, 2020
A BRIEF HISTORY OF JACOB WETTERLING RESOURCE CENTER 1989 Jacob Wetterling abducted 1990 Friends of Jacob founded by Jerry and Patty Wetterling and friends. Name changed to Jacob Wetterling Foundation, hosts first national conference for families of abducted children, Law Enforcement, and volunteers. Jacob Wetterling Act passed. 6 Million missing persons flyers and brochures distributed. Jerry Wetterling begins annual Trek
Expert Says Tibbetts Family has Long Road to Recovery
August 21, 2018
Authorities say Christian Rivera led them to Mollie Tibbetts’ body in a cornfield roughly ten miles away from her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. That’s where Tibbetts was last seen running on July 18.
Search continues for missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts
August 8, 2018
Nearly 300 miles south of the Twin Cities, the search for Mollie Tibbetts intensifies. On July 18, the 20-year-old went for a jog in the small town of Brooklyn, Iowa and she hasn’t been seen since.
Sarah Stultz: If you see something suspicious, say something
August 6, 2018
I don’t know about you, but the news Saturday that there was an attempted abduction at the Freeborn County Fair put me a little on edge.
Free mandated reporter training to be held Aug. 28
July 29, 2018
Alison Feigh with the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center will be presenting on mandated reporting including signs, symptoms and patterns of abuse or maltreatment, the process and best practices for reporting along with a discussion using scenarios.
Former Classmate Continues Search For Wendy Khan
June 29, 2018
To help assist in the search for missing 46–year–old Wendy Khan of Mankato, a former classmate has decided to join forces with a couple organizations.
Editorial: Be vigilant in teaching children about personal safety
June 26, 2018
Every time local law enforcement releases information that a high-risk predatory offender is moving into our community, questions surface about why that person may be able to be released and what the guidelines are for offenders.
She disappeared in 1988. Now Lake Elmo gatherings set to stir new clues
June 8, 2018
Friends and family of Susan Swedell are hoping a ceremony this weekend will help bring attention to her case. Swedell, 19, went missing during a blizzard in Lake Elmo on Jan. 19, 1988, and hasn’t been seen since.
Swanson case still unsolved
May 14, 2018
Ten years have gone by and Brandon Swanson is still missing. Reflecting on the last decade, however, those closest to the investigation and search efforts remain hopeful that concrete answers will come someday.
‘Amazing Eight’ get national recognition
April 14, 2018
A Park Rapids woman was among eight sisters, six of them victims of childhood sexual abuse by a family member, recently featured in “People” magazine.
Predatory offender community meeting is Feb. 12
February 1, 2018
A community notification meeting on a level 3 predatory offender moving to Red Wing will be held 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12 in the lower level of the Red Wing Public Library.
Why did Jacob Wetterling’s abduction hit us so hard?
December 6, 2017
Jerry and Patty Wetterling stand in the middle of their kitchen in St. Joseph, riffling through their notes as they prepare to address the media for the first time since authorities had arrested and named Danny Heinrich as a “person of interest” in their son Jacob’s abduction.
