Dequindre “DQ” Spencer looms large — literally — in 12-year-old Jake Bidwell’s life. The beefy 23-year-old former Minnesota State football player is a Big Brother to his young charge in the Mankato ...

Duluth's Sister Cities program is being recognized as the best in the world for its size. But the program can't afford to send someone to accept the award. The Duluth program was named "Best Overall ...

Many people's lives have been changed by the Duluth-Petrozavodsk sister city relationship. Here's a look at three of them. For Irina and Andy Ensign of Proctor, the sister city relationship led to ...

This summer, the sounds of Fantasia wafted out of Capistrano Hall and across the Sacramento State Campus courtesy of the Sacramento Youth Symphony. The group of teenagers is already diverse, but for ...

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has put pause to the customary travel among sister cities, but Hawaii County and local organizations have found workarounds to keep the relationships alive until ...

MANKATO — Asked how many children have been paired with adult mentors over the last 50 years of the Mankato YMCA’s brother/sister program, Cheryl Hamond started doing the math. If you average 75 ...

Greenfield Mayor Guy Titus holds a gift given to him by Mayor Tori Kurosu of Kakuda, Japan. The two were part of a dinner Tuesday celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Sister Cities relationship ...

HOT SPRINGS -- Hot Springs' Sister City program won the Sister Cities International 2024 annual award for innovation in business, trade and professional exchange for a city with a population of 25,001 ...

The city of Glendale has launched a revitalized version of their Sister City Program. The commitment will help in “building global relationships that enrich [the] community through cultural, ...

After 19 years, Altoona’s Sister City program hasn’t flagged, according to a program advocate who spoke to City Council recently. The Sister City Committee, which runs the cultural exchange program ...

St. Scholastica Academy in Covington is known for encouraging students to grow in sisterhood throughout their years in high school. In an effort to enhance bonds among students in all grades and help ...

Three years ago, the Valor Academy Elementary School and the Valor Academy High School in Arleta matched grade school students with high school students, in hope that the younger students and older ...