Esme Murphy, a reporter and Sunday morning anchor for WCCO-TV, has been a member of the WCCO-TV staff since December 1990. She is also a weekend talk show host on WCCO Radio. Born and raised in New ...

About 2,000 children are placed for adoption in Minnesota every year. When a new law takes effect next year, the Minnesota Department of Health says more than 85% of the birth records it has on file ...

Starting July 1, 2024, original birth records will be open to adoptees 18 or older who were born in Minnesota. The state Department of Health is now offering a form that will be appended to original ...

MINNEAPOLIS — In the five months since Minnesota's new adoption law took effect, 2,800 Minnesotans have requested an original copy of their birth certificate, impacting countless others in the process ...

CHASKA, Minn. — A new state law could give answers to life-long questions for adopted people in Minnesota. Starting July 1, adopted people 18 years and older will be eligible to request a copy of ...

'It would be nice to at least have a name' says 81-year-old woman waiting to find out who her birth mother was Erin and Mike Merrigan, center, were college students at Saint Benedict and Saint John's ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — A new state law took effect Monday in Minnesota opening access to original birth records for all adopted people 18 years and older, offering thousands of Minnesotans a wealth of ...