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The Animal Humane Society is offering some free pet food and supplies for families facing financial hardships. Their Free Pantry Pop Up is taking place Saturday at their location off of University Ave. West in St. Paul From 10 am - 2pm or until supplies last. This Saturday guests can stop by to pick up free food and supplies. Items offered include: approximately one month?s supply of dry dog food and/or dry cat food and miscellaneous new or gently used pet supplies.

We're getting a pulse check on a key measure of inflation. The latest Consumer Price Index shows inflation is up 2.8% compared to this time last year. Those numbers are better than expected. Patrick Rehkamp, a senior financial writer from 1834, A Division of Old National Bank, joined the FOX 9 Morning News to talk about the latest numbers.

Garden Guy Dale K. shares his top tips for starting your veggie garden indoors during the early spring.

Sea lions at the Minnesota Zoo will start putting on shows twice daily beginning on Thursday, Feb. 6. FOX 9?s Shayne Wells was live at the zoo with a first look.

Garden Guy Dale K. paid a visit to Lowry Nature Center in Victoria as they prepare for sap to start flowing in the Maple trees.

Celebrating women?s history month, MacPhail Center for Music will commemorate International Women?s Day March 8, and we're all invited. Composer and long time faculty member Sarah Miller joined us on the Fox 9 Morning News, to share what to expect for a free two part event. For more details: https://www.macphail.org/events/macphail-presents-womens-history-month-festival/

Just about every day, there seems to be a new food creation popping up at the store, but have you ever wondered where some of those ideas come from? Twice a year, the Specialty Food Assiciation hosts what's known as the Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas. Jerrod Sumner from Minnesota Monthly visited the show earlier this month and joined FOX 9 Good Day to share some of his favorite finds.

The last time she was on live TV, former FOX 9 anchor Alix Kendall was riding off on a Vespa Scooter. She made her return to the FOX 9 Studios Tuesday to help promote the upcoming Taste of the Twin Cities event, and catch us up on her life.

The warmer weather this week might have you thinking about gardening, unfortunately we're not quite there yet. There is a way to enjoy some fresh blooms in the winter. Garden Guy Dale K. walks us through how to start spring bulbs indoors.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing a bill to limit the power of homeowners associations (HOA) in Minnesota. FOX 9’s Bill Keller has more on the story.

The U.S. housing market has been tough for many buyers. Inventory is low and mortgage rates are high compared to a few years ago. Patrick Rehkamp, senior financial writer with 1834, a division of Old National Bank, joined the FOX 9 morning news to talk about the latest housing data and look ahead at what the spring market could hold.

FOX 9 is continuing a tradition of visiting locally-owned coffee shops in the metro to meet viewers. On Wednesday, our team headed to Shakopee to visit Badger Hill Brewing. Meteorologist Keith Marler chatted with Badger Hill owner Chris Cole about their unique brewery and coffee shop business model.

Horse skijoring and dog races are returning to Canterbury Park this weekend for its sixth year. FOX 9?s Shayne Wells has more on the story.

An outlet store in Shakopee is on a mission to give back to those in need while offering up great deals on tools, home goods, flooring, and more. Heartland Outlet buys overstock and returned products, sells them at great price, and gives the profits to those in need. As part of our Wake Up with Fox 9 Coffee tour, we paid a visit to the outlet to check out the deals.

A thrift store in Shakopee is more than just a place to find great items for low prices. Local Imports is operated by the CAP Agency in Shakopee. They assist and empower people to achieve social and economic well being by providing services in partnership with the communities. As part of our Wake Up with FOX 9 coffee tour, the FOX 9 Good Day team paid a visit to the Local Imports store to see how they're turning donated items into a way to help those in need.

FOX 9's Garden Guy Dale K shares tips for winter seeding.

Nationwide, seniors are dealing with isolation and loneliness, but there are programs popping up to try and combat this growing issue. Locally, Senior Helpers offers non-medical in-home care. One of their initiatives on Valentine?s Day was to make and deliver cards to seniors all over the Twin Cities. At one of these card-making sessions we met the Miller family. In 2017, Trudy was diagnosed with dementia and is now in memory care. Two years later, Terry was diagnosed with Alzheimer?s. Their diseases are progressing at different rates meaning they need different levels of care, so they no longer live in the same facility. Senior Helpers gets them together for dates twice a week. And on this day, their three children joined them as well. They reminisced about their 63-years of marriage while spreading love to other seniors.

FOX 9 Good Day's Shayne Wells and Kelly O'Connell get their lips read by a lip reading expert. Here's what they learned.

Polar bears, penguins and orangutans at the Como Zoo all have their own love stories. FOX 9's Hannah Flood shares the story behind these animal romances.