>> THANKS, CATHY.

THIS MONTH, SEVEN YEARS AGO, I STARTED AS THE ONE GREATER MINNESOTA REPORTER ON "ALMANAC."

MAKES ME ONE OF THE NEW ONES.

FROM THE NORTHWEST ANGLE TO WORTHINGTON TO WINONA, I'VE BEEN BRINGING YOU STORIES ABOUT MINNESOTA LIFE.

HERE ARE SOME EXCERPTS FROM THOSE EARLY DAYS.

>> IN OLIVIA, BROTHERS LARRY AND ROWLEY TOOK THE CHANGE.

WITH ENGINEERING BACKGROUNDS -- >> WE'VE DONE LOTS OF CRAZY IDEAS OVER THE YEARS, FROM BUILDING OUR OWN TRACTOR BACK IN THE '70s.

>> Reporter: ABOUT $75,000 OF THEIR OWN MONEY AND OTS OF SWEET EQUITY.

>> I THINK I HAVE 3 ITERATIONS OF THIS.

>> NECESSITY DESIGNED AND BUILD THEIR OWN SOLAR ARRAY, RIGHT IN ONE OF LARRY'S CORNFIELDS.

IT ALL STARTED WHEN SHE WAS IN THE FIFTH GRADE.

HER TEACHER, A WHITE HEALTH, STARTED SEXUALLY ABUSING HER.

>> AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME IN MY DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD -- >> Reporter: HE HAD YOU PERFORM ORAL SEX.

>> OVER AND OVER, YEP.

AND THERE WAS A IME OF -- AND THAT'S WHEN PTSD STARTED BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING OF MY CHILDHOOD BEFORE FIFTH GRADE.

>> Reporter: KELLY HAS BEEN TRYING TO CRACK SEX TRAFFICKING CASES FOR THE FOND DU LAC PRICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST YEAR.

SHE'S CURRENTLY LEADING THE TRIBES UNITED AGAINST SEX TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE.

SHE SAYS SEX TRAFFICKING IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

>> I THINK IT IS AT A CRISIS LEVEL.

THE CASES WE'RE WORKING TWO CASES, THE TASK ORCE RIGHT NOW AND THE STORIES RE -- THEY'RE HEART-BREAKING.

>> I FELT AS THOUGH IF YOU COULD TAKE THE BROWN INDIAN PERSON AND PUT HIM ON A REGISTRY AND EXPORT HIM BUT KEEP THE DOCTOR, YOU WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN A HEART BEAT AND SO I FELT BETRAYED.

>> Reporter: PASTOR MANDY FRANS WAS AN INTERN IF HE LOCAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.

SHE HERD ANTI-MUSLIM TALK IN AND AROUND HER CONGREGATION.

SHE SAID IT WAS SOMETHING SHE COULDN'T IGNORE.

>> IF WE'RE SAYING WE'RE CHRISTIANS AND WE'RE OPEN AND ACCEPTING, HOW -- BUT, YET, I'M HEARING PEOPLE SAY, YEAH, ALL MUSLIMS SHOULD BE ON A REGISTRY.

YES, ISLAM IS CANCER.

>> THEY'RE THIRD-GENERATION CANOE OUT FITTERS.

THEY RUN IT AT THE EDGE OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA.

GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL IS PART OF THE PLACE'S CHARM AND IT ALSO HAS CHALLENGES.

CLAIRE WHO'S NOW 30 RECALLS A HARROWING EXPERIENCE GIVING BIRTH TO THEIR DAUGHTER, KIT, TWO YEARS AGO.

>> SHE WAS BORN AT 2:30 a.m.

SO IT WAS A VERY FAST LABOR, WE GOT ON THE PHONE WITH OUR DOCTOR IN GRAND MARAIS AS WELL AS OUR DOCTOR IN DULUTH.

THERE'S NO CELL SERVICE BETWEEN US HERE AND TOTFE, SO WE KIND OF TOLD THEM WE'RE GOING TO HEAD OUT TO TOFTE.

WE'LL CALL YOU WHEN WE HIT HIGHWAY 61 AND AT THAT POINT WE