State/Regional Reporter | Minnesota/Upper Midwest

Prior to his foray into sportswriting, Forgrave wrote people-focused feature stories for several newspapers around the country, most recently The Des Moines Register. In Iowa, Reid was a general assignment reporter focusing on long-form storytelling. He wrote a narrative on a tornado-wracked small town and its inspirational high school football team, covered every angle of Iowa's gay marriage debate, and wrote a series about a woman who was seven months pregnant with her fifth child when her husband died in a plane crash. After his stint in Iowa, he worked as a national sports feature writer for FOXSports.com, and helped launch the national sports television network, Fox Sports 1, as national college basketball reporter. Most recently, Forgrave worked at CBSSports.com and CBS Sports HQ covering college hoops and the NBA. He also has written for The New York Times Magazine and GQ magazine. His first book, based on a piece he wrote for GQ, will be published in 2020. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons.


Edina schools criticized for suspending students who used pro-Palestinian chant

Two Muslim students who participated in a walkout in October were given a three-day suspension for using a slogan that many Jews consider antisemitic.


For Minnesota Jews and Muslims, a shared darkness since Oct. 7

For those with deep ties to a conflict zone thousands of miles away, struggles are a secondary trauma.


100-year-old World War II turret gunner among few Minnesota vets remaining from Greatest Generation

From his cabin up north, as Jim Eide lives out his twilight, war stories spill forth.


COVID infections prompt Veterans Home in Minneapolis to cancel Veterans Day event

But the state Veterans Day Event in Inver Grove Heights will go on as scheduled.


Will terminally ill patients in Minnesota be allowed to choose when life ends?

The Legislature plans to take up the issue of medical aid in dying during its next session.


Jews and Ukrainians band together in Minnesota to link conflicts in Israel, Ukraine

Equating Hamas to Russia and Israel to Ukraine, groups see parallels as Washington debates funding.


Southeast Minnesota town to dedicate park to national service

With four of the original 3,000 Peace Corps volunteers, Plainview has a legacy of service.


These mining towns found new life as mountain-biking paradise

Crosby and Ironton, on the southern tip of the Iron Range, struggled after mining left. Then came the mountain bikers.


'His day to die': Charges filed in Benton County shooting of five officers

Karl Thomas Holmberg was charged Friday with multiple felony counts, including six counts of first-degree attempted murder.


For Minnesotans with ties to Israel and Gaza, feelings of fear, devastation and anger

One awoke in Tel Aviv to air-raid sirens. Another feared for his brother, who was called to military duty.