APPLE VALLEY, Minn. -- It has been more than 20 years since John Frawley worked as a zookeeper at the Minnesota Zoo. Now the former Minnesotan is coming home to lead it. Frawley, 51, was elected ...

Please give Dr. John Frawley the Sunshine Award. Dr. Frawley was my ER doctor during a very scary moment in my life and was so kind and compassionate. He kept me feeling calm with his confidence.

“It’s everything we hoped it would be,” John Frawley, director of the Minnesota Zoo, said of the new Treetop Trail, which opened on Friday, July 28. As of Friday, visitors of the Minnesota Zoo can ...