SUNFISH LAKE, Minn. — KARE 11 reporter Samie Solina set out on Thanksgiving morning to continue a beloved holiday tradition: knocking on doors until someone let her in on their celebration. This year, the celebration found her first.
Solina and photojournalist Michell Yehl randomly selected a neighborhood within an hour of the Twin Cities and landed in Sunfish Lake. They expected the usual confused looks and hesitant greetings that come with showing up unannounced.
But after just one rejected doorstep, a surprise arrived, and it came with a story the whole neighborhood was preparing to tell…