WILLMAR -- At 15 months, Alyssa Peterson is rapidly building up a vocabulary. She can say "milk," "more," "please" and "all done" -- all in sign language. It has gone a long way toward helping her ...

Silence speaks volumes at the YMCA these days. A new American Sign Language class, led by instructor Maria Rios, meets from 7 to 7:45 p.m. Mondays at the Yates Family YMCA, 221 Riverside Ave. After ...

In her head, Janna Luksha was studying for a career using computers. Her heart wasn’t convinced that's what she wanted to do. “I’ve always been interested in the fitness area,” Luksha said in American ...

I grew up at the Y. Starting in daycare, my mom would drop me off at the YMCA on her way to work. There, I would spend the day making new friends, learning new things — like French and how to swim — ...

CHILLICOTHE – A free program offering parents and their children the opportunity to learn sign language to communicate with one another has grown in popularity since it was introduced in Chillicothe ...