One Minnesotan couple elevated the unveiling of the state’s new flag Saturday with a shindig. Erik Nelson and Wesley Noble held a Statehood Day celebration in St. Paul to recognize the new banner and honor their home. The invitation requested that guests dress in costumes reflecting the state and that the potluck in state themed […]
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Minnesota couple celebrates state’s new flag with a Statehood Day party
One Minnesotan couple elevated the unveiling of the state’s new flag Saturday with a shindig. Erik Nelson and Wesley Noble held a Statehood Day celebration in St. Paul to recognize the new banner and honor their home. The invitation requested that guests dress in costumes reflecting the state and that the potluck in state themed […]
Search continues as kayaker missing from west-central Minnesota lake identified
May 13—WILLMAR, Minn. — The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office on Monday continued searching for a missing 39-year-old kayaker on Nest Lake. The Sheriff’s Office later in the day identified the man as Shane White, of Overland Park, Kansas, and posted a photo of him on Facebook . The Sheriff’s Office is again requesting that property […]
Proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment draws rival crowds to Capitol for crucial votes
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Impassioned supporters and opponents of a far-reaching Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution flocked to the State Capitol on Monday ahead of crucial votes aimed at putting it on the 2026 ballot. The amendment would guarantee some of the nation’s broadest protections of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights if it […]
Minnesota has a new state flag. Should Wisconsin’s flag change, too?
Over the weekend, Minnesota unveiled its new state flag. It features a stylized outline of the state with an eight-pointed star and a field of light blue. The new Minnesota flag replaces one that showed native peoples being driven off their land. “The new flag and seal reflect all Minnesotans and showcase the features of […]
Trump to stump in Minnesota, a traditionally blue state he insists he can win. Is it really in play?
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump‘s planned campaign visit to Minnesota on Friday will mark his return to a traditionally Democratic state that he has long argued he could carry. Trump will take a break from his hush money trial in New York to speak at the Minnesota GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan […]
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62-year-old alone on camping trip found dead in water near canoe, Minnesota cops say
A 62-year-old man on a solo camping trip in northern Minnesota has been found dead near a partially sunken canoe, officials told news outlets. The man, later identified as Duluth resident Mark Ham, was discovered in the water by a group of outdoorsmen at the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness before 5 p.m. Friday, May […]
Minnesota raises new state flag, replaces old flag with one to ‘reflect all Minnesotans’
Minnesota raised its new state flag over its capitol on Saturday. The flag was unfurled on the state’s “Statehood Day” holiday and features a stylized outline of the state, an eight-pointed star and a field of light blue. The unveiling is the culmination of a competition to redesign the flag and state seal to replace […]
More than 5,000 cited for distracted driving in April in Minnesota
May 12—ST. PAUL — Law enforcement officers in Minnesota issued more than 5,300 citations for hands-free cellphone violations during a distracted driving enforcement campaign. According to a news release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety ‘s Office of Traffic Safety, 278 agencies issued 5,380 citations from April 1 to April 30. The enforcement campaign […]
Minnesota eyes ‘sprint’ paramedics to ease rural shortages, lagging emergency response
Lawmakers are considering spending $6 million to test the use of “sprint” paramedics in three northern Minnesota counties and confront the state’s worsening rural emergency response. The hope is that paramedics, roving the Iron Range and northwest lakes region in cars and trucks, could shave minutes off response times, and sort out calls that don’t […]
More than 5,000 cited for distracted driving in April in Minnesota
May 12—ST. PAUL — Law enforcement officers in Minnesota issued more than 5,300 citations for hands-free cellphone violations during a distracted driving enforcement campaign. According to a news release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety ‘s Office of Traffic Safety, 278 agencies issued 5,380 citations from April 1 to April 30. The enforcement campaign […]