A Moorhead shelter announced this week it needed to raise $200,000 by the end of the month or face closure. The shelter houses hundreds of people each year and provides food assistance to thousands through a food pantry.
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. This week: Carlisle Evans Peck’s show “Iconoclasm,” folk music and poetry at MetroNOME Brewery and a reading by Andy Stermer.
Nothing may excite more than the new foods that make their debut each year at the Minnesota State Fair. This year, the Indigenous Food Lab will introduce pre-colonial menu options that showcase a taste of the Americas with ingredients from close to home.
The Minnesota State Fair runs Aug. 22 through Labor Day on Sept. 2. Whether you’re new to the fair or a seasoned pro, here’s a look at what you need to know for this year.
A program born in the Brainerd Lakes Area to protect natural shorelines and curb pollution also wants to reset Minnesota’s lake culture. It’s led by property owners, including some who helped create the current environmental problems.
Frey called 2025-2026 a “difficult budgetary cycle,” squeezed by “higher but necessary” labor costs, the absence of COVID-19 relief funds and a changed tax base as commercial property values have declined.
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday banned veteran Twin Cities attorney Michael B. Padden from practicing law in the state after an investigation found a lengthy pattern of misconduct. An investigator found that Padden had forged a client’s signature on a contract and urged another client to skip a sentencing hearing.
In a show of support on Sunday, the head judge of the breaking competition said 36-year-old university professor Rachael Gunn was just trying to be original. And the breaking federation says it has offered mental health support in the wake of online criticism.