Greater Minnesota

January 12, 2023 4:00 AM

Femme giants and more rise at the Rochester Art Center

“Matriarchate” by Nicole Havekost opens at the Rochester Art Center. Also on view is “Proto Language” by Chris Delisle and “Walk With Us,” a juried international exhibition including 16 artists.

by Alex V. Cipolle

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December 27, 2022 4:00 AM

Tornado ravaged towns rebuild and struggle

Two small Minnesota towns were hit hard by tornadoes earlier this year. As the year ends, each is still recovering and rebuilding, and community leaders see success and struggle.

by Dan Gunderson

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December 23, 2022 4:00 AM

Descendants of executed Dakota 38+2 ride to Mankato to honor ancestors

For what may be the last time, Dakota riders on horseback are braving bitter December weather to travel hundreds of miles to honor 38 men hanged in the largest mass execution in U.S. history. The ride also remembers the many others who died as a result of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

by Hannah Yang

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December 22, 2022 4:00 AM

Marcie Rendon's long journey to award-winning novelist

Writer Marcie Rendon lived a lot before she got her first novel published. Now the White Earth Member has released three books in the award-winning Cash Blackbear series. Recently, she visited the Bemidji Public Library in northwest Minnesota, to read and to talk about the history, locations and experiences behind the books.

by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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December 13, 2022 5:34 PM

New book explores why a Minnesota woman joined the Symbionese Liberation Army

While it was Sarah Jane Olson who made headlines for her St. Paul arrest in 1999, a lesser-known Symbionese Liberation Army member mentioned in the coverage caught the attention of author Rachael Hanel. She explores Camilla Hall’s journey from St. Peter, Minn., to the SLA in her new book, “Not the Camilla We Knew.”

by Tom Crann and Megan Burks

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November 27, 2022 4:00 AM

St. Cloud schools to offer state’s first Somali language immersion program

The program’s expansion reflects the growing diversity of the St. Cloud school district, where about 40 percent of this year’s kindergartners speak a language other than English at home.

by Kirsti Marohn

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November 25, 2022 9:42 AM

Ceremony, memorial to honor Cold Spring officer fatally shot 10 years ago

There’s an effort underway to raise money to erect a memorial in Cold Spring to honor Tom Decker and all law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Minnesota.

by Kirsti Marohn

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November 23, 2022 12:34 PM

I-94 rest stop brings the 'funk,' may make Minnesota history

With its distinctive roof lines, the Burgen Lake rest area outside Alexandria is seen as a classic of modernist “funk/revival” style. It may make the National Register of Historic Places. Here’s why it’s not your average bathroom stop.

by Alex V. Cipolle

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November 22, 2022 4:00 AM

Bringing back the white pine, a foundational American tree

In a state renowned for its forests, there is arguably no Minnesota tree more majestic than the white pine. After logging nearly wiped out the species a century ago, longstanding efforts to bring them back are beginning to take root.

by Dan Kraker