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Minnesota History

Edmund Fitzgerald’s final voyage captured in radio play

Edmund Fitzgerald’s final voyage captured in radio play

After four decades, Minnesota writer Hal Barnes has brought a radio play capturing the SS Edmund Fitzgerald’s fateful final voyage to life — with help from a couple of old friends.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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A deadlocked Minnesota House? We’ve been here before

A deadlocked Minnesota House? We’ve been here before

The Minnesota House of Representatives appears headed for a tie — with Republicans and Democrats in a 67-67 split, if current election results hold. The state has seen this situation play out before.
by Dana Ferguson, Ellie Roth and Tom Scheck

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Voters overwhelmingly back Minnesota lottery spending on environmental projects for another 25 years

Voters overwhelmingly back Minnesota lottery spending on environmental projects for another 25 years

More than 77 percent of voters backed a constitutional amendment that continues to funnel tens of millions of dollars of Minnesota’s lottery proceeds into environmental research and natural resource protection efforts for another 25 years.
by Dan Kraker

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Preserving a legacy: Nonprofit raises money to save home of first Black Fergus Falls resident

Preserving a legacy: Nonprofit raises money to save home of first Black Fergus Falls resident

The home built in 1885 by Fergus Falls first Black resident — and Minnesota’s first Black baseball player faces an uncertain future because of financial challenges. The nonprofit which manages the building says it faces a Nov. 1 deadline to raise the money to save it
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Show and tell: New interactive tour aims to raise Dakota visibility in Minneapolis

Show and tell: New interactive tour aims to raise Dakota visibility in Minneapolis

A new self-guided walking tour highlighting Dakota history at Owámniyomni or St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis is now live. Visitors can scan QR codes at five designated spots to learn about the sacred area through an Indigenous lens. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Longtime resort owner Bruce Kerfoot dies, ‘legend‘ of the Gunflint Trail

Longtime resort owner Bruce Kerfoot dies, ‘legend‘ of the Gunflint Trail

In a post on social media, Kerfoot’s family said he died in his sleep Wednesday night. “The family has some peace knowing he and Justine are paddling together to their shore lunch spot,” they wrote.
by Dan Kraker

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Children who died at a boarding school in the 1800s return to the White Earth Nation

Children who died at a boarding school in the 1800s return to the White Earth Nation

Two Ojibwe boys who died more than a century ago at the St. John’s Industrial School in Collegeville came home to the White Earth Nation on Sunday. John Parker and Joseph Roy had been buried in the cemetery at St. John’s Abbey.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper celebrates 90 years in print

Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper celebrates 90 years in print

MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the history and future of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper just celebrated 90 years in print.
by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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