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Minnesota History

What’s old is new again: Iconic Rochester sign gets a ‘glow-up’

What’s old is new again: Iconic Rochester sign gets a ‘glow-up’

For more than 50 years, the Kahler Grand Hotel’s neon red sign has lit up the sterile gray skyline of Mayo Clinic’s downtown Rochester campus. Now the iconic beacon is getting a “glow-up.”
by Catharine Richert

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As Rochester City Council considers multi-family zoning, Pill Hill pushes back

As Rochester City Council considers multi-family zoning, Pill Hill pushes back

Rochester’s Pill Hill neighborhood is dotted with historic homes, large and small. Now, the city council is considering zoning changes that could usher in new development.
by Catharine Richert

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New exhibit aims to tell fuller history of Bdote and Fort Snelling

New exhibit aims to tell fuller history of Bdote and Fort Snelling

Historic Fort Snelling is an old military site perched between the intersections of two highways and two rivers. There’s a lot of history that converges there too.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Indigenous history is one of the newest requirements in Minnesota classrooms

Indigenous history is one of the newest requirements in Minnesota classrooms

Minnesota teachers renewing their K-12 license are now being required to include training on Indigenous history as part of their requirements to teach within the state of Minnesota, as well as having it built-into the curriculum.
by Cathy Wurzer, Gracie Stockton and Lukas Levin

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Wildfires in Maui are among the deadliest in U.S. history. These are the other fires atop the list

Wildfires in Maui are among the deadliest in U.S. history. These are the other fires atop the list

Wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed at least 96 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Here’s a look at the other deadliest fires in U.S. history.
by The Associated Press

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Long before latest push to bring high tech to north Minneapolis there was Microtron

Long before latest push to bring high tech to north Minneapolis there was Microtron

There’s a new push to bring high tech businesses and jobs to north Minneapolis. However, 35 years ago a pioneering Black business owner named Beck Horton — and his now defunct company Microtron — did just that.
by Jae Bryson

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Beltrami County Historical Society pushes to return sacred Indigenous artifacts to communities

Beltrami County Historical Society pushes to return sacred Indigenous artifacts to communities

Recently a court granted the Beltrami Historical Society’s museum permission to break up arguably its most important collection — the John Morrison collection. This will allow culturally sensitive artifacts to be repatriated to the Indigenous communities where they originated.  
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Pipestone carvers preserve revered Native spiritual tradition in Minnesota prairie

Pipestone carvers preserve revered Native spiritual tradition in Minnesota prairie

Under the tall prairie grass outside this southwestern Minnesota town lies a precious seam of dark red pipestone that, for thousands of years, Native Americans have quarried and carved into pipes essential to prayer and communication with the Creator.
by The Associated Press

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