Participants spend the "Great Minnesota State Fair Sketch Together" drawing fair scenes ranging from award-winning rabbits and geese to flights of beer.
Crowds were inside the gates before the sun came up and animals were still sleeping when eager fairgoers crept through the barns in the early morning. But it didn't stay quiet for long.
The field of U.S. Bank Stadium was packed Tuesday morning with nearly 30,000 people gathered to celebrate the Muslim holiday Eid Al-Adha, in what event organizers called "Super Eid."
Across Minnesota, voter turnout surprised election officials. In Minneapolis, the city clerk's office says turnout by early Tuesday afternoon was already well beyond that of the last three primary elections.
The Mash-ka-wisen treatment center held its 40th annual Celebration on Sobriety Powwow Saturday in Sawyer, Minn. MPR News photojournalists attended the powwow and helped people take self-portraits and share their stories of recovery.