After years of scandal, Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting AmericaMay 7, 2024 1:41 PMBy Debbie Elliott The 114-year-old organization says it's rebranding to Scouting America to be more inclusive. The move by the Boy Scouts after a wide-ranging child sex abuse scandal and bankruptcy.
Play8min 52secWinona high schoolers learn art and science by restoring old pinball machinesMay 7, 2024 1:37 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Ellen FinnWinona Area Learning Center’s Pinhawk Club will auction off their first fully-restored machine Saturday.
Lee Hawkins: Tips and advice from his search through family historyMay 7, 2024 4:00 AMBy Lee HawkinsVeteran reporter Lee Hawkins, Jr., and host of a new APM Studios podcast “What Happened in Alabama?” shares insights into exploring his family history as part of his podcast and upcoming book, “Nobody’s Slave.”
She survived the 1970 Kent State shooting. Here's her message to student activistsMay 5, 2024 8:42 AMBy Rachel Treisman On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students, killing four and wounding nine. A former student who now teaches there reflects on that day and offers lessons for protesters now.
Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.April 30, 2024 11:02 PMBy Neda Ulaby The National Trust's annual list includes Eatonville, the all-Black Florida town memorialized by Zora Neale Hurston, Alaska's Sitka Tlingit Clan houses, and the home of country singer Cindy Walker.
Play6min 25secSign of the future: St. Paul officially brings back historic Rondo Avenue street nameApril 30, 2024 7:44 PMBy Peter CoxBefore the construction of Interstate 94 which drove a multi-lane wedge directly through the center of St. Paul’s historic Black neighborhood, there was a neighborhood called ‘Rondo.’ Mayor Melvin Carter unveiled the new sign.
Play8min 36secNew musical celebrates Minnesota’s Kim Loo SistersApril 30, 2024 1:23 PMBy Emily Bright and Ellen FinnThe musical “Blended Harmony: The Kim Loo Sisters” will premiere May 4 at the History Theatre in St. Paul.
Play6min 36secWhat a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today’s pro-Palestinian encampmentApril 29, 2024 12:41 PMBy Mansee Khurana A college professor who protested the Vietnam War in 1968 compares her experiences with the pro-Palestinian protests currently happening at Columbia University.
Then and now: Bemidji’s Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue OxApril 26, 2024 4:26 PMBy Andrew KruegerBemidji’s iconic Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues are 87 years old this year.
In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and differentApril 26, 2024 4:05 PMBy Bill ChappellThere are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart.