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Land speculators and lawmakers: How St. Peter nearly became Minnesota’s capital

Land speculators and lawmakers: How St. Peter nearly became Minnesota’s capital

A bill at the Legislature this session seeks to designate St. Peter as Minnesota’s honorary capital, a nod to its nearly famous status. It’s also intended to set the record straight on exactly what happened during Minnesota’s last year before statehood. 
by Anika Besst

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‘From the Holocaust to America’: A pop-up art show features artist and survivor Lucy Kreisler Smith

‘From the Holocaust to America’: A pop-up art show features artist and survivor Lucy Kreisler Smith

A new exhibition at Vandalia Tower in St. Paul showcases more than 300 works by Lucy Kreisler Smith, a Holocaust survivor and lifelong artist, in a retrospective curated by her son, Dan Smith.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Minnesota baseball lovers make a pitch to honor bygone ballpark, 2 historic St. Paul teams

Minnesota baseball lovers make a pitch to honor bygone ballpark, 2 historic St. Paul teams

The St. Paul Saints and St. Paul Colored Gophers played ball in the early 1900s at a tiny ballpark near the Capitol called the Pillbox. The Colored Gophers were a vital piece of Black baseball history nationally. A local historian is lobbying now for a public commemoration of the site.
by Peter Cox

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Former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck dies of a heart attack at age 70

Former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck dies of a heart attack at age 70

Former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck, who won a Super Bowl in his nine-year career and was the father of two NFL quarterbacks, died Monday. He was 70. Hasselbeck’s son, Matt, said his father died after going into cardiac arrest at his home. Hasselbeck finished his career with Minnesota in 1985.
by The Associated Press

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New exhibit chronicles final moments of ancient Minnesota bison in Detroit Lakes  

New exhibit chronicles final moments of ancient Minnesota bison in Detroit Lakes  

One day a few centuries ago, a couple bison met their end by drowning in a bog near Frazee. Their preserved bones are now the centerpieces of an exhibit at the Becker County Historical Society and Museum in Detroit Lakes.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Voyageurs, Minnesota’s only national park, celebrates 50th anniversary

Voyageurs, Minnesota’s only national park, celebrates 50th anniversary

Voyageurs National Park, one of the nation’s most unique parks that is accessible largely only by water, preserves 220,000 acres of remote lakes, islands and forest along the Canadian border. But its creation was marked by local opposition.
by Dan Kraker

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Rosie the Riveters honored for service in WWII

Rosie the Riveters honored for service in WWII

The National World War Two Museum and the Gary Sinise Foundation celebrate the trailblazing women who worked in the American defense industry in the 1940s, and preserve their stories for future generations.
by Debbie Elliott

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