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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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Pentagon restores webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers and others after outcry

Pentagon restores webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers and others after outcry

A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and also used search terms like “gay,” leading to the flagging of Enola Gay images.
by Tom Bowman

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Last of the classified JFK assassination files to be released Tuesday

Last of the classified JFK assassination files to be released Tuesday

About 80,000 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are expected to be released, but presidential historians don't expect any bombshell revelations.
by Scott Neuman

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