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Bad Bunny halftime show lifts and gives hope to Latino Minnesotans at a difficult time

Bad Bunny halftime show lifts and gives hope to Latino Minnesotans at a difficult time

Latino Minnesotans hosted dance parties and played Bad Bunny music before the Puerto Rican artists’ highly anticipated and politically controversial Superbowl halftime show on Sunday. Some say they appreciate Bad Bunny for using his platform to criticize recent ICE actions, and he gives them hope in a trying time.
by Nicole Ki

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Many Midwest farmers have mixed feelings about upcoming USDA payments

Many Midwest farmers have mixed feelings about upcoming USDA payments

Farmers across the country will receive a check at the end of the month to partly compensate for losses experienced last year. Soybean growers in Minnesota and North Dakota say the payments won’t be enough to make them whole.
by Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval

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Once considered 'junk,' native rough fish soon could see new catch limits, protections

Once considered 'junk,' native rough fish soon could see new catch limits, protections

For more than a century, native rough fish like redhorse, bowfin and buffalo were lumped in with invasive species like common carp — and not considered worthy of protection or management. But there’s growing respect for the species and concern about a potential population decline. 
by Kirsti Marohn

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Seahawks ride their 'Dark Side' defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding the Patriots 29-13

Seahawks ride their 'Dark Side' defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding the Patriots 29-13

The Seattle Seahawks have won the franchise's second Super Bowl, and defense was the driving force behind this championship. Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye in Seattle's 29-13 win on Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. 
by The Associated Press

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Poetry, music and snow sculptures: Minneapolis artists honor 'victims of ICE'

Poetry, music and snow sculptures: Minneapolis artists honor 'victims of ICE'

2024 Minneapolis Poet Laureate Heid E. Erdrich and various snow sculptors hosted a ceremony and vigil Saturday evening for “victims of ICE,” including the debut of a poem by Erdrich honoring Renee Macklin Good. The Luminary Loppet took place the same evening nearby on Lake of the Isles, bringing the beauty of this seasonal tradition during ugly times in the Twin Cities.
by Cait Kelley

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Hard hats and dummy plates: Reports of ICE ruses add to fears in Minnesota

Hard hats and dummy plates: Reports of ICE ruses add to fears in Minnesota

As the sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota continues, legal observers and officials say they have received a growing number of reports of federal agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and in some cases anti-ICE activists.
by The Associated Press

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Help scientists document Midwest light pollution by looking at Orion

Help scientists document Midwest light pollution by looking at Orion

More people participating in the citizen science project Globe At Night could help fill gaps in what astronomers know about the extent of skyglow.

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