Minnesota History

Q&A: Documentary looks at 2013 Hopkins High School walkout
Independent journalist Ralph L. Crowder III has directed a documentary, “Before Black Lives Mattered, the Kids Marched for Education.” He aims to highlight the influence the 2013 walkout had in a larger conversation about equality in education, as well as correct the narrative from media coverage at the time.
Crow Wing County commissioners plan to object to new state flag
Crow Wing County Commissioner Paul Koering said he’s heard a lot of displeasure from his constituents about the flag redesign. The county board plans to vote on a resolution at its next meeting on Jan. 2, which it will send to Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders.
As panel completes work, St. Cloud store sees sales of current Minnesota state flag spike
Even as a state commission wraps up its design of a new state flag, Coil’s Flags and Flagpoles in St. Cloud can’t keep the current flag in stock.
Split Rock Lighthouse hosts annual Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony
A crowd of several hundred people is expected to gather at Split Rock Lighthouse on Friday for a memorial ceremony and beacon-lighting to mark the 48th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Thanking and remembering veterans
What does “Thank you for your service” mean to military veterans? Listen back to a conversation MPR News host Angela Davis had with veterans about that phrase. Plus, a documentary about the Ojibwe and Dakota code talkers who helped win World War II.
What’s old is new again: Iconic Rochester sign gets a ‘glow-up’
For more than 50 years, the Kahler Grand Hotel’s neon red sign has lit up the sterile gray skyline of Mayo Clinic’s downtown Rochester campus. Now the iconic beacon is getting a “glow-up.”