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71st Princess Kay of the Milky Way crowned ahead of Minnesota State Fair
Her first official duty as Princess Kay will be to sit in a rotating cooler in the Dairy Building to have her likeness sculpted in a 90-pound block of butter the first two days of the Minnesota State Fair.
‘He’s always going to be Mr. Walz’: Mankato West alumni watch former teacher accept VP nomination 
Former students, alumni, colleagues and neighbors gathered at the Mankato West High School auditorium Wednesday evening to watch Gov. Tim Walz formally accept his nomination on the big screen with a speech.
Minneapolis community safety group asks city council for more money
The Unity Community Mediation Team — which has formally worked with the Minneapolis Police Department on reform since 2003 — asked the city council Wednesday for $937,900 to help cover costs. 
Tribal leaders weigh in on Walz’s work with tribal-state relations
Though there have been “moments of disagreement and difference,” tribal leaders across the state have voiced their support for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, pointing to his efforts to build tribal-state relations.
Art Hounds: ‘Five More Minutes’ looks at love and loss
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art.
Job Interview: Climate activist parks cars on her lawn for the Minnesota State Fair
Tina Clarke worked for years in America and Europe to create solutions for climate change. When she moved to Minnesota in 2017 to help her mom, she didn’t realize she had also stumbled upon her largest captive audiences for discussing climate solutions: the Minnesota State Fair.
Minnesota State Fair by the numbers 2024
The Great Minnesota Get-Together is upon us and you know what that means — that’s right, data on a stick.