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Mural honoring Dakota people unveiled in Red Wing
A community gathering Monday in Red Wing, Minn., celebrated the unveiling of a large-scale outdoor mural honoring the Dakota people and Chief Red Wing.
'People do not want bombings': Minnesota Jewish community gathers after attack on Israel
The attack on Israel Saturday by Hamas militants has galvanized Jewish communities around the world — and in Minnesota. On Tuesday night, a solidarity gathering in St. Louis Park drew thousands of people.
Minnesota Native reading project teaches 'present tense' of Indigenous lives
A book that tells the stories of the Upper Sioux Community may help students across the state learn more about Indigenous communities in Minnesota. Another tribal nation, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, is providing the books for free.
From insurgent to insider, Minnesota’s Emmer eyes next move
The rabble-rousing state lawmaker turned party insider could land a promotion to House majority leader amid other GOP shuffling, but insurgents in his party could stand in his way.
Jewish summer camp staff, alumni mourn Israeli friend killed in attack
Staff and alumni of a local Jewish summer camp are mourning the death of an Israeli man killed in the Hamas attack on Saturday. The website TC Jewfolk reports that Netta Epstein, 21, died in his apartment just outside the Gaza Strip while protecting his girlfriend from an exploding grenade.
State Rep. Brion Curran charged with DWI
Charges filed against a first-term state lawmaker allege her blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit when she was arrested along Interstate 35 early Monday.