Shows

Art Hounds: Outdoor opera and a one-person show with a rotating cast
Art Hounds recommend the one-person play “Naive Super” at Norway House, in which the actor changes with every performance. Mixed Precipitation’s Pickup Truck Opera wraps up its traveling summer performances of Charles Gounod’s opera “Romeo and Juliet” at several outdoor metro locations. 
Audio Postcard: Purple and gold pepper a prairie voyage
Kelly Povo and Phyllis Root find bundles of purple Blazing Star and yellow Goldenrod in Lost Valley Prairie Scientific and Natural Area, just north of Hastings, Minn.
Space Tower grounded for the rest of this year’s Minnesota State Fair
The Minnesota State Fair’s iconic Space Tower, soaring more than 300 feet above the eastern edge of the fairgrounds, won’t be taking any more fairgoers up for a ride this year after a wiring malfunction.
Then and now at the State Fair: Architecture of the miniature city
Think of the Minnesota State Fair as a miniature city. Like a city, the fairgrounds have been built up over more than 150 years, with different architecture styles.
Still no strong 2024 GOP challenger for Amy Klobuchar
As DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar prepares to seek a fourth term next year, a strong Republican challenger has yet to emerge.
As a new school year arrives, changes to school resource officer rules reignites debate over school safety
At least four county sheriffs and two local police departments have announced they are pulling school resource officers out of schools.