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A sweet lesson: History museum teaches appreciation for buildings, design through gingerbread
The Stearns History Museum sponsors community classes that aim to teach concepts of architecture and design using an unusual medium: gingerbread. Its organizers say if people know more about how buildings are put together, they’ll be able to better care for them and keep them in use.
Morning Announcements for Dec. 2
Here are the morning announcements for Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.
After years of delays, revived taconite mine offers new economic hope on Minnesota’s Iron Range
Mesabi Metallics — a controversial project that’s been in the works for more than two decades and could be the first new taconite mine in Minnesota in nearly 50 years — is once again bringing hopes of economic revival to the Iron Range.
For this Minnesota living history teacher, the past is never dead
Arn Kind turned his passion for the past into a second career making history entertaining and educational in school classrooms and small town libraries across Minnesota. From Vikings to the voyageurs to Vietnam, he delivers lessons like few others.
Sniffles? Cough? Just a little cold? How to keep yourself and others healthy this holiday
While it’s too late to get the benefits from a vaccine for Thanksgiving, there is ample time for them to work ahead of other holidays, like Christmas and New Year’s Eve. For now, the basics of washing your hands and covering coughs and sneezes are a good start.
Morning Announcements for Nov. 27
Here are the morning announcements for Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.
New book tells how the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe defended its reservation and sovereignty
“They Would Not Be Moved: The Enduring Struggle of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to Keep their Reservation” by historian and anthropologist Bruce White was published earlier this year by the Minnesota Historical Society Press. The book details the nearly 200-year fight by the tribal nation to maintain their land.
PWHL’s success inspires young girls to dream of pro hockey career
The Steve Carroll Goalie School has been training young athletes — no matter their gender — for nearly three decades. Now, with the success of Minnesota’s professional women’s hockey team, girls at Carroll’s camp are able to dream bigger than they have before.
A cancellable feast? When politics sabotage Thanksgiving
With Thanksgiving coming up this week, holiday season is officially underway. But for some, getting together with family and friends feels challenging this year after a divisive election.
Listen: Minnesota Farm Bureau outlines legislative priorities
During the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation Federation’s annual meeting, stopping the spread of and preventing illnesses that affect cattle and livestock, such as avian influenza and H5N1, arose as a key issue.