Month: September 2022

Writer and State Fair aficianado Joe Kimball was shocked to find the World’s Greatest French Fries is no longer operating. Fish tacos are in its place, and it’s just one of many vendor transitions at the fair this year….

Plus – Auditor report reveals cost increases and funding problems for Southwest light rail; booster vaccine advice, and spiders at Augsburg…

Plus: State Fair politicking and a Holstein calf named Coconut….

In an interview with MinnPost, the interim director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota talked about efforts to train teachers on how best to teach students about the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews….

plus: Scott Jensen will speak at a summit with anti-vaccine activists. There is a 60% chance that Minnesota will experience La Nina this winter. A country duo makes Minnesota the last stop for solo careers….

An Order this Week The special redistricting panel established by the state Supreme Court ruled that the state and Carver County were the two defendants in Wattson V. Secretary of State. They must pay $479927.12 in attorney fees, and $1,079.04 for court costs to three batches. …

Plus – Remains of Indigenous People and sacred Items found at UND; 3M job elimination; and many more…

Black Minnesotans are subject to the vast majority (and at a far greater level than state demographics) of raids. …

plus: A former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane is currently in federal custody in Colorado. The Minnesota Zoo asks birders for help in looking for escaped magpies. One of Wisconsin’s fake electors has been working for Republican Senator Ron Johnson’s campaign….