“Why don’t you talk like ‘Fargo?’” It’s a question many Minnesotans have probably been asked during their out-of-state travels. Blame the Coen brothers’ 1996 film “Fargo,” in which the Minnesota accent played a starring role. The film helped shape modern perceptions of the state’s people. There’s a new “Fargo” in town — a TV series Read more →
Many school districts across southern Minnesota will be closed tomorrow due to severe weather, including Rochester, Winona, Austin, and Faribault. The Superior, Wis., schools will also be closed. Southwest Transit has also announced it will be providing limited service tomorrow and will not be stopping at seven of its usual pickup/drop-off locations (see the list Read more →
Temperatures will struggle to reach zero across the state tomorrow — and a number of schools will be closed due to the frigid weather. The list of districts that will be closed tomorrow includes: Anoka-Hennepin Bloomington Eastern Carver County Eden Prairie Edina Hudson, Wis. Minneapolis Minnetonka Orono Prior Lake-Savage Richfield St. Louis Park St. Paul Read more →
Camping at the state fair means the comforts of home, a place of respite from the heat and living with my love. What could be better? Read more →
We get a lesson on the ancient art of glass blowing. Read more →
MPR’s Morning Edition crew has set out to learn something new about the world each day of the state fair, and today they found a group of scientists and map-makers from the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota who are closely studying Antarctica. Producer Jeff Jones met one of the team’s cartographers, Brad Herried, in Read more →
MPR’s Cathy Wurzer, a horse lover, visited the equine area of the Minnesota State Fair determined to learn something new. Sure enough, J.P. Bell of the Minnesota Cutting Horse Association introduced her to a concept — and a competition — she had only heard of but never understood. “Cutting” is the term for separating one Read more →
Bike experts and bicyclists in MPR’s Public Insight Network share their top rides with us. Read more →
If you drive into Northfield from the west, you’ll be greeted by a pleasant oatmeal-like aroma, courtesy of the Malt-O-Meal Factory. Malt-O-Meal operates the old Ames Mill, originally built in 1869, and Northfield is the only place the company’s hot cereals are produced. It seems fitting that this wholesome American icon is produced in Northfield, Read more →
In aisles of glass cases, shrine-like arrangements of feathery lures and shiny hooks surround photos of their former owners. These donated collections sit alongside hand-carved lures, wooden canoes and replicas of the largest fish caught in the state, making the Minnesota Fishing Museum a display of earnest nostalgia. 89 year-old owner Al Baert walks over Read more →
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