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Arts Briefs: Waters of history and race at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Arts Briefs is a weekly roundup of Minnesota arts news compiled by the MPR News arts and culture team. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona opened a new exhibition this week: “A Nation Takes Places: Navigating Race and Water in Contemporary Art.”. The exhibition is co-curated by local...
Pro Farmer Crop Tour projects corn record yield for Iowa
Iowa's corn yield potential set a new record high for the Pro Farmer Crop Tour while excessive June rains drove Minnesota's corn yield prospects to the lowest levels since 2012, scouts on an annual tour of top U.S. production states found. The tour on Thursday projected Iowa's corn yield at 192.79 bushels per acre,...
Ocasio-Cortez: Walz is driving Trump and Vance ‘nuts’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said in an interview broadcast early Friday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the Democratic nominee for vice president, is driving former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), “nuts.” “I think that Trump and Vance, they think they have some kind of like, monopoly over masculinity,” Ocasio-Cortez…
More than half of violent crimes go unsolved in Minnesota
More violent crimes are going unsolved in Minnesota today than a decade ago, according to FBI data analyzed by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, a nonprofit working on criminal justice issues. “In 2022, the year for which we have the most recent data, Minnesota saw 57% of violent crimes go unsolved, 5 percentage […]
Dana Bash argues Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff speak to male voters who are not ‘testosterone-laden’
CNN anchor Dana Bash claimed the Democratic Party is trying to win over male voters who are not ‘testosterone-laden,” and that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and second gentleman Doug Emhoff are part of the party’s attempt to reach out to this voting bloc. Bash’s comment was preceded by an assessment from fellow anchor Jake Tapper, […]
FOX 9 Good Day: Aug. 23, 2024
Day two at the state fair! Do you know someone whose name was ruined thanks to a character in a movie or TV show? Plus, which of the new state fair foods are worth the hype, Stephanie March shares her thoughts. And if you're looking to get as much done as you can at the State Fair, we have someone who is a state fair planning expert. We're talking about how you can maximize the fun!
CHARGES FILED AGAINST MAN IN UMN THREAT
(Watson, MN) — A man accused of making threats that forced the University of Minnesota and several other schools into lockdown is officially charged. Joseph Mark Rongstad surrendered to law enforcement after a standoff at a home in Chippewa County earlier this month, after he allegedly posted online that he was headed to the U of M to “shoot kids”, saying in one message that it would only take him 2-and-a-half hours to get there. He was charged today with several felonies. Rongstad is being held on a $1 million bond.
“Don’t Know Much About History” Feat. Historian Travis Zimmerman
Don’t Know Much About History: Minnesota Ojibwe and Contributions of American Indians in History with Travis Zimmerman. Join your library for a presentation on the history and culture of Indigenous people of Minnesota, including Ojibwe culture, contributions to history and an overview of Indigenous military services and the Code Talkers. This program will feature historian and site manager for the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post Travis Zimmerman.
Feds target two Wisconsin towns over lack of accessible voting machines
Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Wisconsin’s free newsletter here.The U.S. Department of Justice threatened legal action in July against two northern Wisconsin towns that allegedly didn’t have accessible voting equipment in the April election.At least one of the towns, which is represented by some officials who have voiced distrust of electronic voting equipment, appears to be on a collision course with the agency after a local voter said it didn’t use the federally required voting equipment in the Aug. 13 election, either.A U.S. assistant attorney...
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