Tolkkinen: Deep in Minnesota’s Trump country, an artist paints portraits of refugees and immigrants
Vicki Beckendorf says “my head is urban but my heart is rural.”
AuthoredKaren Tolkkinen
AuthoredKaren TolkkinenMay 31, 2025
‘A place to heal’: New Minnesota sober house opens for veterans with PTSD
Bravo Zulu House will accommodate 13 veterans in a rural setting south of Mankato.
May 28, 2025
Tolkkinen: From Hmong radio to cannabis, southern Minnesota is adapting to the times
We all make Minnesota into what it is, and what it will be. AuthoredKaren Tolkkinen
AuthoredKaren TolkkinenMay 28, 2025
Worthington pork plant union inks ‘historic’ national contract with meatpacker JBS
The deal between the U.S. subsidiary of the Brazil-based company and the United Food and Commercial Workers union includes the first pension a meatpacking employer has offered since 1986.
May 22, 2025
Two escapees from St. Peter sex offender facility were living in unlocked area, state says
Officials said the recent escapes from the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in St. Peter are a first for the less secure part of the facility.
May 21, 2025
‘Minnesota’s Most Legendary Basketball Team’ says goodbye to gym that made them
That 1960 champion team beat teams far larger on its improbable state tournament run.
May 19, 2025
Flooding at Rapidan Dam changed a river, lives and recreational area
Raging waters scoured 87 Olympic swimming pools’ worth of earth into the Blue Earth River.
May 17, 2025
St. Peter brewery takes gold at World Beer Cup for old Scandinavian beer
Paddlefish Brewing is throwing a party after its World Beer Cup award for an ale made with a local Swedish gift shop. Four other Minnesota breweries are winners, too.
May 16, 2025
Immigrant released on bond after judge says ICE arrest was based on George Floyd protest
A district judge said Aditya Harsono’s detention was retaliation and a violation of the First Amendment. He left detention Thursday afternoon.
May 15, 2025
For Mankato’s international students, it’s been a semester of fear
A bright light has been a community rallying around them in a “scary, very scary” past few months.
May 12, 2025
‘Marshall, please help us’: Residents voice fears at mobile home park closure hearing
A letter says the Broadmoor Valley site intends to close in March 2026.
May 8, 2025
Minnesota State Mankato makes big cuts to academic offerings to save money, meet student and employer demands
The university will go from 306 academic offerings to 216, including 12 new degrees or certificates.
May 7, 2025
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