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• Video: Mankato's Gage Towers implosion
  Two signature buildings on the campus of Minnesota State University in Mankato came down over the weekend. The school's interim alumni relations director, Jennifer Myers, says the buildings were demolished because they can't be updated.July 1, 2013
• Big crowds at gay pride parades nationwide
  The high court gave celebrants one more reason to cheer Sunday when Justice Anthony Kennedy rejected a last-ditch effort by opponents to stop gay marriages in California.July 1, 2013
• After historic ruling, wedding fever takes hold at Twin Cities Pride
  One month from today, the first same-sex wedding ceremonies will take place in Minnesota, and anticipation of that day was evident at Twin Cities Pride over the weekend. Instead of an area for commitment ceremonies as there has been in previous years, there was a showcase for wedding businesses that want to help couples with their plans.July 1, 2013
• Duluth man gets WWII-era postcard in mail
  A 32-year-old Duluth man has a mystery on his hands. Tyler Scouton received a postcard last week that appears to be from the World War II era. The card is postmarked April 23, 1945, but it has a modern-day postage stamp on it.June 30, 2013
• Marjorie Anderson, first woman to lead Mille Lacs band, dies at 81
  The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe said former Chief Executive Marjorie Anderson died on Saturday. Anderson was the first woman leader of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in east central Minnesota, serving from 1991 to 2000. She was elected to another four-year term as chief executive in 2008.June 30, 2013
• Photos: Hmong American flag football
  The first women's flag football teams were organized in the Twin Cities nearly a decade ago to help raise funds for various causes. Popularity and team numbers grew. Then, seven years ago, the women won approval to compete in the Hmong Freedom Celebration from the organizers, the St. Paul-based Lao Family Community.June 28, 2013
• For Hmong American women, flag football breaks barriers
  The teams face tough competition on the Fourth of July weekend when teams from around the country arrive in St. Paul for the annual Hmong Freedom Celebration. That's not the only challenge they've faced, though.June 28, 2013
• Will the new Vikings stadium mean the end of tailgating?
  It's a rite as old as Minnesota's football franchise: Fans gather outside the stadium to eat, drink and tailgate. But some of the Vikings' most ardent fans are worried the new stadium will mean the end of tailgating as they know and love it.June 28, 2013
• Mankato woman gets 2nd heart transplant
  Alyssa Sandeen, 23, received another heart Thursday night, 15 years after she underwent her first heart transplant at age 8, said her father, Christopher Sandeen.June 28, 2013
• Pride, Petty, Twins mean crowded Minneapolis weekend
  Minneapolis city officials are urging people to use public transit to move around this weekend, because Target Field, the Traget Center and Hennepin Avenue are going to be choked with crowds.June 28, 2013
• St. Paul Cathedral organ gets a tune up
  Company president and Tonal Director Michael Quimby told Morning Edition Jim Bickal that new and refurbished pipes are in place, as is the mechanism which draws air into the instrument.June 28, 2013
• Suburban Hwy. 169 closures start tonight
  The Minnesota Department of Transportation is resurfacing the highway this summer and the project involves closing parts of the highway on weekends through August.June 28, 2013
• Civil War flags displayed at Capitol as Gettysburg anniversary nears
  The state Historical Society is bringing some rare items out of its collection and putting them on display at the Capitol to mark the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.June 27, 2013
• Making a marriage a success
  Our panel this week discusses the mystery of marriage.The Daily Circuit, June 27, 2013
• Rybak to officiate weddings of 40 same-sex couples Aug. 1
  Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will officiate 40 same-sex weddings consecutively starting at midnight on Aug. 1, the moment such unions become legal in Minnesota.June 27, 2013

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