Coming home, more native than her parents A few weeks ago we wrote about the "Brain Gain," the phenomenon of people moving to rural Minnesota, as explored by a University of Minnesota Extension researcher.
After two years at Bard College in New York, Stearns County native Marna Macgregor is coming home, too. Here's a guest post she wrote for Ground Level about the mixed feelings she has.July 5, 2012
What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July? More than 10 years before the Emancipation Proclamation, the Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass delivered an Independence Day speech that remains famous to this day.July 4, 2012
Hot dog! Speed eaters weigh in for NY contest The two defending champion eaters and their challengers gathered with Mayor Michael Bloomberg for an official weigh-in ahead of New York's annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest.July 4, 2012
Search to find Earhart wreckage begins in Hawaii A $2.2 million expedition is hoping to finally solve one of America's most enduring mysteries: What exactly happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart when she went missing over the South Pacific 75 years ago?July 3, 2012
Reminder: Handle fireworks safely State fire officials are urging people to use caution when handling fireworks on the Fourth of July holiday, and not let children handle sparklers or other fireworks.July 3, 2012
The Week in Commentary A summary of the past week's commentaries and some of the comments they provoked.June 30, 2012
Hoax prompts free tacos in Alaska town Residents of Bethel, Alaska, know from cable TV ads what the major fast-food chains offer: chicken at KFC, burgers at McDonald's and tacos at Taco Bell.June 29, 2012
MPR News photos of the week Northeast Minnesota takes stock after the floods, the Laughing Loon Farm copes with the aftermath of an earlier deluge, some Minneapolis kids greet summer by going back to school, hog farmers feel pressure to treat their livestock better, and Brandi Carlile visits MPR. All that and more in our photos of the week.June 29, 2012
Oglala Sioux Tribe honors Russell Means Means is a member of the tribe and gained national fame in the 1970s for his political activism related to the American Indian Movement.June 27, 2012