The great canned pumpkin hunt: Fans won't let Festal go Fans of the brand, originally based in southern Minnesota, buy it on eBay for $6 a can and post triumphant tips on a Facebook page dedicated to bringing the canned pumpkin back. But the company that makes it said it's never gone away.November 22, 2017
An update on that purple dinosaur sweatshirt on 'Stranger Things' Fans of the Netflix show "Stranger Things" snapped up a vintage sweatshirt from the Science Museum of Minnesota recently, after that sweatshirt appeared on an episode of the show.November 22, 2017
Indignant Minnesotan is coming for all the state's haters From its outraged beginnings in 2015 challenging a Washington Post reporter for calling one state county "America's worst place to live," the Twitter persona has become the humorous voice of truth for aggrieved Minnesotans everywhere.November 21, 2017
Your Thanksgiving meal prep questions, answered Bon Appetit magazine editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport answers your questions about Thanksgiving menu planning, including Tofurky-free dishes for vegetarians and "boozy" bird recipes.November 21, 2017
Sexual harassment: How do we move forward from here? As the list of powerful men accused of sexual misconduct continues to grow, so too do debates about the place this reckoning might hold in history.November 20, 2017
Undefeated: For Red Lake boxers, a requiem in the ring Nearly every fighter who walks into Red Lake's reservation gym carries some kind of baggage. Boxing helps to cope. "It's like church," says one trainer. "It's where they escape everything. It's where they go to pray."November 20, 2017
Barbie heads into new ground with hijab-sporting doll The doll is modeled after fencer Ibtihaj Muhammed, the first U.S. Olympic athlete to compete in a hijab, who said she would sew head scarves onto her Barbies as a child.November 15, 2017
Ground Level: Unfit to print? Minnesotans deeply skeptical of mainstream media It's not just President Trump at war with the media. Most Minnesotans don't trust mainstream news coverage. That's a key finding from Ground Level, a new MPR News project using public opinion surveys to guide reporting.November 14, 2017
Sydney ferry named Ferry McFerryface after 'Boaty' overruled Boaty was already taken by another vessel. Ferry McFerryface joins the ranks of Boaty McBoatface, a submarine, Trainy McTrainface, a Swedish express train, and Horsey McHorseface, a Sydney racehorse.November 14, 2017