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After a prolonged national spotlight, Minneapolis tackles its optics
1+ week, 4+ day ago (14+ words) After a prolonged national spotlight due to ICE surge, Minneapolis tackles its optics'MPR News...
Hundreds of Minnesota students walk out to demand assault weapons ban
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (31+ words) At least 20 Minnesota schools saw students walk out of class Friday to demand stricter gun control laws in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a school in Minneapolis....
Long-lost footage of Sven Sundgaard's dad, Kip Sundgaard, at in the 1976 Winter Olympics
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (136+ words) 50 years ago, MPR News Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard's dad, Kip Sundgaard, was a ski jumper in the 1976 Winter Olympic. But Sven and his family had never seen Kip's Olympic jump or him in the opening ceremonies until just recently when someone…...
Record-high warm weather brings early spring scenes to Minnesota
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (211+ words) It was a classic spring day at the University of Minnesota's landscape arboretum: melting snow, crowds of people and sap flowing through the tubes on just-tapped maple trees. Temperatures hit record highs this weekend, reaching the low 50s in the Twin…...
The 'Magical City' — An illustrated tour of George Morrison’s New York
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (49+ words) George Morrison's years in New York shaped his artistic voice and placed him at the center of major 20th-century art movements. A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art traces that journey from his arrival in 1943 to his lasting…...
Shanties to Sleds: A winter wonderland of Minneapolis art and resilience in the outdoors
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (17+ words) The south Minneapolis art festivals bring joy to a community experiencing the results of increased immigration enforcement....
'Snow is a giant mirror' — an art exhibition captures the color and quiet of peak Minnesota winter
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (88+ words) A new exhibition at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum reveals winter as a season of vivid color and quiet beauty, through the eyes of artists who venture into Minnesota's cold to capture snow not as white, but as a mirror of…...
2025 in photos: MPR News’ top shots from its staff and freelance photojournalists
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (34+ words) Each year, MPR News" freelance and staff photographers capture moments of celebration, protest, grief and resilience. See highlights from the past year and get the perspectives of the visual journalists who captured these images....
‘Tinted windows and out-of-state plates’: How ICE watchers look for agents in their neighborhoods
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (33+ words) Across the Twin Cities, ICE agents and activists are playing a high stakes cat-and-mouse game. The goal is to make their job as difficult as possible, and protect their immigrant neighbors....
St. Paul Police use of force during ICE protests raises press freedom concerns
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (22+ words) Three photojournalists hit by police munitions while covering an ICE protest Tuesday believe they were targeted by police while doing their jobs....