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The story behind the stories: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life ... - MinnPost
WEBAug 19, 2014 — The Little House series offered generations of children a glimpse into life on the nineteenth-century American prairie and immortalized a sod house on the banks of Minnesota’s Plum Creek. Laura ...
The story behind Minnesota’s weirdly shaped northern border
WEBFeb 4, 2014 — John Mitchell’s 1755 map showed Lake of the Woods as roughly egg-shaped. In 1798, British explorer David Thompson proved that the northernmost source of the Mississippi was south of Lake of the ...
Does Minnesota law have a ‘viability’ threshold limiting abortion?
WEBJul 12, 2022 — The federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals took issue with that second phrase. In the case Hodgson v. Lawson, the court said the definition presumed viability begins at the end of the 20th week.This ...
Walz spending plan consumes much of Minnesota’s current
WEBJan 27, 2022 — A lot of Walz's proposed spending would be embedded into the state operating budget, obligating the state to spend more in the future to keep those programs in place.
Is Minnesota home to the largest number of Somali Americans in …
WEBJul 11, 2023 — Yes. Minnesota Compass reports a total of 86,610 Somali Americans reside in the state, the largest population in the country. An estimated 37,048 residents of Minnesota were born in Somalia ...
A brief history of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range - MinnPost
WEBMay 26, 2020 — The Mesabi Iron Range’s history as a mining district begins well before ore was unearthed. More than two billion years ago, an era of mountain building known as the Algoman orogeny occurred ...
For forty years, Walker, Minnesota’s International Eelpout Festival ...
WEBFeb 14, 2022 — The International Eelpout Festival in Walker began in 1980 as a way to bring tourists to northern Minnesota during the long winter months. Centered on what is considered the state’s ugliest fish ...
How Walz won Minnesota governor's race against Jensen in charts …
WEBNov 9, 2022 — DFL Gov. Tim Walz beat GOP candidate Scott Jensen in Tuesday’s election by 7.7 percentage points, a smaller margin than his 11.4-point victory in 2018. Nonetheless, it was considered a major ...
What we know about abortions in Minnesota - MinnPost
WEBMay 3, 2022 — The most recent report came out in 2021 and covers 2020. The number of abortions induced in Minnesota has declined dramatically over the years, from more than 19,000 in 1980 to fewer than 10,000 ...