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When deep fried on a stick is no longer funny
A sausage wrapped in cornmeal batter, deep fried, dressed with mustard and ketchup is the most popular food on a stick at the Minnesota State Fair. Just one of a varied menu that includes a bucket of chocolate chip cookies among its top-ranked options. Everything...
Princess Kay and the Butter Queens
“I’ve always loved princesses,” says Amy Kyllo, a blonde teenager from Minnesota who has just won a beauty pageant - with a difference. Kyllo was named 2019’s “Princess Kay of the Milky Way” at the Minnesota State Fair, a title given every year to a dairy farmer’s...
Minnesota No. 1 hit is the soundtrack of the primaries
"I just took a DNA test, turns out..." posted Hillary Clinton last week, re-tweeting a meme by singer-songwriter-flutist Lizzo. It’s a quote from the wildly popular song “Truth Hurts,” and it goes on like this: “...I’m a 100% that bitch.” The former Secretary of State...
Changes in climate demand change in action
The impact of climate change cannot be ignored, despite what Trump may believe. The leaders of the United States and other powerful nations cannot absolve themselves from leading the fight against it.