Champlin’s earlier decision to keep flying the old Minnesota flag led to months of controversy and a dramatic City Council ...
Two years after Minnesota adopted a new flag, the state is seemingly warring over the design, the process of picking the flag, and communities that are refusing to fly it in favor of the old flag. The ...
Champlin City Council members have passed a resolution to fly the old, 1983 version of Minnesota's state flag on city property, instead of the state's redesigned version that debuted in 2024. In a 3-2 ...
Board members voted on Tuesday night to fly both the old and new Minnesota flags. They couldn't decide which flags to put on top, so they also approved the purchase of new flag poles to fly them both ...
A flag is supposed to represent the entire state. Instead, Minnesota is dividing into warring camps, each with its own battle flag. For the past two years, Minnesota’s official flag has been a bold ...
EAST GRAND FORKS — It appears likely East Grand Forks will continue to fly the newly designed state flag. The new design was unveiled in 2024 after some people felt the old flag was racist and ...
Must we continue to talk about our state flag like it has some necessary connection to our past? More than anything the controversy feels to me like an extension of the gerontocracy that has its grips ...
The southeastern Minnesota city of Plainview has become the latest municipality in the state to reject flying the new Minnesota flag in favor of the old one. Minnesota's new flag. (Courtesy of the ...
ROCHESTER — It is, at least, a good time to be in the flag-selling business in Minnesota. Just ask Lee Herold. To speak to the owner of Herold Flags in Rochester, you'll walk past Minnesota's state ...