The new Minnesota Military and Veterans’ Museum remembers 9/11, the results of the Minnesota House State Fair Poll are in, and Jesse James rides — and loses again — in Northfield.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
25 YEARS LATER A MINNESOTA AIRMAN REMEMBERS WATCHING A MINNESOTA PILOT GO DOWN DURING THE SEPTEMBER 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS.
[JEFFREY ROSENTHAL: AT THAT VERY MOMENT... THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH OUR WINDSCREEN FROM LEFT TO RIGHT—FLIGHT 77—AND DIVED RIGHT INTO THE PENTAGON. ]
**9/11 25TH ANNIVERSARY AND MINNESOTA MILITARY MUSEUM**
FLIGHT 77 CAPTAIN CHARLES BURLINGAME WAS BORN IN ST. PAUL ... AND ONE OF THE FOUR MINNESOTANS WHO DIED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001.
TODAY... A NEW MINNESOTA MILITARY AND VETERANS MUSEUM IS OPENING NEAR CAMP RIPLEY WITH A DOCUMENTARY OF THE VOICES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED THROUGH IT
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AT THE THEATRE INSIDE THE 40-THOUSAND-SQUARE-FOOT MUSEUM STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE EVENING..
FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS INCLUDE ST. PAUL NATIVE SCOTT WALLACE... WHO WAS ON THE 63RD FLOOR OF THE NORTH TOWER WHEN THE FIRST PLANE HIT.
[SCOTT WALLACE: I REMEMBER GETTING ON THAT STAIRWELL... AND I LOOKED AT THE STAIR MARKER... AND IT SAYS 63. AND I THOUGHT, ‘OH MAN... WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO DOWN.’ AND I THOUGHT—I REMEMBER... I REMEMBER PRAYING TO MYSELF... JUST SAYING, ‘LORD, GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO STAY CALM... AND GET DOWN... AND GET OUT OF HERE.’]
THIS INTERVIEW IS PART OF THE NEW MINNESOTA MILITARY & VETERANS MUSEUM DOCUMENTARY , RESOLUTE... WHICH WILL DEBUT TONIGHT AT SEVEN.. THE MUSEUM WILL THEN SHINE BLUE FOR THE NATIONAL ‘TRIBUTE IN LIGHT.
ALONG WITH FLIGHT 77 CAPTAIN CHARLES BURLINGAME... THE OTHER THREE MINNESOTANS KILLED IN THE ATTACKS WERE... GORDON AAMOTH JUNIOR... MAX BEILKE... AND TOM BURNETT JUNIOR.
THE NEW MUSEUM IS EIGHT TIMES LARGER THAN THE OLD ONE... WITH MORE THAN 25-THOUSAND ARTIFACTS... CHRONICLING 160 YEARS OF MINNESOTA MILITARY HISTORY.
ITS GOAL IS TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY THROUGH THE STORIES OF SERVICE MEMBERS AND FAMILIES.
**TWO DOCTORS WITH MINNESOTA TIES MISSING**
TWO DOCTORS WITH RECENT MINNESOTA TIES... AND TWO OF THEIR PARENTS... ARE AMONG THE THOUSANDS WHO DISAPPEARED WHEN CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING HIT THE NEPAL-TIBET BORDER TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NOW SAYS THE FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS WERE LIKELY INSIDE THEIR HOTEL IN TIMURE (tee moor), NEPAL... WHEN FLOODWATERS SWEPT IT AWAY.
DOCTOR ISHAN PATEL HAD JUST COMPLETED A U OF M ORTHOPEDIC FELLOWSHIP...
HIS WIFE... DOCTOR AKANKSHA PATEL... RECENTLY WORKED AS A PSYCHIATRIST AT ALLINA HEALTH’S MERCY HOSPITAL IN FRIDLEY.
**HOUSE OF REPS STATE FAIR SURVEY 2026**
MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS ARE DIVIDED OVER GUNS... FRAUD... AND SCHOOL FUNDING...
BUT... THOUSANDS OF STATE FAIRGOERS FOUND BROAD AGREEMENT OF THOSE ISSUES... AND MORE.... IN THE HOUSE’S ANNUAL STATE FAIR POLL. ...
SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE STRONGEST CONSENSUS …
92 PERCENT WANT DRIVERLESS VEHICLES REGULATED WITH INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.
77- PERCENT SUPPORT THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR A SCHOOL FUNDING INCREASE THAT WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT...
JUST MORE THAN 75-PERCENT SUPPORT A BAN ON SEMI-AUTOMATIC MILITARY-STYLE ASSAULT WEAPONS
THE HOUSE MEDIA SERVICES SAYS THE POLL ... OF NINE-THOUSAND-SIX-HUNDRED-FIVE-PEOPLE ..IS INFORMAL AND UNSCIENTIFIC..
[Q: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF OUR POLL THIS YEAR? A: I THOUGHT IT HAD REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS!]
**POLICE DRONE EXPANSION**
SAINT PAUL WON’T BE EXPANDING ITS POLICE DRONE FLEET … AT LEAST FOR NOW.
THE CITY COUNCIL DENIED A REQUEST FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EXPAND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE DRONE PROGRAM...
THE COUNCIL WANTS MORE PUBLIC OVERSIGHT AND CLEARER RULES ON SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.
[REBECCA NOECKER: THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT SUPPORT AND EXPANSION OF OUR DRONE PROGRAM UNTIL A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED.]
LAST WEEK... THE COUNCIL ENDED THE CITY’S FLOCK CAMERA CONTRACT … OVER SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT DATA COLLECTION AND PRIVACY.
POLICE CAN CONTINUE USING THEIR THREE EXISTING DRONES.
**SLIVER LAKE DAM PROGRESS**
ROCHESTER’S SILVER LAKE DAM IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEING REPLACED BY ROCK RAPIDS AND WAVE POOLS.
THE CITY COUNCIL REJECTED AN APPEAL FROM OPPONENTS OF THE CHANGES... CLEARING THE WAY FOR THE 15-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT TO RECEIVE FINAL APPROVAL LATER THIS MONTH.
**BASS FISHING STATE TOURNEY**
ON LEECH LAKE IN NORTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA… IT’S THE STATE TITLE THAT’S ON THE LINE THIS WEEKEND.
EIGHTY… TWO-PERSON TEAMS CAST OFF ON LEECH LAKE THIS WEEKEND FOR THE ‘MINNESOTA JUNIOR BASS NATION’ HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE TOP TWO TEAMS WILL REEL IN A SPOT AT NEXT YEAR’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
**DEFEAT OF JESSE JAMES DAYS**
AND FINALLY …
[NAT: “LET’S GO BOYS … GET OFF THE STREET!” GUNSHOTS & HOOFBEATS.]
NOTORIOUS BANK ROBBER JESSE JAMES IS RIDING INTO NORTHFIELD THIS WEEKEND … ONLY TO LOSE … AGAIN.
ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES … NORTHFIELD IS CELEBRATING ITS ANNUAL “DEFEAT OF JESSE JAMES DAY” … WHICH REMEMBERS HOW ARMED RESIDENTS STOOD UP TO THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG WHEN IT TRIED TO ROB THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN 1876.
TWO GANG MEMBERS WERE KILLED … AND THE REST FLED EMPTY HANDED.
THIS YEAR IS THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY … NORTHFIELD IS MARKING IT WITH A RODEO … A PARADE … AND DAILY REENACTMENTS OF THE SHOOTOUT, TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
FOR NORTH STAR STORIES, I’M XAN HOLSTON.