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December 18, 2025
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La Parranda Boricua Brings a Puerto Rican Christmas to Minnesota

St. Paul's Boriken Cultural Center celebrates Christmas Caribbean style. Congress tries to provide schools in Northern Minnesota with a helping hand. And, how you can check out artifacts from the Vatican without having to travel to Rome. [Read Transcript...]

September 20, 2016
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MN90: The Halloween Blizzard

Every generation has a storm that defines its era. For those growing up in the 1990s, says Britt Aamodt, that storm was the Halloween Blizzard. [Read Transcript...]

November 30, 2015
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MN90: Minnesota’s 1860 Thanksgiving

George Washington asked Americans to give thanks for their freedom. Britt Aamodt takes us to Minnesota's first day of thanks in 1860 undertaken in a spirit of well-being that within a year would be shaken by one of the most cataclysmic events in the nation's history. [Read Transcript...]

June 22, 2015
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St. Urho: The Patron Saint of Finns

The Irish came to Minnesota with their own day, St. Patrick's Day. And the Finns came to Minnesota with their own—wait. They didn't have a day. But Britt Aamodt finds out how they got one. [Read Transcript...]

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