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Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
The Strutwear Knitting Factory strike was the longest and least violent of the three major labor strikes that happened in Minneapolis from 1934 to 1936. Minneapolis Mayor Thomas Latimer and Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson were caught in between pressure from Strutwear and protecting their constituents. In the end, the strike led to a full … [Read Transcript...]
Richard Wozniak loved the Frank Sinatra recording of the Johnny Richards-Carolyn Leigh song "Young-at-Heart." So, in 1956, when he opened his Duluth business, there was only one name for it: Young at Heart Record Store. [Read Transcript...]
This week on North Star Stories, we look at how Operation Metro Surge is impacting the state's education system. Then, a northern Minnesota community responds to federal legislation that would shift focus for the mining industry and change EPA regulation of public lands and waterways. [Read Transcript...]
This week, the use of federal buildings for immigration operations echoes past abuses on Indigenous lands in Minnesota, and the 7th Annual Ojibwe Language Symposium brings together hundreds of learners and speakers. [Read Transcript...]
