Coach’s memoir reflects on basketball, a controversial firing and the changing landscape of Minnesota prep sports
“Hometown Kid, City Kid: A true story of a winning basketball team amidst demographic change” is sure to stir the pot.
Gregg Aamot
Gregg Aamot is a longtime Minnesota journalist and college instructor. After getting his start at a newspaper in rural Minnesota, he spent a decade with The Associated Press in Minneapolis, reporting from many regions of the state. Aamot is the author of “The New Minnesotans: Stories of Immigrants and Refugees” and teaches English at Ridgewater College.
COVID pandemic complicates already challenging child-care expansion efforts in rural Minnesota
The difficulty of creating more child-care “slots” — in homes, revamped buildings or new facilities — remains acute.
Going against trend, an Alexandria college is adding four varsity sports
The push to add athletics is part of a broader mission to rebrand the college — long an important feeder to the region’s manufacturing base — as a place with an expanding portfolio.
Bishop-elect in ELCA’s SW Minnesota Synod takes over during a pandemic-changed landscape
“Church is all about building community, and the ELCA is looking at how we can connect with more people – people who are new, people who are young, people with diverse backgrounds …,” said the Rev. Dee Pederson.
Pelican Rapids, with an assist from a federal program, promotes local food sustainability
Pelican Rapids was one of 16 small cities across the country chosen in 2020 for a program called Local Foods, Local Places that promotes local food systems.
Plans for osteopathic medical school in Gaylord appear to have fallen through
Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, chosen to be the school’s dean, says the project has been disbanded. It’s a letdown for residents in this town of 2,300 who saw the prospect of economic renewal in the medical school.
Tribal-run Grand Casino and Treasure Island look ahead to full reopenings
At Grand Casino’s locations in Mille Lacs and Hinckley and at Treasure Island, gaming floors are open but some other amenities are either still closed or only partially open.
Mission statements, public art, workshops: How rural cities in Minnesota are approaching equity work
In Monticello, a city art project called Humans of Monticello aims to draw attention to the kind of diversity that exists even in a mostly homogenous city.
Rye observations: Minnesota distillery hopes study will expand how whiskey-makers, and farmers, think about ingredients
The study’s main takeaway: The kind of rye used in whiskey can play a role in its flavor. That’s significant for distillers because rye grains are generally mixed together at grain elevators without regard to their type.
After appeals court ruling, what’s next in the Pineland Sands farming dispute?
The court declined to overturn the DNR’s decision to grant water permits for an irrigation project in central Minnesota.
More cover crops could help Minnesota’s soil and water. What do farmers think about it?
“You are seeing a lot more of these cover crops,” said Odin farmer Tom Peterson. “Five years ago, you hardly saw any. The challenge, though, for that (farmer) on a corn and soybean rotation is getting a cover crop planted early enough in the fall. There’s not a lot of time.”
What is the Border-to-Border Touring Route, and why are some groups resisting it?
The DNR has settled on a 750-mile route that it plans to soon mark with signage and begin promoting as an “adventure trail.”
D.C. Memo: Shots for everyone
Happy Days are Here Again! (OK, maybe by sometime this summer); the Dems push bipartisanship aside; things are looking good for Minnesota farmers; and more.
How the MPCA approaches its push toward environmental equity
Among the Walz administration’s efforts, its proposed budget would allow the MPCA to beef up its enforcement of emissions standards – the lack of which, the agency says, often creates inequities.
D.C. Memo: Hoping this email ends up in the right hands
Klobuchar calls the Capitol riot ‘planned’; Biden faces challenges ahead; COVID deaths reach a sad milestone; and more.
D.C. Memo: Dour, sullen, but always smiling
The former president gets sued, impeachment vote divides a family and the GOP braces for the Tea Party, Round 2.
D.C. Memo: More like the BideMN Administration
Trump’s second impeachment trial gets under way; the parties do battle over pandemic proposals; and some Minnesotans gain influential posts.
D.C. Memo: Hot Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Subcommittee news inside
A look at the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump; House votes to punish Marjorie Taylor Greene; and more.
D.C. Memo: It’s been one week
Biden’s COVID experts; new coronavirus relief package; GOP objects to impeachment; and more.
D.C. Memo: The Klobuchar inauguration
What Minnesota’s delegation said about the inauguration, and more.
