Interactive map: Where are Minnesota’s young people?
Twenty-four percent of the population of Minnesota is under the age of 18.
Rural Minnesota
MinnPost is visiting Minnesota’s rural youth — both literally and virtually — to explore their lives, the choices they face, and how their current choices might shape Greater Minnesota in the years to come. Rural Minnesota features both traditional stories and the ongoing voices of young people throughout the state via the MinnPost site as well as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Sharon Schmickle, Jeff Severns Guntzel, Steve Date and Gregg Aamot have contributed to this project.
This project is made possible by a grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation.
What it takes to stay: A dispatch from Marshall
I hope that Marshall will continue to grow. We’re getting more businesses in town (Menard’s just recently opened), and the city is working on a new park and painting murals downtown.
FFA: Not just for farmers anymore
Four FFA members — from the Morris area and Redwood Falls — talk about life in smaller towns, and how their lives are different from their parents’ because of technological advances.
Range life parable: How ‘the Facebook for programmers’ changed everything
Matthew Sullivan, 19, is a student at Hibbing Community College and a self-taught computer programmer who hopes to formalize his knowledge at a school in a big city.
On the cyber frontier: High-school seniors maintain Internet network in Southwestern Minnesota
The network was built on the premise that a connected community does better by several measures, and connected students do better in school.Jeff Severns Guntzel: Interactive Map: Our rural Minn project so far
Interactive Map: Our rural Minnesota project so far
How much ground have we covered so far? Have a look at this interactive map.
Young businessman is glad to settle near hometown after college in the city
Because of today’s technology, a rural location and small metropolitan size are not the limiting factors to business development that they once were, says Jayden Grupe, 25.
Are you under 25 and living in rural Minnesota? We have some questions for you.
We’ve created a simple and secure form for you to share your thoughts and experiences with us.
In Redwood Falls, Internet connectivity transforms rural students’ opportunities
Redwood Falls has reached across a divide that defines the new line between poverty and prosperity in rural Minnesota.
Somali college student bears out census findings: For him, rural Minnesota is home
WILLMAR, Minn. — Abdalla Mohamed, 22, grew up in Kenya and moved to the U.S. in his teens. He hopes to be the first in his family to earn a college degree.
Should I stay or should I go? Voices from rural Minnesota
Every conversation with a young person in rural Minnesota eventually gets around to the question of staying or leaving — for college or forever.Related: What we’re doing in rural Minnesota (and how you can help)
What we’re doing in rural Minnesota (and how you can help)
I’ve been driving these roads and I’ll be driving them for months to come looking for young people who will sit with me for a few minutes or a few hours and talk about what rural Minnesota is to them — their corner of it at least.
To leave or to stay? Few jobs in Pine County make the tradeoff difficult, but friends, family and the outdoors give Sandstone an edge
MinnPost is visiting with Minnesota’s rural youth this year — both literally and virtually. Today, in an area where job prospects are grim, Jacqueline Griffith, above, weighs her options.