On July 3rd, 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg, the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment captured the Confederate battle flag from the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Not all of Minnesota's former governors are happy with biographical plaques that went up this month next to their portraits at the recently restored state Capitol.
Undated (KROC-AM News) - Former Governor Tim Pawlenty will join Governor Mark Dayton this afternoon at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first campground at the new Lake Vermilion State Park in northeastern Minnesota. The new campground will feature accommodations for up to 250 people, along with electricity, showers and Wi-Fi.