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In 1981, a 19-inch colour TV cost £399, the first London Marathon took place, and it was the year of the Royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady…

NASA is looking into whether a business case can be made for supersonic passenger air travel. The agency has identified 50 possible routes.

Minneapolis teacher Brian Sago created a role-playing game inspired by his own experiences at the Minnesota State Fair.

Suni Lee stared in awe at the sculpture unveiled on a sunny Sunday morning at Phalen Regional Park — a bronze bust of the St. Paul native that overlooks Lake Phalen. The Hmong American Olympic champion said she was grateful to have inspired a community she's proud to be a part of. "I wouldn't be here without you guys truly, selling the T-shirts and coming to fundraisers and helping everything ...

The job site also served as a perfect place to cast future contestants, people like journeyman carpenter Jim Luebke, who has worked at Mortenson for over 25 years and shared what he does to honor his family on every project.

Political leaders are worried about what's being taught in schools, but the more threatening present danger is what's not being taught in schools.

Nye Bevan, the Labour MP regarded as the founder of the National Health Service, believed that Labour should ‘seize the power of Parliament in…

The University of Minnesota is planting "survivor" trees in several places to help elms thrive after Dutch Elm disease killed many of them.

Age 88, of Greenwood, MN, formerly of Edina, MN, passed peacefully March 29, 2023 surrounded by loving family and her husband of 69 years, Alvin E. McQuinn. She was a true Matriarch, in the best sense of the word, and left her family, friends, and community at large, so much the better for her having been with us. Mary Agnes was born September 3, 1934 in Frankfort, Indiana, the oldest child to Mary Agnes and Robert C. Starr. As a Night Editor at the local newspaper, Mary’s father, brought the ...

Osander served as the University’s director of admissions from 1966 to 1971, a period that saw the first women being admitted to the University in 1969.