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Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify The familiar image of a stoic Native American chief wearing a headdress is in many ways a core American cultural stereotype. It has been memorialized in films and statutes, as well as exploited to sell cigarettes and motorcycles. But who are these celebrated figures of the past? Mark Boswell, who wrote a story on this topic, joins ...

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify It's not uncommon in Minnesota to see a news story about someone being sentenced to "the workhouse." But what is a workhouse? It turns out Minnesota is one of the only states still using this term, which describes unique facilities that are neither jails nor prisons. Reporter Kim Hyatt joined host Eric Roper on the Curious Minnesota ...

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Sometimes, what seems like a simple question unravels into something much more complex and surprising than we expected. That was the case with the question behind this episode of the Curious Minnesota podcast, regarding the deepest lake in Minnesota. Reporter Chloe Johnson and graphics artist Jake Steinberg, who worked on a Curious ...

John Eric Roper, 75, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at home with his family by his side.

Their stations in life could hardly be more different, yet Donald Trump and Jack D. Teixeira both now face federal prosecutions under the same provision of the Espionage Act.

The Curious Minnesota podcast heads north to the mighty Mesabi, which helped fuel America's success story.

The Curious Minnesota podcast discusses how it was once considered 'manifest destiny' that the two cities would become one.

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Air Force intelligence officer who kept hundreds of classified documents in his Tampa home to three years in prison.

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle also ordered Robert Birchum to complete three years of supervision upon his release from prison, with a requirement that he comply with mental health treatment.

Robert Birchum, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, admitted he kept more than 300 classified documents in his Tampa home and among his personal belongings.