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The Curious Minnesota podcast talks with reporter Katy Read about listeners favorite questions from the State Fair.

Curious Minnesota tackled more than 50 reader-submitted questions this year.

Twin Cities restaurants and retail stores were hit the hardest in the rioting following George Floyds killing.

The Curious Minnesota podcastexamines how underworld characters influenced the regions transit company in the mid-20th Century.

Urgent questions abound for the 28-year veteran, who would be the citys first black police chief if he wins the job permanently.

He was a pillar of the local Vietnamese community.

Listen: Was Minnesota home to nuclear missiles during the Cold War? Curious Minnesota podcast host Eric Roper discusses the 1950s initiative to install missile sites around the Twin Cities.  May 6, 2021 — 10:16am Text size Copy shortlink: Fears of a Soviet attack during the 1950s spurred the federal government to install four missile sites around the Twin Cities. The "Nike-Hercules" nuclear warheads stored in those bunkers stood re...

In a region of the country with so many lakes and rivers, it is no surprise that water quality and water use are critical issues. In addition to domestic uses, Wisconsin and Minnesota residents want clean water for recreation, wildlife habitat, and industry.  Water is used for cooking and drinking every day, and knowing that the source of that water is good and safe is important, though most people probably don’t give it much thought.  Most rainwater and snowmelt in the region runs o...

The endeavor took more than pivoting scheduled talks and panels to Zoom. The Star Tribune worked to solicit and highlight reader-submitted content, given that many people have been looking for a little human connection during these days (and weeks and months) of social distancing. Campbell said that an earlier coloring competition had expected 75 entries but wound up inundated with more than 400. “We had the sense from these earlier reader engagement activities that people were hungry to actu...

Listen: Does the Mississippi River really begin at Lake Itasca? Curious Minnesota podcast host Eric Roper digs into the science and history behind the Mighty Mississippis headwaters.  By Eric Roper Text size Copy shortlink: The source of the Mississippi was a consequential mystery after the Revolutionary War. It remains hotly debated in some circles today. Connie Cox, the lead interpretive naturalist at Itasca State Park, discusses the histo...