Melissa Olson News Today

"Down below the truth is lying ... beneath the river bed."

Art Friend headed to Winona for an exhibit that looks at the complex and sometimes contradictory meanings of 19th-century American landscapes.

Indigenous communities in Minnesota celebrate American Indian Month throughout May. A part of this month’s celebration is the reopening of the Minneapolis American Indian Center after a two-year closure for renovations.

Plus rideshare lessons from Texas, the relationship between cremation and mercury emissions, and a Native vinyl collection in today's Flyover news roundup.

Plus: Fire damages Center of the American Experiment offices; Osseo City Council ponders a city-owned cannabis store; Minnesota National Guard members head to Texas, then Kuwait; and more.

Plus: Suspect in Coon Rapids triple homicide allegedly dressed as a UPS worker; dozens of EV Hotspot charger cables cut across the Twin Cities; Sen. Amy Klobuchar acquires a challenger; Lindsey Vonn documents her multiple knee surgeries; and more.

The Native News team talks about the seven grandfather teachings, seasonal storytelling and Native books with James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw, a speaker, digital creator and author of “The Seven Generations and the Seven Grandfather Teachings.”

While we’re in the moment covering news, reporters and editors sometimes think about what we liked working on over the past year. We’ve collected them together, with reporters’ reflections.

Plus: Commission selects new Minnesota state flag; BCA investigating use of deadly force in Marshall; Minneapolis is postponing closing Camp Nenookaasi; 3rd death linked to cantaloupe in MN: and more.

Reporter Melissa Olson speaks to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan about Tribal-state relations after the latest state visit to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.