(MNN)-Minnesota flag sales are surging amid ICE’s Operation Metro Surge. Some residents are buying flags to show state pride and to signal their opposition to the influx of federal immigration officers. Lee Harold, owner of Herold Flags in Rochester, says Minnesota flag sales have jumped 75 percent since the operation began. The owner of Alamo Flags reports they’ve sold out of all handheld Minnesota flags and had to rush in a new order from distributors on Monday. Activists critical of the unprecedented enforcement sweep say they want the thousands of ICE agents involved to leave Minnesota.
Man dies in Austin mobile home fire
(MNN)-An early morning fire at an Austin mobile home on Wednesday left one person dead and another injured. Fire crews were called to the Oakland Estates Mobile Home Park, where they found 76-year-old Ricky Lee Hofer dead inside the residence. Anothe...
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Walz readies aid for Minnesota businesses hurt by ICE
Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday he was "cautiously optimistic" all the federal immigration agents who came during the surge will be gone by midweek next week. He said the surge left Minnesota with "generational trauma" and "econo...
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Genetic analysis could speed up restoration of iconic American chestnut: Scientists
A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests
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Trump's EPA revokes finding of U.S. climate emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. This decision rescinds a 2009 declaration that carbon dioxide and other gases endanger public health.
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