Articles written by Kevin Duchschere
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Mille Lacs Band buys Crowne Plaza, DoubleTree hotels in St. Paul
Rarely is an announcement about a hotel deal accompanied by an invocation in Ojibwe and ceremonial drum music, but then, the Mille Lacs Band is not a typical hotel owner. At least not yet. On Monday, tribal leaders formally announced they had closed on the purchase of two of downtown St. Paul’s largest hotels, the Crowne Plaza...
St. Paul follows Minneapolis in labeling U.S.-Dakota War as 'genocide'
St. Paul joined Minneapolis on Wednesday in labeling the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War as the start of "the genocide of the Dakota people" that included holding them after the war "in a concentration camp at the base of Fort Snelling." The terms, disputed by many historians who believe they don't convey the complexity of the conflict,...
New Minnesota laws take effect this week
The new year brings with it a host of new state laws taking effect this week. Here's a sampling, supplied by the House of Representatives public information service. The Legislature begins its new session Tuesday. School buses Minnesota is requiring school buses manufactured from now on to have right-side crossing-control arms...
