A demonstrated history buff and well-versed in telling regional stories, Wayne Gannaway, a former director in Olmsted County, has been tapped to lead the organization.
Metz Baking Co. just wanted a great advertising campaign for its Old Home Bread. It got the legendary 'C.W. McCall,' trucker anthem 'Convoy,' and led to Mannheim Steamroller.
In a recent journal article about the Du Luth Stone, a Minnesota State Preservation Office archeologist wrote, "There is a greater likelihood of the inscription being authentic than not.”
Men and women were overheard betting their clothes, cufflinks and socks before police interrupted their game, which occurred inside a downtown Rochester building.
In April 1917, the nation was scandalized by the home intruder murder of Alice McQuillan Dunn in St. Paul. Then the truth came out: Her husband, Frank Dunn, had arranged to have her killed.
Few are aware of how active vigilantes were in 1880s Dakota Territory. Ron Berget's book, "Montana Stranglers in Dakota Territory," tells a largely forgotten story.
Documents detail an Arabian horse on the Iron Range from the Polish communist party, plans to covertly sterilize the stallion, and a possible informant in the News Tribune newsroom.
