Ask a ‘sotan: How racially diverse is Minnesota?
The most common ancestries identified among the state’s Asian population are Hmong, Indian, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese. For the Latino population, the most common ancestries reported are Mexican, …
Son of revered Hmong general charged in theft case
Cha Vang allegedly took $160,000 from would-be Minnesota investors and promised them profits in an international gold selling scheme. Then, he disappeared overseas. The alleged crime hit some in the …
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Slimed by Students of Hmong International Academy
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was slimed by the students of the Hmong International Academy as a result of an AmeriCorps challenge to get at least 20 new sign ups in May. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey …
‘Tears In My Eyes’: CEO, Refugee Brings Special Treat To Students At Hmong Academy
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Students at a St. Paul school received a special treat Friday thanks to a Hmong refugee who wanted to pay it forward. Kay Yang is now a CEO, but she came to the United …
Soul Lao: On making the case for Lao food in Minnesota
The same cannot quite be said for Lao food … yet. As the diasporas mature into their forties, Lao- and Hmong-American activists and cultural producers have been writing the “Secret War” into history, …
Immigrants face higher risks for poisoning from foraging wild foods
Nine people were sickened. One of them died. All were members of two Hmong families, some of whom were new arrivals in Minnesota. “. . . the event underscored that mushroom intoxications continue to …
101 Things To Do: St. Paul-Changsha China Friendship Garden
In 2015, Mealey-Lohmann and others traveled to Changsha, sister city of St. Paul since 1988, to learn more about garden design and the Hmong culture in Changsha, the ancestral home of the Hmong …
Gia Vang joins KARE 11 Sunrise as their first Hmong American anchor
Gia Vang is the newest anchor for KARE 11 Sunrise, a Minnesota local NBC affiliate. She joins co-anchors Kris Laudien, Alicia Lewis and meteorologist Sven Sundgaard every weekday from 4:30 to 7 am. …
KARE 11 welcomes Gia Vang to the Sunrise team
Vang is very familiar with the Twin Cities, as her father lives in St. Paul and is active in the Hmong community there. She loves hiking and is a self-described foodie and vinyl record collector, and …
Why does the St. Paul DFL endorse candidates for nonpartisan city races?
She said that translators, provided by the individual campaigns, were not impartial. Her campaign brought her own Somali, Oromo and Hmong translators to verify. In her complaint to the state party, …
Minneapolis’ New Pilot Program Provides Stable Housing To MPS Families In Need
S Jenny Lind Elementary – 5025 Bryant Ave. N. Hmong International Academy – 1501 30th Ave. N. Nellie Stone Johnson – 807 27th Ave. N. To learn more click here. …
Some in the Hmong community are wild for forest’s spring edibles
Note: This is the first of three parts about Minnesota communities and their enthusiasm for wild edibles. The woods were dry in the small park near Wyoming, Minn., but Neng Xiong spotted one promising …
MnDOT introduces students to construction careers
How much did it cost? What does it do? Tracy Nohrenberg, the veteran MnDOT truck operator, told the students from the Hmong College Prep Academy in St. Paul that the “Snooper” vehicle in …
Koreatown, Little Saigon and South Asians: As Asian Americans diversified, so did their communities
Little Sri Lanka in Staten Island and a Hmong Cultural Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. “That begins to create more fluid settlements,” said John Kuo Wei Tchen, chair of public history and humanities at …
Daily Digest: One week to go, still no deal
(Star Tribune) 5. Holiday would honor Hmong veterans. Minnesota lawmakers are poised to create a new state holiday recognizing Hmong veterans who served in the Vietnam War. A proposal tucked into …
Police search for missing teen’s body in Mississippi River
Thao, a member of Minnesota’s Hmong American community and a junior at Highland Park High School, went missing nearly one month ago. He was last seen at 2:50 p.m. on Monday, April 15, on Robert Street …
Minnesota could get a new state holiday: Hmong-Lao Veterans Memorial Day
Minnesota lawmakers are poised to create a new state holiday recognizing Hmong veterans who served in the Vietnam War. A proposal tucked into the House and Senate state government budget bills …
CNN to feature Minnesota chef Yia Vang
This weekend a national story will air about the journey of the Hmong people from Laos and Thailand refugee camps to America. It will air on CNN’s United Shades of America. And a major part of that …
