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Minnesota Humanities Center Launches Two Youth Poetry Programs
Tags: arts, celebrate, celebration, communities, community, council, culture, event, Featured, festival, future, generation, heritage, history, humanities, identity, information, leadership, Legacy Amendment, life, local, march, media, Minnesota, nation, national, non-profit, organization, original, past, people, performances, poetry, poets, president, service, short, society, St. Paul, state, story, summer, support, United States, Voices Forward, work, youthFebruary 27, 2026—ST. PAUL, MN— The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) announces the launch of two programs that highlight and uplift the work of youth poets in Minnesota: Voices Forward and the Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate. Applications for both programs are open until March 16 and can be found on MHC’s website (Voices Forward, Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate). CEO Kevin Lindsey stated that “MHC is…
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WIAA girls basketball roundup: Lake Mills, Cambridge, Johnson Creek win playoff openers
Junior forward Morgan Naylor and freshman guard Bianca Swain scored 15 points apiece to lead the sixth-seeded Lake Mills girls basketball team past 11th- seeded Hmong American Peace … Full story: https://www.dailyunion.com/sports/wiaa-girls-basketball-roundup-lake-mills-cambridge-johnson-creek-win-playoff-openers/article_6dbcba49-6f2f-4340-bd34-0c1342b4b2c4.html
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What others can learn from how Minnesota helped its most vulnerable residents during the ICE surge
The surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota over the past few months left many people not only traumatized but financially hard up. Full story: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/business/minnesota-ice-surge-mutual-aid
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Hmong cooking inside a war relic in rural Laos
This video documents the preparation of traditional Hmong food in a rural village in Laos The cooking takes place beside a decommissioned missile casing left from past conflict Ingredients include for … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=699898effa6440318c68beec2a4c8ce8&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-in%2fnews%2fother%2fhmong-cooking-inside-a-war-relic-in-rural-laos%2fvi-AA1WJjUE&c=14537540670103379486&mkt=en-us
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For Minnesota elder care facilities, ICE crackdown hits close to home
The specter of armed agents walking past residents in wheelchairs, demanding papers from staff in the middle of a shift, is no longer a dystopian fiction — it is a plausible Tuesday, clinical … Full story: https://sahanjournal.com/opinion/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-elder-care/
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Preparing traditional Hmong dishes using an American missile shell
In parts of Laos, remnants of past conflict remain woven into everyday life. This video documents Hmong food being prepared inside a repurposed American missile shell. Traditional ingredients and … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/preparing-traditional-hmong-dishes-using-an-american-missile-shell/vi-AA1W4758
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Immigrants and refugees in Minnesota–connecting past and present
The history of Minnesota, its statehood, and immigration are closely intertwined. Here’s a look at immigration in Minnesota, past and present. Full story: https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2025/12/immigrants-and-refugees-in-minnesota-connecting-past-and-present/
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How to catch the shooting stars of spring’s first meteor shower, the Lyrids
When the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak, it will be spring’s first chance to see shooting stars. The Lyrids have surprised skygazers in the past with as many as 100 meteors per hour, but it’s … Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/18/meteor-shower-lyrids/
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Hmong celebrate New Year
At the Hmong New Year celebration in Hayfork this past weekend, people of multiple lineages wore a variety of dress, from Asian cultural to American casual, sporting a color scheme much like the food … Full story: https://www.trinityjournal.com/news/local/article_0fae8174-a6d2-11ef-971c-8b5a0f5ee2fc.html
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Hmong Festival returns to Brown County Fairgrounds with tribute to Hmong Heroes of the Vietnam War
The Green Bay Parks Department is celebrating the return of the Hmong Pre-New Year Festival to the Brown County Fairgrounds. The festival drew a diverse crowd this past weekend, including city leaders … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/hmong-festival-returns-brown-county-001024795.html
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Sim siv Australia cov ntawv Australia Travel Declaration digital form
Yav lig xyoo no ces Australia yuav coj ib co digital form coj los sim siv rau tej neeg tuaj rau Australia no kom tsis txhob tau sau ib daig ntawv qhia tias lawv tuaj nyob qhov twg thiab nqa dab tsi … Full story: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/hmong/hmv/article/relic-of-the-past-australia-moves-to-ditch-paper-arrival-cards-with-new-trial/r20v6ffu5
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Wisconsin’s latest charter school haul much smaller than past years
“Appleton Area School District is getting Hmong American Immersion School, the second of its kind in Wisconsin. One-third of Appleton’s schools are charters, and it’s one of the reasons their results … Full story: https://www.wjfw.com/wisconsin-s-latest-charter-school-haul-much-smaller-than-past-years/article_694da1f5-f46f-5e61-bdc3-3ebea58e730e.html
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With Rice Park party planned, Carter hints at parade to celebrate women’s Walter Cup hockey championship
Capping its inaugural season, Minnesota’s professional women’s hockey team skated past Boston to take home the first-ever Walter Cup — the league equivalent of the Stanley Cup, which has proved … Full story: https://sports.yahoo.com/rice-park-party-planned-st-105400634.html
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Transparent process for budget negotiations
This past week has moved slowly with the 2024 Budget Summit negotiations between the governor, the House of Representatives leadership, and the Senate leadership. The transparent approach has allowed … Full story: https://www.alvareviewcourier.com/story/2024/05/22/local/transparent-process-for-budget-negotiations/88172.html