Minnesota lawmakers have put forth a bill that would enshrine tunes from the state's two biggest musical legends as official state songs. A bill introduced in the state Senate last week would make ...

Readers Write: Minnesota state song, public health, social security Neither “Purple Rain” nor “Girl from the North Country” even mention Minnesota by name — I have a better idea for a new state song.

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Having his 1984 hit “Purple Rain” named one of the state songs of Minnesota “would have meant so much” to Prince, his sister Sharon Nelson told a state Senate committee Tuesday. “It was more than just ...

At Normandale Hills Elementary in Bloomington, they sing a song of Minnesota. “We’re called the land of 10,000 lakes,” the students sing. “As a statistic, that’s a mistake. There are 11,842, from the ...