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Minnesota bike museum is looking for a new home

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June 6, 2024

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Minnesota bike museum is looking for a new home

Cycling Museum of Minnesota looking for space for historic bikes

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MINNEAPOLIS — A unique piece of history is at risk of being locked away in storage.

Hundreds of bicycles from as far back as the 1800’s need a new home.

Juston Anderson, the co-founder of the Minnesota Cycling Museum, has a special gift for sharing the history of each bike off the top of his head.

“Once you tell the story of the bike, you just become kind of fascinated,” said Anderson.

The museum is in need of a new space, as it could be asked to leave any day now from its temporary home at the Bloomington offices of bicycle distributor, QBP.

“Our alternative is we’re just going to be going into cold storage,” Anderson said. “That’s what I mean that there’s all kinds of pressure. To put all these into cold storage just kind of defeats the purpose of our museum.”

Like any good museum, there’s variety.

Anderson has decades-old photos, medals and trinkets in addition to the bicycles.

The museum has a mountain bike exhibit at the Trailhead in Minneapolis’s Theo Wirth Park.

Anderson says if they do find a new home, his collection is about 1,000 bikes strong, so he’ll never have to worry about filling the space.

“We’re just so thankful that we’ve got so many people that believe in us and see our vision and the potential of what this museum is going to be,” he said. “We’ve got all these great cycles, and we want to get them out in the public’s eye.”

Anderson says one of the challenges for the museum is that it’s a non-profit on a tight budget.

He says they’re looking for donations or grants to help them relocate somewhere with more exhibit and storage space.

David Schuman

David joined the WCCO team in April 2020, previously working at CBS 58 in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he worked in Las Vegas. While there, David covered several stories in the national spotlight, including the October 1 mass shooting and political visits from President Barack Obama and candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

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Tips for traveling smart this Thanksgiving week

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November 25, 2024

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Tips for traveling smart this Thanksgiving week – CBS Minnesota

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As many as 80 million people will hit the roads and skies this Thanksgiving week, AAA says.

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Minnesota farmers meet for annual convention

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November 24, 2024

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Minnesota farmers meet for annual convention

Members of the Minnesota Farmers Union came together in Minneapolis on Sunday for the 83rd-annual state convention.

The annual convention aims to bring the community together and focus on the future.

Union President Gary Wertish says one of the biggest challenges for farmers is high input prices for fertilizer and fuel. A sheet titled “Farmer’s Share” showed that farmers and ranchers only make 14.3 cents per every dollar spent by consumers.

“We see prices going up in the grocery store we often blame farmers. But the farmers aren’t getting a large part of the increase,” said Janet Kubat, the union’s communications director.

Wertish says that on a national level, there’s a push for Congress to expand the current farm bill as a safety net for farmers.

As he looks to the future, he is concerned about President-Elect Trump’s proposed tariffs of 60-80% on Chinese goods, saying it could hurt farms and consumers.

The union also passed a policy in the school lunch program to have 20% of food or ingredients to come from local farmers.

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Minnesota Politicians Form Presidential Recommendations Committee

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November 24, 2024

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Minnesota Politicians Form Presidential Recommendations Committee

WASHINTON D.C. (WJON News) — Four Minnesota politicians have formed a committee to recommend candidates to President Donald Trump.

Congressmen Tom Emmer, Pete Stauber, Brad Finstad, and Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach announced the formation of the committee to help recommend candidates for U.S. Attorney, U.S. Marshal, and other vacancies that may come up in Minnesota.

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The lawmakers say the committee’s members are some of the sharpest legal minds in Minnesota and they have a wealth of experience and expertise. The committee will be chaired by former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Barry Anderson. The full committee will be:

Barry Anderson (Chair), former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice
David Asp, Partner at Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP
John Hinderaker, President of the Center of the American Experiment
Allie Howell, Trial, and Appellate Counsel at the Upper Midwest Law Center
Tad Jude, a former judge in Minnesota’s Tenth Judicial District

U.S. Senate Votes On Amendments To Inflation Reduction Act Over The Weekend

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