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This NBA Star Just Gave Minnesota a New 3-Word Slogan

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May 21, 2024

This NBA Star Just Gave Minnesota a New 3-Word Slogan

It’s not that “Find Your True North” isn’t a fine tourism slogan. It’s just that the NBA’s Anthony Edwards has Minnesotans thinking about a three-word alternative: “Bring ya ass.” The Minnesota Timberwolves star inadvertently created a viral sensation when talking with NBA TV analyst Charles Barkley after a playoff series win Sunday night:

Barkley: “I have not been to Minnesota in probably 20 years.”
Edwards: “Bring ya ass.” (Watch the moment here, via TNT.)

The phrase then took off on social media, notes the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The agency Explore Minnesota Tourism quickly made use of it (with asterisks) in a tweet, and the URL BringYaAss.com now redirects to Explore Minnesota’s website, reports USA Today and Axios. Even Gov. Tim Walz jokingly took notice.

This isn’t the first time Edwards has sung the praises of his adopted state. In an interview with Vanity Fair earlier this year, he said New York and Los Angeles were “cool,” but “they ain’t better than Minnesota.” Meanwhile, Edwards and the Timberwolves will remain in the spotlight a little longer: They play Dallas in the Western Conference finals starting Wednesday night, per NBA.com. (More Minnesota stories.)

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Ahead of fishing opener, health officials update fish consumption guidelines

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April 11, 2026

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Ahead of fishing opener, health officials update fish consumption guidelines

The new fish consumption guidelines include warnings about eating too much fish caught in northeastern Minnesota lakes and rivers, where fish tend to have higher mercury levels. And the state warns against consuming fish from the Vermillion River, south of the Twin Cities, because of PFAS contamination.

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Minnesota Duluth’s Max Plante wins men’s college hockey’s Hobey Baker Award

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April 10, 2026

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Minnesota Duluth’s Max Plante wins men’s college hockey’s Hobey Baker Award

Minnesota Duluth sophomore forward Max Plante is the winner of the 2026 Hobey Baker Award as the top player in men’s college hockey.

He edged fellow finalists, T.J. Hughes, a senior forward from Michigan, and Eric Pohlkamp, a junior defenseman from the University of Denver.

Plante scored 25 goals and had 52 points in 40 games in his second season with the Bulldogs. The 2024 second-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings finished third in NCAA Division I scoring behind Quinnipiac’s Ethan Wyttenbach (59) and Hughes (57).

He’s the first Minnesota Duluth player to win the award since Scott Perunovich in 2020 and the seventh overall.

Plante’s father, former NHL player Derek Plante, also played for Minnesota Duluth and was a Hobey Baker top 10 finalist in 1993.

Michigan State’s Trey Augustine was named the top goaltender in the Friday, April 10 ceremony. He went 24-9-1 for the Spartans with a 2.11 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.

Wyttenbach was named college hockey’s rookie of the year.

Recent Hobey Baker Award winners

2026: F Max Plante, Minnesota Duluth
2025: F Isaac Howard, Michigan State
2024: F Macklin Celebrini, Boston University
2023: F Adam Fantilli, Michigan
2022: G Dryden McKay, Minnesota State
2021: F Cole Caufield, Wisconsin
2020: D Scott Perunovich, Minnesota Duluth
2019: D Cale Makar, UMass
2018: F Adam Gaudette, Northeastern
2017: D Will Butcher, Denver
2016: F Jimmy Vesey, Harvard

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New strain of COVID detected in 25 states including Minnesota

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April 10, 2026

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New strain of COVID detected in 25 states including Minnesota

(St. Paul, MN) — State health officials are keeping an eye on a highly mutated new COVID variant called B-A 3-dot-2, or “cicada.” Minnesota Department of Health Epidemiologist Keeley Morris says, “With that many mutations it’s likely going to be pretty good at evading any immunity that people have from being vaccinated or also from prior COVID-19 infections.” She says the good news is that B-A 3-dot-2 doesn’t seem to be causing more severe illness. The C-D-C says the “cicada” variant has been detected in at least 25 states. Morris says Minnesota has detected three cases of either B-A 3-dot-2 or some of its descendants, and we also had one site that had a positive wastewater detection.

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