Hi all, I posted this morning’s Minnesota News Post at 5:45am but for some reason, it’s not on here now. I am traveling but will repost when I get back around ~9:30. Sorry for the missing post!

1991 Halloween Blizzard: nearly 3 feet in two days. What I remember as a soaked 9-year-old Elvis wasn’t the snow—it was neighbors shoveling, plowing, sharing porch lights, getting kids home (me included). Another storm is moving in. Today is Sun, March 15, 2026. Yesterday in MN:

I grew up with a wood stove. Heat isn't a dial, it’s a debt you pay in advance with chopping firewood. Staying informed is the same. It’s easy to focus briefly and call it enough, until you realize the woodpile needed more work. Today is Mar 14, 2026. Here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Minnesota perennials survive because of what you can’t see: deep roots that hold the soil through frost. Our community is like that—an underground network that keeps us anchored when federal pressure tries to tear us loose. Today is March 13, 2026. Here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Spoonbridge and Cherry isn’t just a quirky photo op. It’s ordinary things made through patience, balance, and a steady hand. That’s MN right now stacking the labor of solidarity until it becomes something the whole world can see. Today is Mar 12, 2026. Here is what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Minnesota Knows How To Build It

March 12, 2026. “I am for an art that takes its form from the lines of life itself" - Claes Oldenburg

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Ice fishing looks frozen, but everything moves underneath. Same in MN: warrant guardrails stalled, Dream Act aid targeted, work-permit delays could punish asylum seekers, and remittance pressure hits Minnesota’s Somali community. Today is March 11, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Pothole season: the road breaks after the thaw. Same with the ICE surge, profiling confirmed in court, courthouse protections denied... We’re still mapping the damage. Today is Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Bemidji’s Paul & Babe were built in 1937 by neighbors who didn’t wait for help. That’s Minnesota now: ICE fallout hits courtrooms, suburbs, restaurants, and workers—so people hitch together and pull the road straight. Today is Monday, March 9, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Daylight Saving is the weird pact we all make: lose an hour now, get more light later. Minnesota knows that trade. You push through the groggy part and then the evening comes, and the light stays. Today is Sunday, March 8th, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Minnesota parks are full of CCC stone stairs built by hand during the Depression. Nearly a century later, they’re still standing. Firing secretaries and freezing funding won't undo what people build together, one stone at a time. Today is March 7, 2026, here's what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

During COVID a lot of us became sourdough people overnight. A starter looks like nothing, until you feed it and it starts feeding everybody else. That feels like Minnesota right now. Today is Friday, March 6, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Sugar Maple lesson: in a deep freeze it survives by pulling sweetness inward to protect the core, and yesterday Minnesota did the same. Today is Thursday, March 5, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

March 4th, 2026: Giving the quick headlines for your daily news for the ICE situation in Minnesota. Be sure to check out the sources for these stories on my substack: ldz451.substack.com Or Facebook post: Facebook.com/ldz451 #Minnesota #Minneapolis #TwinCities #ICE #ICEOut #Immigration

March 3, 1863: Congress ordered the Dakota removed after suffering at Fort Snelling. Removal is a policy choice, and Minnesota remembers. Today is Wednesday, March 4, 2026, here's what happened yesterday in Minneapolis:

Minnesota has 11,842 lakes and I’ve never sailed one, but the storm lesson fits: you can’t control the wind, you trim the sail. Today is Tuesday, March 3, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

March 2nd, 2026. Here’s what happened with the Minnesota ICE situation yesterday. All of the stories and sources are on my substack: Ldz451.substack.com Or my Facebook: Facebook.com/ldz451 Im also on Instagram and TikTok: Instagram.com/ldz451 TikTok.com/ldz451

My little girl and I watch Stillwater in the mornings. There’s a story about kintsugi: broken pottery repaired with gold and the seams become the beauty. Yesterday, Minnesota looked like that: cracked, but mending in public, together. It's March 2, 2026, here's what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Giving just headlines for your daily news on the ICE situation in Minnesota. Today is March 1, 2026. Also here: instagram.com/ldz451 Tiktok.com/@ldz451 These stories and all my sources are on my substack: open.substack.com/pub/ldz451/p... Or Facebook post: www.facebook.com/share/p/1AKN...

Seismic isolation is how buildings survive quakes: they flex on bearings so the frame doesn’t snap. Yesterday felt like that in Minnesota..lawyers and neighbors shifting fast, staying upright while the ground keeps moving. Today is Sunday, March 1, 2026, here's what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Minnesota’s North Star isn’t a slogan...it’s a fixed point. Yesterday, as indictments and executive pressure escalated, our anchors held: judges, neighbors, and communities refusing to be moved. Today is Saturday, February 28, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

If you’ve never been here, you might picture Minnesota as just snow and space, but the Boundary Waters is 1,200+ lakes locked into ancient granite, a place that survives because everything is connected. Today is Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Minnesota’s loon doesn’t flee when threatened, it calls to claim its place. Right now, Minnesota is sounding that same warning... staying alert, protecting neighbors, and refusing to be pushed off the shoreline. Today is February 26, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Many people outside Minnesota don’t know the Mississippi begins here… a clear stream at Lake Itasca you could hop across. Minnesota feels like that right now… small, steady acts gathering into force. Today is Febuary 25, 2026… here’s what happened yesterday:

The Driftless Area survived the glaciers… and today Minnesota has “driftless” pockets too. Even as the federal front claims to recede, pressure is still lodged in suburbs and courtrooms. Today is February 24, 2026. Here's what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

Minnesota’s under a flat white sky today—everything suspended, the horizon blurred. Operation Metro Surge may be quieter, but the air is still dense with uncertainty. Today is Monday, Feb 23rd 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

In MN, field trips to the Hinckley Fire Museum teach us that wildfires don't truly end when flames die... roots smolder underground for months. ICE is "withdrawing", but we’re now doing the slow work of dousing the spot fires. Today is February 22, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota:

The floodwaters are finally starting to recede in Minnesota, submerged for weeks under federal enforcement but now we have to deal with the mud. The cleanup is going to need everyone grabbing a shovel and working side by side. Today is February 21, 2026, here’s what happened yesterday in Minnesota

The streets of Minneapolis are a bit quieter this morning, the "surge" has settled into a grinding routine of checkpoints and court hearings, but the presence is still very much here and its worse than it appears. Today is Wednesday, February 11, 2026, here's what happened yesterday in Minnesota: