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Strib’s Pistol-Packing, Raw-Milk-Drinking Columnist Lectures Grieving City on Gun Debate Decorum

Plus rejected fair art, annoying U of M guests, and fair facts galore in today's Flyover news roundup.

September 2, 2025

MN Street Style: Minnesota State Fair

Practicality and fashion interplay in these end-of-summer looks.

September 2, 2025

Taste of Greece, Vintage in NE, Travail Turns 15: This Week’s Best Events

Plus the Doobie Dabbler, queer artists, and a butterfly party.

September 2, 2025

Best Budget Bites: $3.75 Happy Hour Tacos From Pizza Luce Duluth

Racket's Twin Ports nightlife correspondent files a tantalizing taco recommendation.

September 2, 2025

Ski-U-Marketing: University of MN Shells out $15M for ‘Vital’ New Tagline Options

Plus right-wing prayer-mongering, 4-H kids in love, and a Deftones throwback in today's Flyover news roundup.

August 29, 2025

In Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ It’s the Children Who Are Wrong

Lee's remake of Kurosawa's 'High and Low' is distracted from the action by generational grudges and a love for New York.

August 29, 2025

Walz’s Dubious U of M Board Regent Choices Are the Last Thing We Need

The guv acquired a rare opportunity to hand-pick University of Minnesota leadership. It seems he stacked the deck with loyalists.

Here’s All the Non-State Fair Food News You Missed This Month

A very abbreviated edition of the Racket Restaurant Roundup.

August 29, 2025

Summer’s Almost Over. Share Your Regrets on This Week’s Open Thread.

As we do every week at this time, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.

August 29, 2025