Em Cassel

Em Cassel (she/they) is a cyclist, a metalcore apologist, and a co-owner and editor of Racket.
What We Know About Today’s Federal Raid at Las Cuatro Milpas
Plus an app to protect turtles, the community rallies behind Smitten Kitten, and ranking the 2000s Twins in today's Flyover news roundup.
Best Budget Bites: $3.89 Sausage + Egg + Cheese Breakfast Sandwich From Skyway Wok
A little less golden arches, a little more glowing red neon.
One New Orleans-Themed Restaurant Closes, Another Opens, and Lots More May Restaurant News
In the Racket Restaurant Roundup this month: Egg on a Roll keeps rolling, RIP Chip's, Terzo calls it quits.
Wanna Buy MN’s (Dramatically Discounted!) Most Expensive Home?
Plus rural newspapers shutter, DWI szn, and adios to the 21 in today's Flyover news roundup.
Food Trucks, Craft Markets, Live Music—Tattoos? At Local Events, Pop-Up Flash Tattoos Are the Hot New Item.
Would you like a tattoo with that beer?
‘I’m Gonna Kill Myself (At the Co-op)’: Local Rockers Citric Dummies Explain Their Wildest Song Titles
Where are the Kevin McDonald heads at?
Putting the ‘Ope’ in Pope: PiPress Confirms Pope Leo XIII Lived (Briefly) in MN, Fraternized With Lutherans
Plus 5 years after George Floyd, houses vs. households, and Bob Mould's commencement address in today's Flyover news roundup.
Cauldron Bagels Will Have You Under Their Spell
In a southwest Minneapolis kitchen, sourdough bagel magic is taking place.