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HABITAT RESTORATION: Flint Hills Resources has earned Tandem Global WHC Gold Certification for habitat restoration at its Cottage Grove fuel terminal. The certification comes after two years of work in partnership with Friends of the Mississippi River to implement a restoration and monitoring plan to re-establish the 6.5-acre site’s natural prairie and savannah. Flint Hills has held gold certification for its work done with community partners over the past 25 years to restore more than 200 acres of the Pine Bend Bluffs, a critical natural area along the Mississippi River that is adjacent to Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery. This makes two Flint Hills gold certified sites in Minnesota and the first two gold-certified sites ever in the Twin Cities. LEARN MORE: Environmental Stewardship (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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250 YEARS & COUNTING
TODAY: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “The Northern News Now Summer Blood Drive with Memorial Blood Centers continues Tuesday at Pier B Resort from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4oZ4Iyj
FRIDAY: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Two Minnesota honorees are among 14 organizations and individuals being presented a Pay-It-Forward award by the national initiative the Courage Project. The awards will be presented Friday during a ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The awards coincide with the nation’s 250th anniversary.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4f7JevD
THIS WEEKEND: Via Visit Cook County, VERBATIM: “The Hovland Arts Festival will take place on July 4th and 5th, 2026, from 10 am to 4 pm, at the historic Hovland Town Hall. This vibrant gathering of local artists showcases handcrafted jewelry, pottery, woodwork, fine art, and Native American beadwork, creating a space where creativity and community intertwine.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4xXdtNh
GOLD: Via Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, VERBATIM: “MSR editor Jasmine McBride profiles Natalia Young, a 14-year-old boxer from East St. Paul’s Sir Boxing Club who won gold at the 2026 USA Boxing Junior Olympics, defeating the nation’s No. 1-ranked fighter despite entering the tournament with only two fights to her name against opponents with 20 to 30 fights of experience.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4eEFulg
ART MACHINE: Via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “A miniature vending machine inside a Minneapolis bookstore is giving local artists a low-cost way to get their work in front of the public — one dollar at a time. The $1 Mini Art Vending Machine, located inside Inkwell Booksellers at 426 E. Hennepin in Minneapolis, was created by local artist Lilyan Lauzon, who goes by OneTiredArtist online. Lauzon also serves as a community engagement manager and designed the project to give emerging and underrepresented artists a place to sell their work without financial barriers.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4eCn5W5
GRANTS: Via KROX-Radio, VERBATIM: “Art grant applications through the Northwest Minnesota Art Council will open on Wednesday, July 1, for government entities and nonprofit organizations. Applications are being accepted from our seven-county Minnesota service area, including Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau counties.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4eKUKvv
40 YEARS: Via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “‘Like so many good queer stories, ours starts in the closet,’ said Iggy Gehlen, board vice president of the Quatrefoil Library in Minneapolis — one of the country’s oldest and largest collections of LGBTQ+ literature. The closet is in this case both physical and metaphorical: before being publicly out in the 1980s, avid reader Dick Hewetson stored his ever-growing queer pulp collection in his partner David Irwin’s linen closet. Until then, he had resorted to reading these books with haste at the local bookseller. Possessing them, he worried, would out him by proxy.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4y3122D
STORIES: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “When Larry Peterson set out to interview LGBTQ+ people in Minnesota and North Dakota, he felt a sense of urgency . . . Peterson, a historian who spent much of his career with North Dakota State University, has been heading The Red River Rainbow Seniors’ oral history project for about nine years. He and other interviewers go into people’s homes, and for hours they talk about their lives, their upbringing, and the stories of how they came out to their loved ones.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4eStLyo
DAKOTA CAMP: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “The city of Bloomington, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota Dakota Language Program, has been hosting Dakota Language Camp almost every year since 2008. For participants — a mix of about 30 kids and adults, most of whom are not Dakota — the three-day camp provides an introduction to the Dakota language and a window into the ways language can shape a worldview.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4oZNLDU
FIRE TRAINING: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “On a recent afternoon, members of the Inclusive Fire Brigade assembled just outside the Bemidji Fire Department near Engine 7. The 10-member crew laughed and joked while eagerly awaiting their chance to go 50 feet in the air for a bird’s eye view of the city, using the engine’s extended aerial basket. According to Bemidji Fire Chief Justin Sherwood, since the program began its monthly meetings in March, participants have worked hard learning fire service fundamentals, like how to carry ladders properly, hand-off fire axes safely and how to work as a team.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3QK6lTM
VETS FLIGHT: Via Brainerd Dispatch, VERBATIM: “A group of veterans took to the skies Friday, June 26, with Dream Flights at the Little Falls/Morrison County Airport. Dream Flights is dedicated to honoring military veterans and seniors with the adventure of a lifetime: a flight in a 1942 Boeing-Stearman biplane.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4uYT0Vz
MOVIES: Via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “Mike Hazard loves writers, especially poets. He has shared that love throughout his career at the Center for International Education, where he produced documentaries on literary giants such as Robert Bly, Patricia Hampl and Frederick Manfred, but also on writers with diverse voices reading or performing at bookstores, churches, coffeehouses, parks, galleries, back yards, parades, even a Zen monastery . . . Hazard has donated the organization’s archives to the University of Minnesota Libraries. A new exhibit on Hazard and the CIE will open Tuesday at the Elmer L. Andersen Library on the U’s West Bank.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4oUKh5e
GOLDEN VALLEY: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “A handful of Golden Valley residents were honored recently for their exceptional service to the city and the community at large . . . In addition to celebrating community leaders, the Golden Valley Rotary provided a financial boost to several recent high school graduates as they prepare for their freshman years of college.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4vVTHAx
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