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SUNDAY: Via Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, VERBATIM: “On Sunday, April 27, the state’s first high school girls flag football league begins its season with 51 high schools competing on five consecutive Sundays this spring. A year after the Minnesota Vikings piloted a four-team high school program in 2024, including a 12-game regular season and a championship game at the team’s Eagan practice field, the NFL club this year will contribute $600,000 to support the new league and the participating high schools.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RvPeBV
HONOR FLIGHT: Via KTTC-TV, VERBATIM: “A nonprofit is expressing its admiration and recognition of veterans in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. North Star Honor Flight is taking 82 veterans out of Rochester International Airport (RST) to Washington D.C. for a free daytrip as a way of thanking them for making the ultimate sacrifice.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4hVHqUP
BOOKS: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “The Minnesota Book Awards named this year's winners out of 40 finalists. The ceremony, presented by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, was held at the Ordway on Tuesday evening, with attendees enjoying book signings and the opportunity to meet the finalists and mingle with fellow readers before the winners were crowned.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/42PS9KR
PHILANTHROPY: Via Twin Cities Business, VERBATIM: “With charitable giving on the decline, according to the latest philanthropy report from Giving USA, Social Venture Partners Minnesota—a nonprofit predicated on engaged giving— is launching a new program to help aspiring donors get more invested. ‘We know that many of our partners want real human connection,’ said SVP ‘s new executive director Ellen Walthour, a career philanthropy executive and former CEO of The BrandLab. ‘This is something meaningful for people to get involved in.’ The new program, called ‘Together for Good,’ includes six monthly sessions designed to provide an overview of philanthropy, from defining giving goals to understanding grantmaking.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RBOWJQ
STADIUM: Via news release from Paralyzed Veterans of America, VERBATIM: “Paralyzed Veterans of America – the nation's premier non-profit of choice for disabled veterans, their families, and caregivers – awarded U.S. Bank Stadium with the 2025 Barrier-Free America Award, one of its highest and most prestigious honors.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4lMe1zx
PORCUPINES: Via KARE-TV, VERBATIM: “A mama porcupine and her baby are safely back home in the northwoods after getting lost in the suburbs. The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville told KARE 11 that a pregnant porcupine was nesting in a trailer when it was inadvertently transported to St. Paul. It made its way under a deck where neighbors looked after it for a few weeks.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3RwRXLp
TONIGHT: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Tones of blue and gray flowing fabric will take center stage at this year's Native Nations Fashion Night. The theme is titled, ‘I am Water’ or ‘Nibi Indow’ in Ojibwe and ‘Mni Wauᶇ’ in Dakota.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/444DHAZ
PHUMULANI: Via St. Catherine University, VERBATIM: “April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, an annual opportunity to educate about the widespread impacts of sexual violence and to encourage action to prevent it. For Comfort Dondo ’15, this is year-round work. She is the founder of Phumulani: Minnesota African Women Against Violence, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing domestic violence and sexual abuse by providing culturally-specific resources to women and girls of African descent.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RA4ZYv
SCHOLARSHIPS: Via Compeer, VERBATIM: “Compeer Financial has awarded 123 scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin who are pursuing fields related to agriculture. Each student receives a $1,500 educational scholarship from Compeer’s Fund for Rural America.” READ/LIST: https://fluence-media.co/4jqjr1x
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GUTHRIE: Via Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, VERBATIM: “The Guthrie Theater’s latest production, ‘The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years,’ isn’t just a witty Southern comedy — it’s a vibrant tribute to the complexity of Black identity, womanhood and legacy.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3GrY0hZ
HISTORY: Via History Theatre, the schedule of shows for the 2025-26 season which begins in September. SEE: https://fluence-media.co/42JeTMq
VOLUNTEERS: Via KIMT-TV, VERBATIM: “It's National Volunteer Week and one local nonprofit is highlighting the work its volunteers do. The Landing MN has been a soft spot to land for those experiencing homelessness since 2019. Memy Diaz has been volunteering her time at The Landing MN for the past two years doing everything from passing out food to helping out in the medical clinic.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3Gm3RFq
BEMIDJI: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “Bemidji Community Table has been serving up free meals to the community for nearly three decades. The volunteer-run program runs on federal funding, local food banks and food shelves, and donations, and with more people visiting the Table, more volunteers are needed than ever. The tables at the Mt. Zion and United Methodist churches don’t stay empty and waiting for long, as the Community Table serves between 50 and 120 people a night. The cafeteria-style dinners are completely free to the community, and at the end of the night, people can even get to-go boxes.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4cNgA0b
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
CANNABIS: Via news release from the Office of Cannabis Management, VERBATIM: “Today, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced a new program to help Minnesota farmers enter and thrive in the cannabis industry. The $2 million CanGrow program includes grants to eligible organizations that will help farmers navigate the regulatory structure of the legal cannabis industry through CanGrow farmer training grants, and to nonprofit organizations that will fund loans to farmers who want to expand into the legal cannabis industry through CanGrow farmer loan grants.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3GBtDWe
SMELT FRY: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “The grass is greening, buds are blooming — and in Brooklyn Park — the smelt is sizzling. It’s the time of year when the Brooklyn Park Lions Club hosts the 62nd annual Smelt Fry. ‘I love my city. I love coming to this. Dipping fish in sauce and eating,’ said Brooklyn Park Lions Club member Michael Wendt on the time-honored tradition. Lions volunteers expect to go through nearly two tons, or 4,000 pounds, of smelt.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4cNrZNf
DULUTH: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “Tuesday marked the 55th annual Earth Day celebration and around the world people spend the day cleaning up the planet, including in Duluth. The Twin Ports is lucky enough to sit on the edge of Lake Superior. This Earth Day, the Rice’s Point business group is cleaning up under what connects the two port cities.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3GrZk4r
FINANCES: Via news release from Operation HOPE, VERBATIM: “Stearns Bank, a well-capitalized, national financial services institution, and Operation HOPE announced today that they have partnered to provide free financial counseling at the bank’s St. Cloud, Minnesota branch. The Operation HOPE program, known as HOPE Inside, offers in-person group and one-on-one financial coaching sessions at no-cost to help individuals build savings, reduce debt and improve credit scores as well as support entrepreneurs in starting or growing their small businesses.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4cR7Ndy
DONALDSON: Via news release from Bloomington-based Donaldson, VERBATIM: “Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE:DCI), a leading worldwide manufacturer of innovative filtration products and solutions, today published its Fiscal Year 2024 Sustainability Report. The report details progress against the Company’s 2030 Sustainability Ambitions and outlines actions taken to reduce environmental impact, enhance employee safety, and invest in communities—efforts that support long-term business resiliency and customer alignment.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3YbAZGc
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