Others wished there were more literal depictions of Minnesota icons, like designs of the state bird, a loon, or a walleye. Joe, a 37-year-old St. Cloud resident said the new flag sets itself apart ...

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“The old flag of Minnesota violated every principle, opens new tab of good flag design,” Brian Cham, a North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) member who advised the SERC, said in an emai ...

MARSHALL — New designs for Minnesota’s state flag and state seal were unveiled last month, but the old designs are likely to stick around in local communities for a while longer. Marshall city ...

Becker County Administrator Carrie Smith displays the old state flag still being used in the county board room. (Karen Tolkkinen/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Andrew Prekker, a 24-year-old Minnesotan artist whose ... rejection by the state legislature, the new flag will become official on 11 May - Minnesota's Statehood Day. The current flag, which ...

Ultimately, the commission voted to choose 24-year-old Minnesota resident Andrew Prekker ... by the simplicity and popularity of state flags like New Mexico, Colorado, and Tennessee, all of ...

Illinois will accept submissions for a new state ... flag replaced an old flag that pictured a Native American that some critics argued was racist. Similar to Illinois, Minnesota state officials ...

Minnesota's likely new state flag features an eight-pointed North Star on a dark blue ... who live more in the state's north. The old seal, which featured a barefoot white farmer and a spear-wielding ...