WORTHINGTON — On a 3-1 vote, Nobles County commissioners on Tuesday, Jan. 23 approved a resolution stating their dissatisfaction with the newly designed Minnesota state flag and seal, citing the costs ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. Esme ...

ST. PAUL — A commission tasked with creating a new Minnesota flag and official seal is taking public design submissions this month as the state works toward adopting new symbols. Earlier this year, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Good news for loon lovers: The new Minnesota state seal will feature the bird prominently in its center. The State Emblems Redesign Commission on Tuesday unanimously picked the new ...

The Minnesota State Historical Society released the more than 2,000 submissions for the new Minnesota state flag and seal on Wednesday, November 8, as the process of redesigning Minnesota's state ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Love it, hate it or yawn, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that, for Native Americans, ...

Minnesota’s new state seal will showcase a loon at its center, the first major re-design of the official stamp of government since statehood in 1858. Members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission ...

A new state flag rose over the Minnesota Capitol at dawn Saturday, May 11, marking its official adoption after a decades-long push to change the state’s emblems. The new design, inspired by one of ...

The current flag, adopted in 1957 with slight changes from one adopted in 1893, features the official state seal on a blue field. However, many Native American groups have said the seal’s imagery is ...