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View this email as a web page Hey folks, We are in for a bit more winter weather today. But with Easter coming up next weekend, let's hope to see more signs of spring soon. We have a round up of egg hunts and Easter events for you here. Speaking of warmer weather: The hottest place to move to in Minnesota is... Wright County? No, I'm not talking temperature. The population of central Minnesota's Wright County has grown by more than 4 percent since 2020, making it the state's fastest growing county according to new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week. Four other counties have grown by at least 3 percent so far this decade including: Cass, Sherburne, Isanti and Mille Lacs counties. Those counties are all in the state's central lakes region, with two of them including parts of the state's fast growing metro area centered on St. Cloud. As always, I love to hearing about the unique events you are looking forward to here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Send me an email about an upcoming weekend event or festival that matters to you and your community, and it might get featured in The 'sotan. — Anna Haecherl, MPR News A Park Rapids Treaty Rights and Anishinaabe Culture Museum will open this summer Activist Winona LaDuke is leading a team to open a treaty rights and Anishinaabe culture museum this summer in a former Carnegie Library building. The library was most recently occupied by Enbridge, the Canadian pipeline and energy corporation, whose Line 3 pipeline project LaDuke opposed. "We deserved a place where we could be able to find information about Northern Minnesota and Native people and have it from our voice, instead of third person, past tense, because treaty rights are not just historic, they're present," LaDuke says. "We're trying to figure out how to best bring the story of this land and the story of Anishinaabe history forward."   The new institution will be called Giiwedinong: The Museum and Cultural Center of the North. LaDuke says "giiwedinong" (pronounced gee-WADE-eh-nong) means "in the north" and "homecoming" in Ojibwe. Minnesota Twins unveil new made-in-Minnesota scoreboard A massive 178-foot-wide, edgeless high-definition screen now towers over the left field stand. It's big enough that it feels like players on the screen are an arm's length away. A diamond in the ... sewers? Crews at a wastewater treatment plant in Rogers found a diamond ring. Because the discovery is such an anomaly, the team at the Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant is committed to finding its lucky owner. Is it yours? Art Hounds: Love, collaboration and Shakespeare In Lanesboro, Commonweal Theatre's play "Bernhardt/Hamlet" is a "love letter to theater." Artists at Northside Artspace Lofts display their "Works in Progress" in north Minneapolis. And members of the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet display their range at Sundin Hall in St. Paul on Friday. Talking Volumes tickets on sale now Talking Volumes is hitting the road for two special events this spring in Rochester and Duluth. Get your tickets to interviews with "CatStronauts" author Drew Brockington and author William Kent Krueger, who just published a new novella , "The Levee," which he will discuss alongside his long, Minnesota-based backlist of great novels. TKTK TKTK Historic Duluth lighthouse has a new owner and will soon offer tours Rethos, a St. Paul-based historic preservation nonprofit, was awarded the Duluth Harbor North Pierhead Light by the National Park Service last month. The group plans to install interpretative signs around the lighthouse and open it to tours starting next summer. Guides will provide education on the history of the structure and the greater Duluth harbor area. Get plugged in  MPR News brings you the headlines, analysis, and community conversations to keep you connected. Support this work and power this service for all.   DONATE TODAY Did a friend forward this to you? Subscribe! Preference Center ❘ Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Minnesota Public Radio 480 Cedar Street Saint Paul, MN, 55101