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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 ...

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 communiti /usr/web/www.marshallindependent ...

opens new tab that he changed the state’s flag to resemble that of Somalia. “The old flag of Minnesota violated every principle, opens new tab of good flag design,” Brian Cham, a North ...

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

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 ...

The State Emblems Redesign Commission ... Ultimately, the commission voted to choose 24-year-old Minnesota resident Andrew Prekker’s flag design. Walz is not listed as a voting or non-voting ...

Utah, Georgia and Mississippi are already updating their flags, and Minnesota adopted its new flag in May. Their old state banner looked like someone had set a white dinner plate on a blue carpet ...

Andrew Prekker, a 24-year-old Minnesotan artist whose design ... history in such a special way like this." The flag was approved by Minnesota's State Emblems Redesign Commission after an 11-1 ...