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, 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

When it comes to Minnesota’s state seal, members of a state emblems commission couldn’t resist the call of the loon. The state bird won over the commission and now will be centered on Minnesota’s ...

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 ...

Members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission on Tuesday voted to adopt a new state seal design centered around a loon, Minnesota’s state bird. While the new state symbol will be based on the ...