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Posted on 04/23/2026 4:16:25 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Another city is choosing to fly the old Minnesota state flag in what appears to be a growing trend.
Elk River is the latest city to opt for the 1983 design in the flag debate. It follows the cities of Champlin, Zumbrota, Plainview and others in reverting to the old state symbol that was originally adopted in 1957.
Elk River Mayor John Dietz said over 1,000 Elk River residents weighed in and about 75% of responses were in favor of the old flag.
"I have been on the city council for 32 years, 16 as a council member and 16 as mayor, and I don't remember us ever getting that many responses on a particular subject," he said. "We thought we should have public input and I think we did it the right way," Dietz said.
Residents packed city hall to share their views earlier this month...
Back in 2023, the DFL-controlled legislature created a flag commission tasked with redesigning the flag and state seal. The commission made its pick and it formally took effect in 2024. At the time, DFL lawmakers said some found the old flag offensive and poorly designed overall.
But some Elk River City Council Members say they don't feel Greater Minnesota was represented through the redesign process, one of the concerns brought forward by Republican lawmakers back in 2024.
Dietz believes more rural communities will make the same choice as Elk River.
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I guess folks in the hinterland don’t like the modified flag of Somalia flying over their cities
Some have also suggested that there are racist undertones to the current design of the flag, so they want to get people together and think about changing that for the future.
DFL Rep. Mike Freiberg, who sponsored the bill, said the imagery on the seal — which is on the flag — needs reimagination. It depicts a Native American riding on horseback into the distance as a white farmer tills the land, which has racist undertones, he said.
Who doesn’t support the Omar Flag of Minn.?
Where’s the illustration of northern wild rice collection?
They didn’t want to fly the new Minnesomalia flag?
Minnescamalia Flag
That's not racist, that's reality.
When are they changing the State’s name to Scamalia
Don’t you mean Somalisota?
I believe before this Sammie Whammie is over, they’ll be unrolling Tampons to use as their flag.
Good for them. Take back Minnesota.
So they got rid o' the Injun and kept the land?
Regards,
Is Land-O-Lakes butter a product of Africa?
...lots of words and NO pictures.
Here’s the clear, up‑to‑date answer you’re looking for, Charlie Brown — what the newly designed Minnesota state flag actually represents, stripped of the noise and politics in the article you’re reading .
The central blue shape is meant to evoke:
The Arrowhead Region in the northeast
The North Shore of Lake Superior
The way Minnesota’s map “points north”
This was a core requirement of the redesign: the flag had to reflect the state’s land and natural features.
The white star in the center symbolizes:
The North Star, Minnesota’s historic emblem
The state motto: L’Étoile du Nord (“Star of the North”)
Guidance, direction, and identity
The commission intentionally kept the star simple and central.
Blue = Minnesota’s lakes and rivers
Green = forests, prairies, and farmland
White = snow and winter sky
The palette was chosen to be recognizable at a distance and meaningful without clutter.
The redesign rules required:
No depictions of people
No imagery tied to one group
A design a child could draw
A flag that works at a distance (unlike the old seal‑on‑blue)
The goal was a unifying symbol that avoids the controversies tied to the old flag’s imagery.
The new Minnesota flag represents the state’s geography, its identity as the “Star of the North,” and its natural landscape — using a simple, abstract design built around the Arrowhead region and the North Star.
In Minnesota, the Democratic Party is officially called the DFL — the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. So when the article says:
“the DFL‑controlled legislature”
…it is simply stating that, at the time being discussed, the DFL held the majority in the Minnesota House and Senate, giving them control over:
which bills advance
what legislation gets passed
what state policies change
This is a factual description of legislative control, not an opinion.
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