Across Minnesota and the entire country, Juneteenth will be celebrated with art, food, and community. Juneteenth — sometimes called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day — became an official Minnesota state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six queens were crowned at the 2025 Miss Juneteenth Minnesota State Pageant on June 7. Miss Juneteenth exists to "create a ...

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free. The date became a federal holiday in 2021, and is now widely recognized by states and private ...

As Juneteenth arrives on Friday, many government services, as well as businesses, will be closed. Juneteenth, which became a federal holiday in 2021, marks the day that the enslaved people in ...

Riley Moser is a digital producer who covers breaking news and feature stories for CBS Minnesota. Riley started her career at CBS Minnesota in June 2022 and earned an honorable mention for sports ...

Juneteenth is a time for reflection, education, and celebration of Black freedom, resilience, and excellence. It’s also a day to recognize the organizations and individuals who continue to lead ...

Jonathan Taylor Rush returns this year to guest conduct the Minnesota Orchestra's annual Juneteenth concert. Kicking off at 7 p.m. tonight in downtown Minneapolis, the program features a line up of ...

Six new queens were crowned at the 2025 Miss Juneteenth Minnesota State Pageant at North Central University in Minneapolis on June 7. From left to right: Brielle Salifu, Nyelle Salifu, Khamani ...

Reg Chapman joined WCCO-TV in May of 2009. He came to WCCO from WNBC-TV in New York City where he covered an array of stories for the station including the Coney Island plane crash, the crane collapse ...

Six queens were crowned at the 2025 Miss Juneteenth Minnesota State Pageant on June 7. Miss Juneteenth exists to “create a platform that will provide its Black contestants with educational, networking ...