49-546: Blue Earth may refer to a location in the United States: Blue Earth, Minnesota Blue Earth City Township, Minnesota Blue Earth County, Minnesota The Blue Earth River in Minnesota Other uses [ edit ] Blue Earth (album) , an album by The Jayhawks The Samsung S7550 "Blue Earth" mobile phone Topics referred to by
98-512: A cost of $ 12,622.75. Designed by Kinney and Orth, architects from Austin, Minnesota. The architecture is Romanesque Revival in the arched windows, Gothic Revival in the steeples and gables, and medieval in the towers. Salem Evangelical Church – This English country Gothic structure was completed in 1942. Designed by Bard & Vanderbilt of Minneapolis , Minnesota . According to the United States Census Bureau ,
147-508: A male householder with no wife present, and 38.9% were non-families. 35.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.81. The median age in the city was 46.4 years. 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.4% were from 25 to 44; 26.7% were from 45 to 64; and 24.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of
196-700: A metro edition for the Minneapolis–St. Paul area and a state edition for areas beyond the metropolitan area. Although the newspaper competes with the St. Paul–based Pioneer Press in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area, the Star Tribune is more popular in the western metropolitan area, and the Pioneer Press is more popular in the eastern metro area. The newspapers share some printing and delivery operations. The Star Tribune went online in 1995, introducing
245-481: A new, $ 110 million printing plant, called the Heritage Center, in a historic warehouse district on the northern edge of downtown Minneapolis. Its five offset presses took over printing all Star Tribune editions. News and business offices remained in the downtown headquarters, whose old presses were removed. In 2014, the company announced that it would relocate from the 95-year-old headquarters building to
294-627: A score of 30–7. The Blue Earth Bucs high school wrestling program has the second-most individual state champions on record in Minnesota with 50. On Sept. 10–12, 1999, The Order of the Arrow (OA), a group within the Boy Scouts of America, held its Section C-1A Conclave in Blue Earth. Seven OA Lodges, representing councils from Iowa , Minnesota , North Dakota and South Dakota , attended
343-491: Is also welcome center. Lowell Steen, of Blue Earth, has collected thousands of Green Giant items and will permanently loan them to the museum. Steinberg Nature Park is a 33-acre (13.35 ha) park located east of Blue Earth on County Road 16. The park has a half-mile (0.8 km) trail and a picnic shelter. Prior to football playoffs the Minneapolis Star Tribune had a Coaches Poll who voted each week for
392-536: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blue Earth, Minnesota Blue Earth is a city in Faribault County , Minnesota , United States, at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Blue Earth River . The population was 3,174 at the 2020 census . It is the county seat of Faribault County . It is home to a statue of
441-659: The COVID-19 pandemic . It shuttered in October 2020, and the website was moved to the Hennepin County Library 's archives. After the 1987 formation of the Star Tribune , the newspaper was published in three editions: one for Minneapolis and the western suburbs, one for St. Paul and the eastern suburbs, and a state edition for Minnesota and the Midwest. The St. Paul edition was discontinued in 1999 in favor of
490-563: The Jolly Green Giant . Additionally, Interstate 90 is centered on Blue Earth, as the east and west construction teams met here in 1978. As a tribute, there is a golden stripe of concrete on the interstate near Blue Earth. This draws an analogy to the golden spike set in the first transcontinental railroad . Approximately three miles south of Blue Earth is the Blue Earth Municipal Airport . Blue Earth
539-639: The Minneapolis Evening Journal began publication, giving the Tribune its first competition. On November 30, 1889, downtown Minneapolis's Tribune headquarters caught fire. Seven people were killed and 30 injured, and the building and presses were a total loss. In 1891, the Tribune was purchased by Gilbert A. Pierce and William J. Murphy for $ 450,000 (equivalent to $ 13.8 million in 2023 ). Pierce quickly sold his share to Thomas Lowry , and Lowry sold it to Murphy, making Murphy
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#1732776553448588-659: The Minneapolis Star and Tribune . Cowles Jr. fired publisher Donald R. Dwight . His handling of Dwight's termination led to his removal as editor in 1983, although his family retained a controlling financial interest in the newspaper. In 1983, the Star and Tribune challenged a Minnesota tax on paper and ink before the Supreme Court of the United States . In Minneapolis Star Tribune Co. v. Commissioner ,
637-509: The Minneapolis Tribune in 1867 and the competing Minneapolis Daily Star in 1920. During the 1930s and 1940s, the two papers consolidated, with the Tribune published in the morning and the Star in the evening. They merged in 1982, creating the Minneapolis Star and Tribune , renamed the Star Tribune in 1987. After a tumultuous period in which the newspaper was sold and resold and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, it
686-548: The Star . Under him, it had the city's highest circulation, pressuring Minneapolis's other newspapers. In 1939, the Cowles family purchased the Minneapolis Evening Journal , merging the two newspapers into the Star-Journal . Tribune publisher Fred Murphy died in 1940; the next year, the Cowles family bought the Tribune and merged it with their company, giving it ownership of the city's major newspapers. The Tribune became
735-546: The Star Tribune for several years. On December 26, 2006, McClatchy sold the paper to private equity firm Avista Capital Partners for $ 530 million, less than half of what it had paid for Cowles eight years earlier. In March 2007, Par Ridder was appointed Star Tribune publisher after his predecessor, J. Keith Moyer, left the newspaper after the sale. Ridder is a member of the Ridder family, which had owned Knight Ridder (publishers of several newspapers, including at that time
784-604: The Tribune and the Evening Journal were closely competitive, with the smaller Minneapolis Times in third place. In 1905, Murphy bought out the Times and merged it with the Tribune . He died in 1918, endowing a school of journalism at the University of Minnesota . After a brief transitional period, Murphy's younger brother Frederick E. Murphy became the Tribune 's publisher in 1921. The other half of
833-504: The 1989 album Blue Earth , in which the narrator says they "hitchhiked back from Blue Earth." Blue Earth, Minnesota, was mentioned in CNN's "That's Random" segment of the network's CNN10 production which aired on November 29, 2017. Petoskey's Sports Bar, a Midwest -themed bar in Seattle, Washington , features a vegetable pizza on their menu named after Blue Earth, Minnesota, because of
882-672: The Best Football Team in the State. In 1964, 1965 and 1966, the Blue Earth High School Bucs were rated #1 for 3 consecutive years holding many of their opponents to negative total yards. In 1972, the football team went 9-1 and played in the first state football playoffs and lost. The 1990 football team finished third in Minnesota for Class A. On November 24, 2012, the 2012 football team won the division 3A championship by defeating Rochester Lourdes High School by
931-501: The StarTribune.com website the following year. In 2011, the website erected a paywall . The Star Tribune has five main sections: main news, local news, sports, business, and variety (lifestyle and entertainment). Special weekly sections include Taste (restaurants and cooking), travel, Outdoors Weekend, and Science + Health. The Sunday edition has a more prominent editorial and opinion section, Opinion Exchange. Journalists with
980-405: The average family size was 2.92. In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males. The median income for a household in the city
1029-544: The city has a total area of 3.36 square miles (8.70 km ), of which 3.27 square miles (8.47 km ) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km ) is water. Interstate 90 and U.S. Route 169 are two of the main routes in the city. As of the census of 2010, there were 3,353 people, 1,453 households, and 888 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,025.4 inhabitants per square mile (395.9/km ). There were 1,638 housing units at an average density of 500.9 per square mile (193.4/km ). The racial makeup of
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#17327765534481078-574: The city was 46.8% male and 53.2% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,621 people, 1,535 households, and 925 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,137.0 inhabitants per square mile (439.0/km ). There were 1,666 housing units at an average density of 523.1 per square mile (202.0/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 96.85% White , 0.17% African American , 0.06% Native American , 0.33% Asian , 0.19% Pacific Islander , 1.60% from other races , and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.14% of
1127-419: The city was 96.0% White , 0.1% African American , 0.6% Native American , 0.2% Asian , 2.1% from other races , and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.9% of the population. There were 1,453 households, of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.2% had
1176-549: The city's morning newspaper, the Star-Journal (renamed the Star in 1947) was the evening newspaper, and they published a joint Sunday edition. A separate evening newspaper (the Times ) was spun off and published separately until 1948. In 1944, John Cowles Sr. hired Wisconsin native and former Tulsa Tribune editor William P. Steven as managing editor of the two newspapers; Steven became vice president and executive editor in 1954. During his tenure in Minneapolis, he
1225-639: The company was acquired by Glen Taylor , owner of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx . A former Republican state senator, Taylor said the Star Tribune would be less liberal under his ownership. He also said the paper had already begun a shift and would focus on accurately reporting both sides of all issues. In May 2015, the company acquired alternative weekly City Pages from Voice Media Group . City Pages continued publishing until it became another victim of advertising revenue loss and
1274-731: The court found that the tax (which targeted specific newspapers) violated the First Amendment . In 1987, the newspaper's name was simplified to Star Tribune , and the slogan "Newspaper of the Twin Cities" was added. In 1998, the McClatchy Company purchased Cowles Media Company for $ 1.4 billion, ending the newspaper's 61-year history in the family in one of the largest sales in American newspaper history. Although McClatchy sold many of Cowles's smaller assets, it kept
1323-800: The creation of the Minneapolis Daily Tribune by Colonel William S. King , William D. Washburn , and Dorilus Morrison . The two men previously operated different Minneapolis newspapers, the State Atlas and the Minneapolis Daily Chronicle. The newspaper was designed to unify the local Republican Party under one newspaper. The Tribune 's first issue was published on May 25, 1867. The newspaper went through several different editors and publishers during its first two decades, including John T. Gilman, George K. Shaw, Albert Shaw , and Alden J. Blethen . In 1878,
1372-459: The event. Blue Earth is home to many examples of Midwestern architecture, including: Faribault County Courthouse – completed in December 1892 at a cost of over $ 70,000. The architect for the courthouse was C.A. Dunham of Burlington, Iowa and the contractor was S.J. Hoban from St. Paul. The style of the courthouse is Richardsonian Romanesque . Stone used in the construction of the courthouse
1421-606: The former the Daily Star headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. The building was renovated from 1939 to 1940 and expanded in a larger renovation from 1946 to 1949. After 1949, the building housed the offices and presses of the Star and the Tribune. During the 1980s, an annex, the Freeman Building, was built across the street from the headquarters and connected with a skyway . In 1987, the Star Tribune opened
1470-557: The new publisher after Michael Klingensmith stepped down. Grove was the head of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development under Minnesota Governor Tim Walz . He formerly worked as a reporter and a Google executive, leading the Google News Lab . Klingensmith had served as publisher since 2010. After the Cowles family consolidated the city's newspapers, their offices were gradually moved to
1519-581: The newly christened Star Tribune Building at the Capella Tower complex, making way for development around nearby U.S. Bank Stadium . Demolition of the buildings began in 2014; the last employees relocated in mid-2015, and the demolition was completed later that year. Also in 2014, the Star Tribune's Heritage printing plant began printing the St. Paul Pioneer Press under a contract with its cross-town rival. The following year, USA Today contracted with
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1568-469: The newspaper became the politically independent Minneapolis Daily Star . In 1935, the Cowles family of Des Moines, Iowa purchased the Star . The family patriarch, Gardner Cowles Sr. , had purchased The Des Moines Register and the Des Moines Tribune during the first decade of the century and managed them successfully. Gardner's son, John Cowles Sr. , moved to Minneapolis to manage
1617-481: The newspaper's history begins with the Minnesota Daily Star , which was founded on August 19, 1920, by elements of the agrarian Nonpartisan League and backed by Thomas Van Lear and Herbert Gaston. The Daily Star had difficulty attracting advertisers with its overtly political agenda and went bankrupt in 1924. After its purchase by A. B. Frizzell and former New York Times executive John Thompson,
1666-403: The newspaper's sole owner. His business and legal background helped him structure the Tribune 's debt and modernize its printing equipment. The newspaper experimented with partial-color printing and the use of halftone for photographs and portraits. In 1893, Murphy sent the Tribune 's first correspondent to Washington, D.C. As Minneapolis grew, the newspaper's circulation expanded;
1715-409: The population. There were 1,535 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and
1764-533: The post-bankruptcy company. Since 2010, the Star Tribune has given out awards to the "Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota". Since the Star Tribune 's bankruptcy, its former ownership group, led by New York City–based Avista Capital Partners, has no stake in the company. Wayzata Investment Partners became majority owner of the Star Tribune Company in August 2012, with a 58% stake. In 2014,
1813-472: The pre-merger Minneapolis Star and Minneapolis Tribune won three Pulitzer Prizes : Star Tribune journalists have won three Pulitzers: In 2021, the staff of the Star Tribune won the Pulitzer prize for breaking news coverage for the "urgent, authoritative and nuanced" coverage of the murder of George Floyd . Columnists affiliated with the Star Tribune include: In April 2023, Steve Grove became
1862-441: The rival St. Paul Pioneer Press ). Ridder's arrival resulted in litigation when it was discovered that he had stolen a hard drive containing information about employees and advertisers, which the Pioneer Press called "trade secrets". Ridder also took two high-ranking staff members to the Minneapolis paper, which raised eyebrows since such employees usually have non-compete clauses in their contracts. On September 18, 2007, Ridder
1911-416: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blue Earth . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Earth&oldid=544236256 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1960-623: The show. Minneapolis Star Tribune The Minnesota Star Tribune , formerly the Minneapolis Star Tribune , is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis , Minnesota . As of 2023, it is Minnesota's largest newspaper and the seventh-largest in the United States by circulation, and is distributed throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the state, and the Upper Midwest . It originated as
2009-588: The summer of 2006 with community events, including a concert headlined by Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits . The Jolly Green Giant statue attracts over 14,000 visitors a year. In July 2007, the Blue Earth City Council approved space for a Green Giant memorabilia museum. In 2018 a building was built across from the Giant statue to house the museum, the Chamber and tourism offices, and the building
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2058-548: The town's association with agriculture and the Jolly Green Giant. A former funeral home in the town was featured on HGTV 's Ugliest House in America special event on January 3, 2022. The Jolly Green Giant was featured in promotions for Season 45 of Survivor (American TV series) on CBS . The Giant wore a giant red "Buff" bandana in the weeks leading up to the season premiere, similar to what contestants wear on
2107-481: Was platted in 1856. The city took its name from the Blue Earth River which surrounds the town. The river was given the Dakota language name makato (meaning "blue earth") for the blue-green clay found in the river banks, from the phrase makato osa watapa : "the river where blue earth is gathered". A post office has been in operation at Blue Earth since 1856. The city celebrated its sesquicentennial in
2156-470: Was $ 34,940, and the median income for a family was $ 42,377. Males had a median income of $ 29,359 versus $ 20,168 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,037. About 4.3% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over. Blue Earth is mentioned in The Jayhawks song "She's Not Alone Anymore," from
2205-399: Was editor of the two newspapers; he became president in 1968 and editorial chairman the following year. He had a progressive political viewpoint, publishing editorials supporting the civil rights movement and liberal causes. In 1982, the afternoon Star was discontinued due to dwindling circulation, a trend common for afternoon newspapers. The two papers merged into a single morning paper,
2254-543: Was president of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 1949 and first chairman of the organization's Continuing Study Committee. By August 1960, John Cowles Jr. was vice president and associate editor of the two papers, and it was soon apparent that he disapproved of Steven's hard-nosed approach to journalism. When Steven chafed under the younger Cowles's management, he was fired. After Steven's ouster, Cowles Jr.
2303-421: Was purchased by local billionaire and former Minnesota State Senator Glen Taylor in 2014. In 2024, the paper was renamed The Minnesota Star Tribune . The Star Tribune typically contains national, international, and local news, sports, business, and lifestyle stories. Journalists from the Star Tribune and its predecessor newspapers have won seven Pulitzer Prizes . The Star Tribune 's roots date to
2352-614: Was removed from his post by a Ramsey County judge, and he resigned on December 7. On January 15, 2009, the paper, then the country's 15th-largest daily, filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 . On September 17, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved a bankruptcy plan for the Star Tribune , which emerged from bankruptcy protection on September 28. The paper's senior secured lenders received about 95% of
2401-528: Was transported from Kasota, Minnesota to Blue Earth by horse and wagon and rail. Most of the sand used in the mortar was from the Blue Earth river bottom and thoroughly washed. The pillars on the front of the building are of polished granite. There are ledges on all four sides of the tower that are of solid stone of unknown weights of several ton each. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd – 1872 First Presbyterian Church — constructed in 1897 at
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