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MINNEAPOLIS — Old Glory is the only flag flying outside Detroit Lakes City Hall. You won’t see the Minnesota state flag — the retired one or the new one that a number of communities refuse ...

I admit, I love my new Minnesota state flag. Its blue-on-blue with the big white star is fresh, and when it flaps in the breeze, you can still make out the Minnesota shape and star of the North.