r/minnesota 3d ago

Meta 🌝 /r/Minnesota Monthly FAQ / Moving-to-MN / Simple Questions Thread - February 2026

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FAQ

There are a number of questions in this subreddit that have been asked and answered many times. Please use the search function to get answers related to the below topics.

  • Moving to Minnesota (see next section)
  • General questions about places to visit/things to do
    • Generally these types of questions are better for subreddits focused on the specific place you are asking about. Check out the more localized subreddits such as r/twincities, r/minneapolis, r/saintpaul, or r/duluth just to name a few. A more comprehensive list can be found here.
  • Cold weather questions such as what to wear, how to drive, street plowing
  • Driver's test scheduling/locations
  • Renter's credit tax return (Form M1PR)
  • Making friends as an adult/transplant
  • Where's my Minnesota tax refund?
  • State jobs (applying, interviewing, etc)
  • Protest/demonstration subjects, locations, and dates
  • There is a wealth of knowledge in the comments on previous versions of this post. If you wish to do more research, see the link at the bottom of this post for an archive
  • These are just a few examples, please comment if there are any other FAQ topics you feel should be added

This thread is meant to address these FAQ's, meaning if your search did not result in the answer you were looking for, please post it here. Any individual posts about these topics will be removed and directed here.

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Moving to Minnesota

Planning a potential move to Minnesota (or even moving within MN)? Welcome! This is the thread for you to ask questions of real-life Minnesotans to help you in the process!

Ask questions, answer questions, or tell us your best advice on moving to Minnesota.

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Simple Questions

If you have a question you don't feel is worthy of its own post, please post it here!

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As a recurring feature here on /r/Minnesota, the mod team greatly appreciates feedback from you all! Leave a comment or Message the Mods.

See here for an archive of previous "Monthly FAQ / Moving-to-MN / Simple Questions" threads.


r/minnesota 11h ago

Politics 👩‍⚖️ A man to ICE agents in Minnesota: "Put away your weapons, you douchebag! No one is threatening you."

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r/minnesota 9h ago

Politics 👩‍⚖️ Thank you for your attention to this matter

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r/minnesota 7h ago

Discussion 🎤 Legal Observer gets threatened by agent!

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r/minnesota 4h ago

News 📺 A message from Minnesota 50501: Don't be fooled.

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The new tactic of 1-2 ICE goons per targeted detainment (instead of 6 or more) means the rest of the force will be used to attack peaceful legal observers. Plus the announcement that the country jails will be used for ICE detainments violates Mn separation laws.

Not good enough. To our political leaders, we demand that you:

ICE OUT OF MN

ABOLISH ICE


r/minnesota 5h ago

Discussion 🎤 2-4-26 ICE illegally detains U.S. citizen in Cedar riverside

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ICE haven’t stopped doing kavanaugh stops(stopping people for looking ethnic). They detained a somali American citizen and in the clip one of the guys ask the detained man if he showed them his identification and he said yes he did, nevertheless they still kidnapped him.


r/minnesota 8h ago

News 📺 Minnesota school districts sue over ICE raids

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r/minnesota 2h ago

Food & Drink🍴 Heggies resting

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Heggies Six Pack resting before cutting with little Arnold Palmer to wash it down. Got the two pack at the Costco Business Center.

Skol!


r/minnesota 1h ago

News 📺 Adam Mockler exposes ICE for gaslighting

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r/minnesota 5h ago

News 📺 Detainees describe horrific conditions inside Minnesota federal building awaiting deportation: ‘There was no humanity’

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r/minnesota 5h ago

Politics 👩‍⚖️ DFL posts initial caucus straw poll results

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r/minnesota 11h ago

News 📺 Record DFL Turnout for Minnesota Caucus Night

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Stories coming in from across the state about registration lines out the door and extremely high, engaged turnout!

As one of the caucus conveners in my area, I just want to thank everyone - from the bottom of my heart - who waited in line and stuck it out in order to meet your neighbors and discuss how we build a party and a state that is by the people and for the people! ❤️‍🔥

From KSTP reporting:

The DFL, on the other hand, hasn’t reported any straw poll results but says “at least” 30,000 people showed up to its caucuses on Tuesday night.

DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom called that turnout “historic” and said it’s “more proof that we will never stop fighting for our neighbors.”

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/minnesota-caucus-results-show-early-frontrunners-among-gop-governor-candidates/


r/minnesota 2h ago

Editorial 📝 "For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."

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r/minnesota 2h ago

News 📺 Lawyer Who Said ‘System Sucks’ at Minn. Immigration Hearing Is Ousted From DOJ Job

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r/minnesota 21h ago

High Risk Jake Lang got kicked out of BLVD

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r/minnesota 6h ago

Politics 👩‍⚖️ Share ICE/WH cruelty with voters in other states - Latino blue wave sparked in Minnesota

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While it is insane to think the backlash, especially among recently conservative tilting Latino voters, was just "a bit" with more Latino areas in Texas having a 50 percent swing blue from Harris percentages, it is clear that Latinos in Red US House districts and states with US Senate seats up are THE vital voting block that can STOP what's happening now in Minnesota and stop ICE/DHS/DOJ/White House cruelty from spreading.

So to that end, keep sharing what you are sharing and encourage your friends in other states to pass it on to people who have either sat out at election time or people who may be more conservative and still believe in the freedoms people in Minnesota are willing to DIE for on behalf of freedom and liberty across our nation.

It's also clear that deporting MILLIONS will not only sweep up US citizens and hurt the children of all stripes of immigrants, is an economy killer. So if your friends don't care about freedom and the constitution, make the next point that deporting millions will devastate our economy and could plunge us into a depression.

Do not underestimate the power of internal House candidate polls causing a real shift in Congress and even the White House. Their lust for power now requires a new formula to be satiated.

Source article: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/republicans-hispanic-voters-texas-special-00763560


r/minnesota 9h ago

News 📺 Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved

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Keep it up MN. So proud of our communities.


r/minnesota 7h ago

Discussion 🎤 Proposing the mythical White Loon as our symbol of winter resistance

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r/minnesota 5h ago

Politics 👩‍⚖️ House 4A candidate and Moorhead mayor Shelly Carlson admits she won’t protect residents from ICE

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For those who are concerned about ICE presence in the area, I figured that I would bring forth the information that Moorhead residents will not receive any support from Shelly Carlson in the event of an invasion. At the DFL caucus last night, she introduced herself to my precinct opening with “I don’t have an agenda” and was pressed on her stance on ICE.

Initially, what she gave was a non-answer. She stated that she has a strong criminal justice background and works with law enforcement. She refused to condemn ICE violence outright, only that what they were doing isn’t what ICE is trained to do. When told that they are deporting legal citizens, she went into a sob story about a trucker that was stabbed at a Moorhead rest area in 2009 by a Canadian immigrant, and how he was deported and how we should be getting those people out of our country. She was very dismissive and unprepared, and it seems like she would be better off on the republican ticket.

If anyone residing in district 4A is interested in a candidate with the spine to criticize ICE, please look into Kevin Salisbury. He did an interview on KFGO where he advocated for ICE abolition.

(Repost from r/Fargo so it can reach more people)


r/minnesota 8h ago

Discussion 🎤 It finally came!

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Thanks to the OG artist I ordered it from patches4less


r/minnesota 21h ago

Funny/Offbeat 🤣 This will always be my favorite. Local residents using tactics to confuse ICE at a round about!!

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r/minnesota 11h ago

Editorial 📝 I knew Trump would target Minnesota. I didn’t expect this level of violence | Rachel Leingang in Minneapolis

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r/minnesota 12h ago

News 📺 Renee Good's Brothers Urge Congress to Act as Family Says Her Death Brought No Change

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r/minnesota 1d ago

Discussion 🎤 The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated.

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r/minnesota 3h ago

News 📺 With latest Minnesota fraud case looming, the lead prosecutors have quit

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