ST. PAUL — Run it up the flagpole: Minnesota will have a new flag with a shape that resembles — well, itself — along with an eight-point North Star and a single, light blue block to the ...

It depicts a star within a blue inverse-triangular field evoking the shape of Minnesota on the left side, with the right side dominated by three stripes. However, the commission is also weighing a ...

The final design keeps a dark blue Minnesota-style shape with a white star on one side, but ditches the designer's original tri-color stripes in favor of a single field of light blue to represent ...

which is a nod to Minnesota's waters; an eight-pointed star for the "North Star State" that mirrors the design on the state capitol rotunda floor; and an abstract depiction of the shape of the state.

Retired Department of Natural Resources employee Bill Lockner created a state-shaped forest in northern Minnesota in 1987. This is the original timber sale he set up. The state shape is still ...

The new design consists of a light blue right panel, representing the state’s many lakes, and navy blue left panel, resembling the shape of Minnesota, with an eight-pointed northern star.