Afro Deli & Grill owner celebrates, Split Rock Lighthouse to honor Lightfoot
| May 3, 2023 We finally made it to spring, Minnesota. It's been a warm Wednesday, and highs above 70 will be likely Thursday in the southern half of the state. Get the latest on Updraft. | |
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| | Afro Deli & Grill owner celebrates National Small Business Person of the Year title |
When Abdirahman Kahin opened his first restaurant in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood 13 years ago, he never imagined being celebrated as the National Small Business Person of the Year. That day came on Monday at the White House, when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris awarded him with the national title. | |
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| | | Split Rock Lighthouse to honor Gordon Lightfoot with beacon lighting |
Lightfoot’s song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” — about the 1975 sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald in the frigid waters of Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members — has played an outsized role in the programming and number of people who visit the historic site north of Two Harbors, Minn. | |
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| - Anna Haecherl, MPR News | |
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