Having his 1984 hit “Purple Rain” named one of the state songs of Minnesota “would have meant so much” to Prince, his sister Sharon Nelson told a state Senate committee Tuesday. “It was more than just ...

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Now that we have a new state flag, it’s time to turn to music. The state song, “Hail! Minnesota,” written in 1904 by two University of Minnesota students, was an early version of NyQuil. To be fair, ...

Minnesota would designate three state songs – "Hail! Minnesota", "Girl from the North Country" and "Purple Rain" – under a bipartisan bill heard in a committee Tuesday. "Hail! Minnesota" was made the ...