RNC Day One Diary: All roads lead to Kellogg Boulevard

Though thousands marched through the streets of St. Paul today without incident, it was difficult to ignore a roving group of protesters who were sometimes marching and sometimes dashing their way through a parade route they reinvented by the minute. Minnesota Independent’s Jeff Severns Guntzel followed them to the day’s chemical-soaked climax.

Minnesota Guard Faces 22-Month Iraq Deployment

More than 2,000 Minnesota National Guard members could become the longest-serving unit in the Iraq War, according to its commanding officer, Maj. Gen. Larry Shellito.

The 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division had been scheduled to return…