Afton

Three years later, fast forward, we're living in Minnesota.

We're living in a tiny little town called Afton.

It's on the St. Croix River that separates Minnesota from Wisconsin.

And we had chickens and horses and lived in this little 150-year-old cottage.

Second down, Long, they've got to go to the Nebraska, inside the Nebraska 32 for their first down.

Lott keeps it up the middle, and he is tracked down at the Oklahoma 49 by Bill Barnett, a defensive tackle out of Afton, Minnesota.

Second down and seven.

Go, go.

Barnett made a heck of a play.

A sophomore, 6'5", 235, from Afton, Minnesota.

It's third down, nine from the 42.

Rutledge wants to throw and dumps it.

Got very volatile.

Maddie and I were living in this tiny little town in Minnesota called Afton, which is a river town that separates Minnesota from Wisconsin, in a 100-year-old cottage, and we had horses, and we had chickens.

And we had this pond that every summer on Sundays I would dye blue so it looked like the ocean, and she would float around on her floaty.

I'm an island girl.

Again, that was from Minnesota Public Radio.

Governor Walz spoke at the Belwin Conservancy in Afton, Minnesota.

About a decade ago, a writer for The New York Times came to Minnesota with the specific mission of visiting the Boundary Waters, and here's how he described a moment in time at Rebecca Falls.

"Chickadees, white-throated sparrows, finches, grosbeaks, and loons called out.

We will protect this place forever.

[audience applauding]

Governor Tim Walz, Democrat from Minnesota, today in Afton, Minnesota.

Congressman Pete Stauber, Republican of Minnesota, putting out a written statement that reads in part, "Years of rigorous review, environmental study, and massive private investment have been erased in seconds by a deeply unpopular governor who has once again shown that he places far-left ideology above Minnesotans' jobs and economic future." Associated Press explaining that Twin Metals Minnesota, LLC, is the subsidiary of a company based in Chile, has been seeking to mine for copper, nickel, and other precious metals in the National Forest since two thousand and nineteen.