Now, please join me in welcoming McKnight's Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs, Jacques Hébert.

Thank you, Tanya, and thank you, ComNet.

This community held a lot of us up this year, and we don't take that for granted.

Minnesota calls itself the North Star State.

Earlier this year, the people of Minnesota proved why.

You watched what unfolded as federal agents moved across our state from neighborhood to neighborhood.

What I want to talk to you about today is what it took for the world to pay attention to.