Along with rolling out a new state flag , Minnesota will use its newly designed seal on official government documents starting on Saturday.

Ross Bruggink is a designer by trade. So, when the state commission tasked with choosing a new flag and seal solicited ideas, his vision came to him pretty quickly.

The State Emblems Redesign Commission started its work last month and will have to settle on designs for a new seal and flag by the end of the year.

Local News This is why Minnesota is getting a new state flag and seal The DFL-controlled legislature authorized the State Emblems Redesign Commission to choose new official state symbols by Jan. 1.

Minnesota's new state seal will have a loon on it. Members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission are still trying to narrow down their list of top six flag finalists.

Out of more than 2,000 submissions for Minnesota's new state flag, the field is now down to six finalists.

Minnesota officially raises new state flag, seal Old state flags that came down from above the Capitol are headed to the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation.

The State Emblem Redesign Commission has narrowed the design choices for the Minnesota state flag and seal down to six on Nov. 21.

More than 2,000 submissions came in as Minnesota looks to redesign its state seal and state flag — and some took the assignment more seriously than others.

Dana Ferguson at MPR News reports members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission on Tuesday voted to adopt the state seal design, designed by Ross Bruggink, depicting a loon taking flight from a ...

State Representative John Tracy Anderson proposed an alternate version that omitted the seal, but the Minnesota state legislature instead endorsed the commission’s design in March 1957.