Keillor said the vice-presidential candidate, a hunter and a football coach ... which tells the stories of the fictional small Minnesota town of Lake Wobegon. For decades, “A Prairie Home ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz walked on stage in Chicago to thunderous applause from an audience of thousands holding signs that read “Coach Walz” – emphasizing the small town aspect of his ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The selection of Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’ running mate has sparked a wave of commentary suggesting that simply by elevating a former small-town football coach to the ...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz made his debut on the national stage as a vice presidential candidate, in a speech in which he emphasized his small town background and values and contrasted them to a ...

Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota burst onto the national scene ... "This photo is of my grandfather who had a meat locker, was butcher in a small town, and English was his second language," Tim ...

Mankato West has become a Minnesota high school football superpower in this century ... Star-Tribune that Walz’s optimistic ...

Much of Walz’s 17-minute speech, laced with football metaphors, centered on his background, tracking him from small-town Nebraska to social studies teacher in Minnesota, National Guardsman to ...

fisherman and small-town football coach. But in doing so, the campaign will need to circumvent people like Cory Van Vonderen, the owner of Fish Tales who said he related far less to Walz than to a ...

Little of that vibrant small-town life awaited Walz ... As Walz has charted an unusual path from teacher and football coach to congressman and Minnesota governor, he has pointed to his mother ...

Sixteen former Mankato West football players joined Ingham on stage ... In his speech, Walz spoke about his time growing up in small-town Nebraska, his National Guard service, his work as a ...