Mikki Morrissette

3 weeks ago | womenspress.com | Mikki Morrissette

At the 2025 Minnesota Women’s Press 40th anniversary celebration, we honored three Badass winners as chosen by our membership. You can find the stories below that led to their nominations. Excerpted Transcript of CommentsOne of the leaders asked me to start something near and dear to my heart: a buffalo ranch. I got so excited. Our first buffalo herd included seven of them. We got them from Wind Cave National Park. I couldn’t see just doing the buffalo. I knew we could resurrect this farm.

1 month ago | womenspress.com | Mikki Morrissette

The air we breathe. The water we drink. The soil from which our food grows. The building blocks of life are basic elements, without which we could not survive. It can be easy to forget that — unless pollutants corrode these fundamentals. Similarly, it is little moments and connections that sustain us. Decades ago, in a novel I was writing, I included an elderly woman who encouraged the young protagonist to spend time every evening recollecting a special moment or lesson from that day.

1 month ago | womenspress.com | Mikki Morrissette

Our 2025 Minnesota Newspaper AwardsWinner of three photography and two writing state media awards in 2024, including  coverage about housing and mental health. In 2024, we also won two national awards related to our gender-based violence coverage.

1 month ago | womenspress.com | Jody Boulay |Mikki Morrissette

Memorial Day is a solemn occasion to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. We attend parades, place flags at gravesites, and take quiet moments of reflection. But beyond the ceremonies and speeches lies another, often invisible war, one that too many of our veterans and active-duty service members are still fighting. Countless veterans struggle with substance use disorders, suicidal ideation, and an increasing risk of drug overdose.

1 month ago | womenspress.com | Mikki Morrissette

As part of our commemoration of the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the knee of Minneapolis police, we are sharing in entirety the collective voices of some of the community members who are attempting to improve the treatment of Black and brown Minnesotans. This commentary was shared by the House Legislative People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus. On the 5-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, Minnesota stands at a crossroads of reflection and progress.