Recently named the Best Minnesota Town of 2019 by Minnesota Monthly, Alexandria is also home to the Skal Crawl -- a three-stop tour of a local winery, brewery and distillery.
An effort to scrap Minnesota's long-standing ban on Sunday liquor sales has failed again in the House, but opponents of the ban came much closer than two years ago.
An effort to allow Sunday liquor sales is likely to return to the Minnesota Legislature when it convenes in January. Reports say the push to repeal so-called "blue laws" could stand a better chance with Republicans now controlling the House of Representatives.