Justice
How Lindström Got Its Dots Back
Thanks to some sweeping government action, umlauts have returned to highway signs for this Minnesota town.
Who says local government can't act quickly?
Just yesterday, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announced that umlauts—you know, those two dots that overhang a vowel—should be restored to highway signs for Lindström, a town northeast of the Twin Cities that calls itself "America's Little Sweden." Lindström had been reduced to a mere Lindstrom on road signs after the latest Census, in line with federal guidelines on traffic lettering, according to Dayton's office. But the governor exempted "cities whose name includes special characters" via executive order.