What is it that makes umlauts so metal? It’s hard to say – is it the way they can make an O look like a tiny Satan? Is it the immediate associations with Germanic, Nordic and generally forest-strewn ...

Seriously...I care about diacritical marks as much as the next guy, but is executive action really required here? ST. PAUL, MN – Upon learning that the Minnesota ...

Whoosh! A violin bow swings quickly and freely over Annabelle Mödlinger’s head. The Umlauts vocalist curls into a ball as her bandmate Alfred Lear leaps up from a stool, nearly knocking his keyboard ...

The Umlauts are a band whose music does a lot of things. Their name in itself, and the titular refrain of debut single ‘Boiler Suits And Combat Boots’, is like a deconstruction of the cliches of ...

1. The word "umlaut" comes from one of the Brothers Grimm. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From our morning ...

LINDSTRÖM - It may be only 30 miles northeast of St. Paul, but Liidstr'm has roots halfway around the world. That’s what makes those two little dots above the “o” so important to the town’s identity, ...

Today, we bring you urgent and breaking news out of Minnesota, where a battle over umlauts has been — well, not raging. What is the more polite version of raging? Occurring? Happening? Gently taking ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's Great Umlaut Crisis is over — and without Gov. Mark Dayton having to use his paint and brushes. At Dayton's order, road crews on Thursday restored the two small dots ...