So he wondered: What is and is not allowed on vanity plates? Who makes that determination? Jones posed the question to Curious Minnesota, the Strib’s reader-powered reporting project.

Minnesota Wild plates will be available for purchase online ... provided it is not personalized or a disability plate.

It began in April, 2008, and will take several years, but eventually all of Minnesota’s 158 types of license plates will be flat, rather than embossed, and produced in a manner that saves time ...