It’s amazing, really, how many great stories are tucked in the back roads of the Upper Midwest.
What would lead a couple to turn 12 buildings on the farm in Wisconsin into “the world’s largest bookstore”?
So it’s a good time to repeat my call for those of you who know stories like this, to let me know.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins