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AP: The Souris broke a more than 130-year-old record at noon when it measured 1,558.52 feet above sea level at the city’s Broadway Bridge. That was about 9. 5 feet above flood stage and a half-foot higher than the record set in 1881.
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Archives for June 2011
Big-screen villains and real-life crooks
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Bob CollinsMPR’s Paul Tosto has set up a new blog, Shutdown 2011. I’ll leave it to you to figure out what it’s about. In the “who’s winning” nature of political reporting, the details of what’s behind the stalemate often got lost. What’s in the Legislature’s budget proposals that aren’t in the governor’s, for example? The Minnesota Read more →
A video has surfaced which confirms reports that the ‘kissing couple’ in Vancouver had actually just been trampled by the cops.
One small step for authenticity?
Stepping up for Minot
Are you using more non-work hours to work, beauty and the bridge, surging toward Minot, mobile phone dangers by the numbers, and Pottermore.
A reporter’s secret
Twins fans are understandably anxious to see if the team can make history. It already has.
Preparing for pain, the water always wins, the influence in your inbox, why you should move over on the highway, and the mystery of the Nazi photo album.
I’m out storm chasing the system that spawned tornado warnings along Highway 52. As Paul Huttner was on the air saying the system was probably cold-weather, funnel clouds, I sat along the highway south of Inver Grove Heights and watched the system head to the northwest, then turn slightly and head over West St. Paul. Read more →