Pilot Gary Bipes of Hector (regular NewsCut readers may be familiar with his story) went for a ride to the New Ulm area last evening to get a look at the flooding after a week of rain.
It’s not pretty, especially if you’re a farmer who makes a living raising crops, or — in one case — needs to get to or from your farmhouse.
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