Bob Collins
This week, Patagonia has released some video of what it took to accomplish the feat. And it’s more insane than it seemed last week. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for January 2015
Marilyn Hagerty, the Grand Forks Herald reporter and food reviewer who has delighted us for years with her unpretentious reviews delivered without the insufferable snobbery of her big-city peers, has delivered again. Read more →
There’s not a lot about the competition to host Olympics games that passes the smell test and what’s happening in Boston — the United States’ entry in the competition to host the 2024 summer games — isn’t an exception.
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People who have saved money on gasoline since the price of oil cratered didn’t actually save money. They spent it just as quickly, a study shows. Read more →
The Timberwolves are a basket case. They’re last in the league in attendance. They haven’t been to the playoffs in 10 years, they’re on pace to record their worst season in franchise history, and there’s no indication that whatever young talent the team is developing won’t take the first opportunity to play elsewhere.
A basket case, indeed. Or is it? Read more →
Thirty years ago today, Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed shortly after taking off from the airport in Reno. Most of the victims of the crash were from Minnesota. They’d flown to Nevada for Super Bowl weekend. Read more →
Minneapolis’ Band Box diner is down to its last grill burner, so it’s turning to crowdfunding to stay in business, Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal reports. Read more →
Testimony in the trial of Brian Fitch, the man accused of killing a Mendota Heights police officer last summer, hadn’t even started yet and already there’s a question of journalistic ethics.
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For sheer beauty, your next 365 days in Minnesota are covered, thanks to Jim Brandenburg, who has unveiled an ambitious project to document some of Minnesota’s beauty every day this year. Read more →
There’s very little redeeming value in the Minnesota Wild these days. But the fans? That’s another story. Read more →
Richard Rhodes, 73, died alone in his Winona apartment last month. He had no family. He left no will. If not for a funeral home director, no one would have noticed his passing. Read more →
Millennials, you’ve got a problem ahead. Two-thirds of you say you expect your partner will handle the child-rearing in your family, according to a recent survey from Harvard. About half of the Millennial women expect bringing up baby will fall on them. See the math, there? Read more →
The Minnesota Wild have no one to blame but themselves for yet another snub against the ‘state of hockey.’
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Inside every person is a snow angel longing to come out. Read more →
ESPNw reports that softball coach Jen Banford has been informed she will not have her contract renewed when it expires. She received notice the same week that women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller would not be retained, a move that has sparked controversy at the school. Read more →