Your daily dose of sweetness today comes from KARE 11’s Lindsey Seavert, who has the story of Allen Zderad, 68, of Forest Lake.
He hasn’t seen his wife or grandchildren in more than 10 years, since going blind.
“His whole life we have heard – nothing can be done, nothing can be done, it’s all we’ve heard, until now,” his wife, Carmen Zderad, said.
Then, Mayo Clinic did something.
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