Bob Collins
Your daily dose of sweetness today comes from KARE 11’s Lindsey Seavert, who has the story of Allen Zderad, 68, of Forest Lake. Read more →
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Archives for February 2015
They held David Carr’s wake in New York last night. The New York Times columnist died from complications of lung cancer last week.
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At the Piggly Wiggly supermarket in Mayville, Wisconsin — between Oshkosh and Milwaukee — Russell Kerr, 92, just wanted to get out of his parking spot.
He did. After he hit nine cars. His accelerator got stuck and he panicked. Read more →
Not since Gov. Wendell Anderson held a string of fish up for a national magazine’s photographer has there been such an outpouring of love for Minnesota — or at least the combination of communities collectively known as ‘Minneapolis,’ according to The Atlantic. Read more →
We can learn a lot from Hyvon Ngetich, 29, who was leading for most of the marathon in Austin, Texas on Sunday.
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The Minnesota State High School League ruled before the tournament started that Faribault’s routine was not ripped off, after someone — no one is saying who — filed a grievance against the squad last week.
But that didn’t stop the girls from the five schools from ruining the spirit of the day.
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Today’s proof that TV meteorologists are not of this world comes from — surprise! — The Weather Channel, which was camped out on a beach on Cape Cod to document the latest assault from winter when a perfectly natural thing happened.
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There were great hopes that the opening of the Green Line would provide a big boost for the Daily Diner on University Avenue in Saint Paul. But it has now closed. Read more →
The group Visit Saint Paul wants people to use the hashtag #MYSAINTPAUL to say what they love about the city. Read more →
Valentine’s Day can be tough on couples who’ve never said ‘I love you’ to each other. Read more →
It was such a busy week, you can certainly be forgiven for not keeping up. On the other hand, we think this quiz is pretty easy this week. Read more →
If you’ve never wandered up to the top of the bluff overlooking Saint Paul’s Holman Field, you probably don’t know why that white beacon keeps turning and how it got there in the first place. Read more →
Your daily dose of sweetness comes from WBUR in Boston today, where singer/songwriter Marcia Deihl pens a love story on the Cognosenti blog.
As Valentine’s Day approached, she reports, her mother found new love.
She did so at age 102. Read more →
You’re a kid on a school bus in Aitkin County and the bus driver starts swerving. For 14 minutes the bus driver doesn’t stop. You start dialing your parents and 911, anyone you think can help stop the bus. Read more →
Carr, a native of Hopkins, was 58. Ironically, his death made the front page of today’s New York Times, but not most Minnesota editions. Read more →