This was the last time we saw “That’s All, Brother”, the Douglas C-47 that led the D-Day invasion in World War II. The company that owned it was about to turn it into a more modern turboprop plane when someone researched its past and found it was the first plane of paratroopers into France. Read more →
Why not reconnect with nature and keep your day job? John Enger, MPR News’ reporter in Bemidji, Minn., spent the week commuting to work from a campground. Here’s what he learned. Read more →
The original article points out a troubling trend: People who find data on the Internet, slap up some Google streetview pictures, and never visit the area they’re professing to analyze.
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Sure, baseball’s link to fathers and sons borders on the cliche, thanks primarily to the movie, Field of Dreams.
But a game of catch is still a great way to take a snapshot of the love of a father as this story of a young baseball’s pitcher’s personal catcher proves. Again. Read more →
It would be fascinating to take a look at the new stadium playbook the Minnesota United is using to get a new stadium for its Major League Soccer franchise.
The Pioneer Press’ Andy Greder, for one, has noticed that the United is approaching asking for public help in a different way than any of the big-three sports franchises in town used to extract taxpayer money for a venue.
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‘She liked four letter words as much as she loved her rock garden and trust us she LOVED to weed that garden with us as her helpers, when child labour was legal or so we were told. ‘ Read more →
James Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, left, and Fred Haise, an astronaut on the mission, acknowledge applause at a reunion of the mission in Oshkosh, Wis. At right is flight director Milt Windler. (Photo: Bob Collins/MPR News) America has a love affair with one of its most spectacular failures — the aborted moon mission of Read more →
An accident mars the third day of events at Wisconsin’s AirVenture aviation gathering. Read more →
For one week each year, the airport at Oshkosh, Wis., becomes the busiest airport in the world when the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture is underway. Read more →
Stoners are stealing the 420 street signs because it’s a reference to cannabis culture, and April 20 has become an unnamed cannabis holiday.
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To its surprise, a PBS NewsHour crew asked for — and received — permission to attend the funeral of Vonzell Banks, because someone’s got to tell the story, and someone else has to care what’s happening. Read more →
Posting might be a little light today. I’m flying over to Oshkosh for the big air show, which started yesterday, and will be filing a few items from there.
Monday’s highlight was the appearance of the Airbus A350, which will start flying for Delta in 2017. It’s been on a tour of major airports. Read more →
When Lucas Hobbs, 12, of Eagan was at Children’s Hospital being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, he had trouble eating. He was in the hospital for 40 days. Then he decided what wish he’s ask Make a Wish for.
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We suppose it’s fitting that on this anniversary of the first landing on the moon by a human, we have the first picture of earth from the deep space observatory. Read more →
A man in Massachusetts might face felony charges because he did what the town dragged its feet on — repainting crosswalks. Read more →
Bob Collins
John Enger