Bob CollinsThe whereabouts and reasons for the disappearance of a Lakeville pilot will remain a mystery. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for January 2016
Of course the airline has gone no-frills, so you’ll pay extra for baggage, including carry on, but any time a carrier takes on the ‘big airlines’ — now down to a very few — it’s worth watching whether other airlines try to match the fares in some way. Read more →
Because it’s Friday, it’s January, and it’s a surfing pug, that’s why.
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Wired profiles photographers Jenn Ackerman and Tim Gruber, a husband-and-wife team from Minneapolis that stumbled on the sport a few years ago.
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Lake Elmo, a city famous for its insistence to remain a pre-sprawl town, has taken a big club to sprawl with its refusal to allow bus rapid-transit stations in its community.
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When should someone abandon the job he’s paid to do — documenting events, in this case — and put the camera down to pitch in to help? Read more →
Somebody shot a county commissioner of Meeker County and a local newspaper is running up against a law on data in Minnesota in its effort to find out who.
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I don’t really know where to begin in assessing this obituary of a woman in North Carolina who died last month at 94. There’s a little bit in there about the life of Wilma Black, but it seems much more aimed at her son.
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In the last days of the 2014 legislative session, the Minnesota Legislature tried to pass tougher legislation against payday lenders. Several religious groups whose members were being decimated by triple-digit interest against future paychecks were stymied when Republicans blocked the measure, arguing it removes options for low-income families.
It’s an option for getting ripped-off as PBS NewsHour proved yet again last evening with a focus on a Sioux Falls, S.D., family living paycheck to paycheck.
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I don’t know if you can see the video of what happened around Keller Park last night, Facebook settings being what they are and all, but it was a pretty astounding statement that a man who took his own life last fall mattered, and his loss is a loss for us all. Read more →
Art, especially art from wood, isn’t always meant to be forever.
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A gull, native to the Arctic, makes a mysterious appearance in Duluth and fans migrate to the the city to watch it. Read more →
Start your day with your daily dose of sweetness. It comes by way of Adam Belz of Minneapolis who writes on his Facebook page about the real kind of Minnesota Nice — the kind you can find at a local business. Read more →
If there was one football game the social media folks at Delta Airlines might’ve taken a pass on, it’s the one between the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL playoffs this Sunday. Read more →
A judge in Louisville has reversed himself after Adam Satterly apologized for calling him a ‘punk a– ni—er’ on Monday. Read more →