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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for June 2018

This or That

No July Fourth fireworks for you, St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2018, 9:36 AM Jun 27, 2018
45

Minnesota’s capital this year will not have a July Fourth fireworks display. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter on Wednesday officially drove a stake through what was left of the holiday in his city, citing budget costs. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Judge rejects meeting with lawmakers over ‘slap on the wrist’ for rapist

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2018, 9:01 AM Jun 27, 2018
12

Some Wisconsin lawmakers want to meet with a judge who decided a three-year sentence for an Edina man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting three women was fair. Read more →

Arts & Culture

1,000 Words: Tolerance and respect

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2018, 8:26 AM Jun 27, 2018
13

In a stand against bigotry, rabbis and imams rode bikes together in Berlin. Read more →

Politics

Hutchinson, Minn., council settles prayer dispute

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2018, 7:55 AM Jun 27, 2018
7

The Hutchinson Ecumenical Ministerial Association is out as coordinators of prayer before Hutchinson City Council meetings, ending — for now — an ongoing controversy in the city over prayer and politics. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Singing concessions? More, please

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2018, 7:01 AM Jun 27, 2018
3

Can we please let this aspect of last night catch on? Politicians should always concede by playing Springsteen.
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What’s on MPR News? 6/27/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2018, 6:00 AM Jun 27, 2018
1

Here are the topics, stories, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Woolworth’s building reborn in downtown St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2018, 2:17 PM Jun 26, 2018
32

Navigating the new with the old is a design challenge but the newest addition to the St. Paul streetscape has faithfully lived up to it. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Grumpy’s bar goes down swinging

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2018, 10:55 AM Jun 26, 2018
75

In a Facebook post today, Grumpy’s blamed food trucks, property taxes, old buildings and people from the suburbs.. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Rosalie Vascellaro, one half of ‘The Grannies’, dies at 94.

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2018, 10:13 AM Jun 26, 2018
0

Rosalie Vascellaro’s and Doris Rosen’s ongoing bit on WCCO a few years ago was the sort of thing that made you want to call your mom. Read more →

People doing good

Firefighters deliver pizza after driver is hurt

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2018, 9:50 AM Jun 26, 2018
0

Members of the Henrietta Fire Department responded to an accident on Saturday in which a pizza delivery person was hurt and taken away from the scene by ambulance. But what about the pizza? Read more →

People doing good

Teen rescued from burning plane in crash that killed parents

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2018, 9:13 AM Jun 26, 2018
4

Sometimes, the eyewitness video lies about what’s really happening. Read more →

This or That

Some drivers are slow learners

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2018, 8:25 AM Jun 26, 2018
14

Oh, let he who has not fit the entire contents of a small office into the back of a too-small pickup truck cast the first stone. Read more →

Politics

America loves its incivility

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2018, 7:02 AM Jun 26, 2018
44

It’s pretty unusual to see an opinion coming from the hallowed halls of NPR, so it’s a little surprising to see Scott Detrow, NPR’s congressional correspondent, conveying an opinion on the brouhaha over Sarah Huckabee being asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia the other day, even if he’s right. Read more →

What’s on MPR News? 6/26/18

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 26, 2018, 6:04 AM Jun 26, 2018
2

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Education · Health

Survey from the Sputnik era may yield clues about Alzheimer’s

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 25, 2018, 11:52 AM Jun 25, 2018
6

Around the time that Sputnik, the first Soviet satellite, sent the U.S. into a panic in 1960, the country began testing the aptitude of 440,000 students for the first time, with the results being sent to high school guidance counselors. The survey is still reaping dividends. Read more →

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