Bob CollinsTyus Jones, the former Apple Valley star and current member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, wanted to go to Indianapolis to see his brother, Tre, another Apple Valley standout, make his collegiate debut for Duke against Kentucky. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for November 2018
Seven people who wrote in candidates swung an election for state representative in Bemidji. Read more →
One more from the campaign and election of 2018 before we move on.
We’ll have whatever John Pinter, 83, of Cedarburg, Wis., which is near nowhere, is having. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
Polls are closed. So here’s the space for you — in the comments section below — to provide your own analysis as you watch the results. Or just howl at the political moon. Whatever makes you feel better after the two year marathon campaign.
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Gracie Phillips, 82, has never voted before. The mid-term elections were her last chance. She’s been battling pneumonia.+++++ Read more →
In a bid for jobs for the people of Wisconsin, state officials opened the treasury to lure Foxconn, the Taiwanese supplier to Apple, to the state.
But now it appears it’ll have a difficult time finding workers. Read more →
‘The digital world — your smartphone, for example — and all the algorithms could have enlarged the best in humanity. Instead, it liberated the worst.’ Read more →
aybe it’s not such a bad thing if the people who are so turned off by political discourse stay home today, or so says one of those public radio bloggers. You know how they are. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
Matt MikusIf you’re looking for inspiration to tackle this Monday morning, consider the literal uphill battle this baby bear faced. Read more →
If history is any guide, about half of Minnesotans will blow off Election Day on Tuesday. Read more →
No surprise here: Monday’s daily dose of sweetness comes from KARE 11’s Boyd Huppert, whose latest story profiles the friendship between a couple of kids at Stillwater High School. Read more →
The soybeans of Arthur, N.D., northwest of Fargo, aren’t waiting for an end to a trade war that seems to have no end. They’re going to rot.
It was a good year for growing soybeans in these parts. Not so good for selling them. Read more →
When Laura DeMarco called 9-1-1 to get help for her asthma attack, she said she was on the street. But in the time it took to find her, her brain lost the oxygen it needed to survive. She was outside the ER door. Read more →