Bob Collins
Many of been on the trail of the people who mysteriously send postcards. None has solved it. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for May 2019
The ironworkers on the Block 9 construction project in Fargo inspired a construction company supervisor to recreate history. Read more →
It was five years ago when Alexander Voigt’s adventure to Minnesota as a German exchange student ended when the plane in which he was a passenger crashed into a house in Sauk Rapids. Last week, his family made another pilgrimage to the state, to try to retrace the last month of Alexander’s life. Read more →
Who’s going to believe a bunch of children of color that they ran into racism while visiting one of the nation’s great museums? Read more →
Duluth police have had 31 percent fewer mental health-related calls, a confirmation that a more civilized approach to dealing with mental illness is working and deserves expansion throughout the state. Read more →
It’s 2019 and if high school students in Chaska are still dabbling in blackface, Chaska has some racist students. Read more →
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Harriet Tubman isn’t going to be on the $20 bill. Not anytime soon, anyway. Read more →
It was a short and sweet announcement from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference today. The University of St. Thomas is out. Read more →
The Green Bay Packers quarterback confirmed he was in the final episodes somewhere, but he wouldn’t say in what role. Read more →
Three dairy farms a day go out of business in Wisconsin, the dairy state. Like any business story, it’s a tale of low prices for milk and high prices for feed and supplies. It’s simple math. But it’s hard not to feel for the people whose job is their life and always has been. The Read more →
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With the 75th anniversary of D-Day coming, dozens of C-47s — the military version of the DC-3 — are on their way to the coast of France. And this derelict is getting some well-deserved attention. Read more →
A rat and an aardvark got married in a cartoon and that’s too hot to handle for the children of Alabama.
That’s pretty much 2019 in a nutshell. Read more →
The family thinks the record was removed for marketing purposes. Read more →