Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Everything is ready to go for another school year at Spring Lake Park High School.
The desks are arranged, the flag is up, and the note that tells authorities the condition of students in the classroom if there’s a lockdown is in a handy spot. Read more →
Cato Berntsen Larsen, 20, did what any friend would do when his pal dropped his phone in the outhouse. He jumped in to get it. Read more →
Chris Ford and Nicole Wismer, of Nashville, were to be married in November. But then he got the word from his doctor that he’ll probably be dead by then. He has cancer. Read more →
A third of the untested rape kits in Minnesota remain untested because the victim didn’t want to pursue a case. After reading the story of a New Hampshire rape victim, can we blame them? Read more →
We can’t help but think we’re in for a world of hurt in the Red River Valley and environs next spring when the snow melts.
With so much rain this summer, the water table is high and runoff will be the order of the day if we get a decent amount of snowfall this winter. And that usually spells massive flooding on the glacial lake bed.
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Oh, it’s on now between Donald Trump and NPR.
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Minneapolis Community Education wasn’t lying on the front cover of its fall adult enrichment classes brochure; it definitely offered something ‘different.’ Read more →
There are times when it seems as though the world is in flames. These are the times when we must remember that humankind occasionally stops to cheer on people who show up for the World Bog Snorkeling Championships held in the Waen Rhydd peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells over the weekend. Read more →
Minneapolitans who are accustomed to seeing their city and state at the top of most any ranking shouldn’t be too shocked by the fact that when it comes to hard-working cities, the city doesn’t abide. Read more →
Maybe being a bicyclist in our cities doesn’t have to be a life-or-death challenge at intersections. Read more →
San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem on Saturday, testing whether we mean any of of the platitudes we utter about America. Read more →
With summer ebbing (spoiler alert: summer is ebbing), let’s live vicariously. Post your photo of your best moment of summer 2016 and the story behind it. Read more →
Rich Dworsky is remaining with the show now that Garrison Keillor has retired. He’ll be music director of an entirely new band, new host Chris Thile has announced, according to Current. Read more →
It’s true that business media speak a different language from earthlings, but we’re still confused — and a little impressed — with Mylan’s chief executive officer Heather Bresch’s response to her company’s shakedown of people who need to buy EpiPen’s to be used during allergic emergencies.
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We’re suckers for tales of the Greatest Generation, and, apparently, so are the 5.5 million other people who’ve been delighted this week by the video of Ernie Thompson, 98, a World War II veteran who served on some famous ships during the war. A group of Navy petty officer candidates marched to his house in Read more →
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