Bob CollinsGeorge Verley, 80, the former head of Union Gospel Mission, died Friday of liver cancer.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
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.
Makenzie Schultz and her husband, Steven, of Toddville, Iowa, are the toast of the Internet today because of a little decency they extended when they went out to eat over the weekend and had a lousy meal. Read more →
It’s worth pausing to recall just how long Ron Gardenhire has been on the Minnesota scene.
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Them that had, still has, Forbes reports. Read more →
In Round Hill, Virginia, Spencer Bergman worked hard all summer selling lemonade at his stand. He wanted a dog. But a thief wanted the money. Read more →
We can’t imagine there’s a more jaw-dropping video today than this quadcopter video of the protests in Hong Kong.
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Controllers in Farmington, Minn., are picking up the slack from the fire at an air-traffic-control facility outside of Chicago. Read more →
It’s the tale of political legend in Duluth. The oft-repeated story of a billboard in town during the 1980s recession has lacked proof that it actually existed. It urged ‘the last one out leaving Duluth (to) please turn out the lights.’ Read more →
A conservative group, protesting a proposal that transgender students in Minnesota be allowed to play high school sports, went the full shower route in a full-page ad in the Sunday Star Tribune.
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It’ll be quite awhile before the air transportation system is back to normal following today’s fire in the Chicago air traffic control center in Aurora, Ill. Read more →
In our continuing theme documenting people tackling dreams, might we suggest spending a few minutes watching Mike Ku’s documentary about his and his friends’ dream of exploring the Boundary Waters, a dream deferred because of life’s occasional intrusions. Read more →
There’s more to define Jenna Vancura’s life than her battle with cancer. But her illness has consumed a lot of it. The 27-year-old New Ulm native spent much of her senior year in high school at the Mayo Clinic. Read more →
Last night, Comedy Channel’s Daily Show finally aired its segment on the Washington Redskins, almost a week after some of the participants themselves objected to how they characterized the debate over a racist nickname.
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In the health care system, the wishes of a dying patient and his daughter don’t matter. There’s money to be made.
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Devon Still’s NFL career is in jeopardy and his daughter has cancer. But his Instagram account is good for whatever ails you.
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