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Though I’ve been in the news business for over 35 years, the connections and coincidences in the news — especially in times of turmoil — never fail to amaze me.
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I can’t recall ever seeing a perspective like this of a tornado, but it happened today in Sulphur, OK when someone launched a drone to follow it. Read more →
There are some problems that can only be solved by being uniquely Minnesotan. Read more →
Among the more amazing depictions of the struggles truckers had on Minnesota roads on Thursday was this Facebook video, shot by Mike Barness on Highway 52 in Vermillion. Read more →
From the look of things, there’ll be plenty of grief accompanying the flooding around Minnesota; that’s the nature of floods of course. Things go underwater, our commutes require detours and more time, possessions are lost, the mold grows in the basement and who’s got time for any of this, anyway? Read more →
Of all the crashes and accidents in the Midwest during February’s blizzards, none was worse than the pileup on I-41 near Oshkosh, Wis., in late February. Read more →
The river gives and the river takes away. Sometimes it gives you free beer. Read more →
The predictions sound dire for downtown St. Paul as the water from around the state pours into the Minnesota River and other tributaries before it dumps its stash into the Mississippi and makes its way to the cities. Read more →
Winter is in its last few hours and the people of Duluth are looking to give it a last kick today by wearing shorts. Read more →
There is snow and there is snow. The light, fluffy stuff on February has given way to the heart-attack snow of March. The situation on your roof has changed. Read more →
This year’s weather is a crime. Read more →
Another snowstorm? Why that seems almost criminal. Read more →
On Twitter yesterday, I asked for people’s names for what the people in my house call “snow boogers”, the clumps of ice and snow that we love to kick off when the temperature is just right. And, thanks to Steve Swan, I was made aware of this poetic segment that Moore did on the subject. It’s brilliant. Read more →