Bob Collins
Solway, Minn., just west of Bemidji, has a population of 95 people and two apparent angels, judging by the story today in the Bemidji Pioneer about Kent and Shantel Dudley, who have adopted children no one else would. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Since the 1960s, studies have asked children to draw pictures of scientists and since the 1960s, the pictures have depicted a man. Of the 5,000 drawings submitted then, 4,972 showed a man. Read more →
Here are the guests and topics you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
This would have been Mr. Rogers’ 90th birthday if he hadn’t died and left us all to fend for ourselves. Read more →
Since this is a day to honor 100-year-old women, we’ll waive the 100-year-old requirement to take note of Betty Trimberger Smith, who died last Wednesday, hours short of her 100th birthday, the Milwaukee Journal’s Jim Stingl writes today. Read more →
Really, since Paul Wellstone and Jesse Ventura (both iconic ads produced by the same ad agency), when’s the last time there was a memorable political ad around here that you’d want to drop what you’re doing to watch?
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At the South Dakota Boys Class A Basketball Tournament in Rapid City, S.D., on Friday night, Steven Wilson had the honor of singing the National Anthem. And those in attendance had the honor of hearing it.
He sang in the Lakota language.
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The cat that did as much as any feline to usher in the era of cat videos on YouTube has expired. Read more →
Spending an afternoon with a 100-year-old person is an invitation to examine how we square the daily reality that life alternates trying to kill us and trying to soothe us. Read more →
Here are the topics and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
A woman in Milwaukee has hit for nearly $500,000 in the 65 times she’s bought more than $600 worth of lottery tickets. A man in Cuddahy has won 33 times for almost $80,000. Eleven people who have cashed 20 or more winning tickets of at least $600. Several of them are connected to the stores that sold the tickets, according to the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Read more →
‘This is a change we hope was inadvertent, and we’re going to lobby hard to get it corrected,’ the chief legal officer of Major League Baseball tells the New York Times. Read more →
Most of the players in minor league baseball, especially on teams in independent leagues such as the Saint Paul Saints, aren’t going anywhere.
But that’s not the way most of the public sees them, which is why there won’t be much notice today when/if Congress puts the screws to them by denying them minimum wage protections.
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There’s nothing quite like tournament time in Minnesota and some of the best moments occur away from the games. It happens on the highways into town as was the case Saturday in Brainerd.
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If you survive civil war in Iraq, we like to think that Rochester, Minn., won’t be a dangerous place. So, Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf’s killing last week is particularly distressing. Read more →