Bob CollinsThe Duluth News Tribune reports two men — Russell R. Sikkila Jr. of Chisholm and Carl W. Brandt of Forest Lake — have been fined $800 and $1,500. That’s the penalty for hiding bags of leeches in a worm cooler when they crossed the border at Fort Frances. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Here’s a temperature check on the state of America: It’s still bad for one’s employment prospects to be a Nazi. Read more →
Perhaps a candidate for Michigan attorney general has given us a glimpse of what we’re in for in TV ads during the 2018 campaigns. Read more →
Sexual harassment isn’t usually a joking matter but late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel gave it a shot last evening, what with the allegations against NBC Today host Matt Lauer and A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor erupting on the same day.
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Today’s topics on MPR News’ programming include sexual harassment, DACA, Facebook’s fake accounts, the public option in health care, and Keith Ellison’s take on the future of the Democratic Party. Read more →
Women are tired of this. They’re tired of all of it. And they’re not going to give a break to politicians or their party on the basis of ‘it could always be worse.’” Read more →
The Rochester Post Bulletin has announced it will no longer issue a printed Friday edition. It will publish only five days a week. Read more →
Why do some kids excel in school and others don’t?
A big reason — by no means the only one, of course) is contained in the Pioneer Press’ story about the St. Paul Public Schools sending home report cards with the wrong grades. Read more →
Like their counterparts at CBS This Morning last week, the remaining hosts of NBC’s Today Show this morning tackled the firing of their co-host — in this case Matt Lauer — up front. Read more →
Here’s your daily list of subjects and guests on MPR News programming today. Read more →
This buck, a 10-pointer, was shot on Sunday in Lanesboro, Minn. For about a year now, the deer has been seen on trail cameras and people noticed the red tags but didn’t know what they said. Now they do. Read more →
Detroit has given its residents every reason to give up. Some people don’t give up. Read more →
Now this public service message, courtesy of the Sudbury (Mass.) Police Department: Don’t do this. Read more →
The thin blue line can be particularly tiny in small towns where the local constables know everybody and watch out for each other in a way that’s a little different than the big city. The potential for conflicts of interest is huge. Read more →
Not that we need a reminder that we could all be better fathers but we could all work harder at being like Bailey Sellers’ dad.
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