Bob Collins
Midwest aviation fans will likely recognize the couple profiled in today’s Op-Ed documentary by the New York Times. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Despite claims to the contrary, people don’t want to fly to and from rural parts of Minnesota and the rest of the country. If they did, the planes wouldn’t be empty. Read more →
This is the sort of scandal that can keep the media and Washington talking for weeks. The opportunists smell blood in the water.
That’s weeks longer than the scandal about homeless veterans in America. Read more →
It’s the Pillsbury mansion in Wayzata on Lake Minnetonka and it’s on the market, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports. Read more →
Don’t be complaining to Quentin Super and Ryan Brandenburg, two students at St. Cloud State University, about the silly wind chill. With spring break looming, they’re hitting their bicycles and heading… north, the St. Cloud Times reports. Read more →
Though it didn’t come up much in last fall’s campaign, the minimum wage issue is back at the Capitol in Saint Paul where a Republican lawmaker is carrying a restaurant-industry-written bill to trim the minimum wage increase for servers. Read more →
Just four more days until Netflix uploads the third season of House of Cards, the Kevin Spacey series of political intrigue and lust for power.
Here. Entertain yourself while you wait with the story of Frank Underwolf wanting to take over the white house of bricks. Read more →
After a reported confrontation between Peterson’s agent and a Vikings executive, it seems only a matter of time until the team and the star running back part ways.
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Over the last week, there has been plenty of debate over The Atlantic’s Miracle of Minneapolis story, which said “says “no other place mixes affordability, opportunity, and wealth so well.” That didn’t go over big with people who said the article glossed over the realities of people who have few opportunities, let alone wealth. Now, Read more →
Judge, a K-9 in New Jersey, got a hero’s farewell as he walked into the veterinary clinic last week where he was put down. Read more →
Today is the 70th anniversary of the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima.
Chances are this isn’t the picture that will accompany the stories on the anniversary today. Read more →
It hasn’t been the best week for the Minnesota State High School League, which is shoveling sand against the tide of ugliness in high school sports. Read more →
Dunkin’ Donuts is making a big push to re-enter the Minnesota market, but not in the Twin Cities. Read more →
For most of the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves have hardly come close to providing a product that matches the money the team was charging for tickets, but the addition of Kevin Garnett has given them a good reason to charge more.
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Baseball’s beauty is that it doesn’t have a clock. Until today. Read more →