Bob Collins
An investigation is underway in Thief River Falls to determine if a City Council member really did swing a chair at another member during an apparently heated discussion about a splash pad project.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Across the country, social media is revealing a growing list of incidents where people of color are assaulted for being in public. Read more →
It doesn’t take much, really, to get to the top of a list of president’s in one’s lifetime. Not many presidents serve during the average lifetime. Read more →
How inspiring Minnesotans find Smith’s story will be determined by how many Minnesotans go out and cut someone else’s grass this week. Read more →
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The newspaper business is plenty hard, harder still when it services one town of 764 (Raymond, Minn.) and another of 497 (Prinsburg, Minn.)
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No doubt there will be plenty of debate surrounding the story behind this scene, filmed by Brianna Lindell in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis on Tuesday. One thing seems clear: if she hadn’t been filming, there’d probably be no news conference to explain the story. Read more →
Cancer, obviously, is an awful scourge. That should go without saying but because it is the internet, I say it while offering this observation: cancer gives others a chance to say goodbye and say the things we should say when everyone is healthy. Read more →
As Minnesotans — natives and adopters — we’re obsessed with how others see us. Maybe we should spend a few moments considering how we see us and consider our good fortune. Read more →
It’s pretty tough to get ahead in today’s working world, so we have to admire the pluck of Brian McNaughton, an associate professor at Colorado State University.
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We mourn the passing of Zsa Zsa, who got her moment on the world stage before leaving this world.
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You know who’s a good egg? Jana Shortal at KARE is a good egg.
Jana, the KARE 11 reporter/anchor, was at last night’s Minnesota Twins game when she spied two kids who would do anything for a baseball. Read more →
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If the idea of open caskets at funerals is upsetting to you, you may not care much for what may well be a new way saying ‘goodbye’ to the departed: staging them. Read more →