The grandstand at Tink Larson Field in Waseca, a jewel of youth and town ball in Minnesota, burned to the ground last night. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for April 2016
One year ago, almost to the day, Clem Schultz of Fairdale, Il., got a great video of the approaching tornado. The one that killed his wife.
Once you see this video, you might be inclined to take tornado warnings more seriously.
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Each year, artists submit portraits of waterfowl in the wild and one is selected for the stamp, the money from which is used to protect waterfowl habitat.
Now, the Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that the portraits include other birds that aren’t hunted migratory waterfowl as a way to gin up interests from birders in the stamps.
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A divided Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday settled the question of whether the state’s courts have any business settling claims of defamation made by church officials while excommunicating parishioners.
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Brittany Stinson, an 18-year-old senior at Concord High School in Wilmington, wants to be a doctor. She also wanted to get into some Ivy League schools.
So, of course, she wrote about her love of Costco, NBC reports. Read more →
Let the record show that the story on the greatest women’s basketball team in the history of the game this morning ended up on page C4 of the Star Tribune. It didn’t rate a mention anywhere on the Pioneer Press’ sports website.
The University of Connecticut Huskies won their 11th national championship, dismantling Syracuse last night 82-to-51, completing a 38-0 season.
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Minnesota’s NBA team this season has now beaten the best team in the league, and lost to the worst team (Philadelphia) in the league. Read more →
In Minnesota, you have to be at least 16 to drive a car but if the St. Louis County Board gets its way, a 12-year-old will be able to drive on the highway and any other road as long as s(he) is on an ATV. Read more →
Baseball long ago figured out if you feed reporters, they’ll write just about anything you want them to, and miss the story you don’t want them to write. Read more →
It was two years ago this week that a fan dressed as the Cleveland Indians’ “Chief Wahoo” confronted protesters outside Progressive Field in Cleveland, where the Indians were playing the first game of the year. Peter Pattakos took the picture of Robert Roche of the American Indian Education Center and fan Pedro Rodriguez, and encouraged Read more →
A nine year old girl is upsetting her neighbors because she dares to write about the news. Read more →
The Tennessee Senate is moving along a bill that would make the Bible the official book of Tennessee.
It now needs only the signature of the state’s governor to become law. Read more →
Veteran actor Kosmo Esplan, 8, has been a big fan of Carol Burnett for more than half his life. The Northfield boy has never had stage fright, he says. But he’s worried that someday he might. So he wrote a letter to Burnett looking for a little advice, Northfield News reports. And he got it. Read more →
The New York Times expertly describes in its editorial today on how Wisconsin did its part to suppress voting. Read more →
Continuing today’s theme of suburbia on the march, the defining corn maze of the Twin Cities is nearing the end, at least in its present location Read more →