Bob CollinsAnton Schloegl was trying to make a point when he fired his legal counsel and represented himself in his court case on charges of assaulting his fiancee during a 2016 car ride to Duluth.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for May 2018
Attribution has saved area news organizations in the defamation case that Ryan Larson has brought against them after he was incorrectly and unfairly accused of being the man who killed Cold Spring police officer Thomas Decker in 2012. Read more →
There aren’t a lot of debates that have lasted longer than behavior at commencement exercises. It’s that time of year.
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Your daily dose of bittersweetness comes from KARE 11’s Boyd Huppert, who has covered the decision by farm families to cash out, thanks to low milk prices. Read more →
Bruno might be the most famous dog in Minnesota because every day he went for a walk, four miles into town to visit the folks there.
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James Fallows, the correspondent for The Atlantic, has always had a soft spot for Duluth. The plane that he flies around the country reporting on America’s overlooked communities, was built there.
So it’s not surprising that he gave the city of heaping helping of love in the CBS Sunday Morning segment that included a beermaker in Duluth. Read more →
Apparently there’s not been notice taken of the ‘Walk Her Inn, Drag Her Out’ tavern until the #MeToo movement, but some things don’t hold up over time and the 14-stool bar is the latest battleground. Read more →
Tony Giles has visited 125 countries on all seven continents so far. His goal is to visit every country in the world. Read more →
These kids — Arianna Talmage, 6, Aidan Talmage, 10, and Tyler Talmage, 14 — are all dead now. So is their mother.
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A tweet of St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s skit during the MinnPost fundraiser last week raced around the InterTubes, but, taken on a smartphone from the audience, the audio was difficult to hear.
MinnPost has now posted a produced version of the bit. Read more →
It’s Star Wars Day — May the 4th — get it?
Everyone can stop trying to one-up everyone else on witty Star Wars references now, though.
Heathrow Airport wins.
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Jake Maser, a high school baseball player in Bound Brook, N.J., hit a ball to the centerfield gap during a game in 2016. Easy double.
But Maser figured he could get a triple out of it, so he headed to third which has now sent his coach — John Suk — to court. Read more →
Every now and again, we need a reminder that everything is going to be OK as long as there are people like Paul Pyykkonen and Todd Sandberg who walk among us. Read more →
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