Bob Collins
Mark Rosen, the dean of TV broadcasting in the Twin Cities, is retiring after 50 years, WCCO has announced. That’s 50 years with one employer.
Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for October 2018
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
The huge twin smokestacks in Alma, Wis., not far downstream from Lake Pepin, have been a landmark along the Mississippi River since the power station was built in 1947. Today, they blew one of them up. Read more →
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that the family accepts that Student Doe, who played JV soccer last season, didn’t make the big team, but he didn’t make the JV squad either. They say they were told the JV openings went to freshmen and sophomores because they have more time to polish their skills and help the big team. Read more →
No more entries, please; we already have a winner in the This Week in Stupid competition. It’s Mark Whipple, football coach at the University of Massachusetts. Read more →
Anthonius Gunawan Agung would be alive today if he weren’t such a responsible air traffic controller. Read more →
New parents are so cute, what with their thinking their child will do what parents want them to do and all. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →