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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for April 2019

Weather

A drone view of a tornado

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2019, 2:01 PM Apr 30, 2019
7

I can’t recall ever seeing a perspective like this of a tornado, but it happened today in Sulphur, OK when someone launched a drone to follow it. Read more →

Health · People doing good

NewsCut flashback: 13 reasons why not

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2019, 10:18 AM Apr 30, 2019
3

According to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, teenage suicide spiked 28.9% after the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” premiered in 2017. That’s 195 dead kids more than would have been expected. Read more →

Politics

And now this message from Save Lake Calhoun

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2019, 8:08 AM Apr 30, 2019
67

Someone hacked the website of the group trying to restore the name of Bde Maka Ska. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Have we reached peak Prince?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2019, 7:30 AM Apr 30, 2019
86

It’s one thing to honor Prince; it’s another to make him part of a business model, John Shipley of the Pioneer Press says.
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What’s on MPR News – 4/30/19

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 30, 2019, 5:55 AM Apr 30, 2019
25

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Kenyon PD warns of gift card scam

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2019, 8:54 PM Apr 29, 2019
16

The Facebook post from the Kenyon Police Department is sad and infuriating. Someone gets scammed for $2,500 and a large area retailer doesn’t seem to be interested in doing much about it. And why would they? They get the money.
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Sports

Classy. Minnesota United fans cheer kids’ ‘goals’

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2019, 12:56 PM Apr 29, 2019
5

The soccer game at Allianz Field was over by the time Angelo Rodriguez returned to the field after the game to give his kids a little taste of game time on Sunday. Read more →

Regional history

MN court: DNR didn’t have power to change Lake Calhoun to Bde Maka Ska

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2019, 10:55 AM Apr 29, 2019
90

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday renewed the debate over the renaming of Minneapolis’ Lake Calhoun to Bde Maka Ska, overturning a Ramsey County District Court ruling that had derailed a challenge. Read more →

Regional history

40 years ago, Sioux Falls men were first gay couple at prom

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2019, 10:07 AM Apr 29, 2019
2

The rules of prom were clear: You could bring anybody you want as long as one of the attendees is a senior. And that’s how Randy Rohl and Grady Quinn became the first gay couple to attend a high school prom. Read more →

This or That

The Avengers take on M.I.T.

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2019, 8:25 AM Apr 29, 2019
2

On another morning full of stories of hate, we are somewhat comforted in the knowledge that there are still people grabbing a share of our attention armed only with whimsy and good spirit. Leave it to the science kids. Read more →

Education

Settle down, Bemidji. Nobody is banning the U.S. flag.

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2019, 7:04 AM Apr 29, 2019
12

Rumors swept through the northwest Minnesota town on Thursday that the high school had banned the American flag, No, it didn’t.
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What’s on MPR News – 4/29/19

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2019, 6:01 AM Apr 29, 2019
8

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear on MPR News on Monday. Read more →

Health · People doing good

A sick boy, a housekeeper, and the cure for what ails you

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2019, 10:57 AM Apr 26, 2019
3

We apologize profusely for failing to notice Boyd’s Huppert’s story this week about the housekeeper at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Children’s Hospital and the 4-year-old boy he befriended Read more →

This or That

Duluth taxi company closes

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2019, 9:46 AM Apr 26, 2019
2

‘The pie has been cut too many times,’ said Anthony Mitchell, manager of Yellow Cab.

Let us count the ways: Uber, Lyft, electric scooters. Read more →

This or That

Golf tournament shoots down a B-17’s visit

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2019, 8:35 AM Apr 26, 2019
29

There’s some irony — somewhere — in the inability of a World War II bomber to land at the Anoka-Blaine airport on July 4th because of a nearby golf tournament.
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