Bob CollinsWe’re not proud of the fact that we take a certain satisfaction that in the battle between the Stillwater Lift Bridge and pretty nice boat on the St. Croix River, the bridge won. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
This or That
Because you didn’t ask for it, MPR News’ John Wanamaker and I are going to do a Facebook Live discussion today at noon. If you have questions you’d like to ask, don’t post them here. Post them there. We’ll probably do this every Friday to figure out the most undercovered, undermentioned, most interesting stories of Read more →
The motorcycle company needed a town to use for a promotion showing how easy it is to learn to ride a motorcycle. The town’s water tower needed a coat of paint. Read more →
‘We wanted to bring something cool to amateur soccer that would bring some attention to what we’re doing,’ a player said. It worked. Read more →
The role of an internship at a news organization is to learn the business and a Sioux Falls intern may be about to learn an important lesson: Don’t make up quotes.
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Perhaps it’s unrealistic to expect financially strapped news organizations to pay someone to publicize its flaws. But even if trust in newsrooms weren’t eroding, it would still be true that readers and listeners deserve someone on their side in a position of power. Read more →
Reggie Oeltjen had an ambitious idea for a 65-year-old man. The Stewartville, Minn., man wanted to run across the state — that’s 280 miles in 20 days — for no other reason than he could.
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Bicycle bells don’t scare anybody into paying attention. You know what does? A big air horn. Read more →
Photographers don’t need words to throw shade. Read more →
When the kids at Brainerd High School voted in a mock election last November, Donald Trump crushed Hillary Clinton. So the reaction this week to a comment in the high school yearbook shouldn’t be at all surprising. Read more →
Most journalists of a certain age have a story about the hatred between the New York Times and Washington Post. The two newspapers have waged a pitch battle for generations to be the nation’s newspaper of record. Read more →
We have still not been able to determine why ducklings consistently pick the worst possible place to try to jump off a curb. Read more →
The Mayo Clinic is requiring its employees to fly out of the Rochester airport when flying on business, the Post Bulletin reports. The Mayo Clinic runs the airport. Read more →
Look, if you’re going to go to the movies, watch the movie and put your phone down.
Is that too much to ask? Read more →
The Canadian Snowbirds of the Royal Canadian Air Force announced on Monday that they have canceled a portion of their airshow season because bad weather has forced them to cancel too many practices and it would otherwise be unsafe to perform. Read more →