Bob CollinsRob Caskey, 48, hasn’t seen his mother in 30 years. He didn’t even know if she was still alive and, for sure, he didn’t know she was living in Duluth. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
This or That
Isac Mcfadden went to use the toilet in his Abilene, Texas home last week when he was greeted by a rattlesnake.
So he did what any red-blooded Texan boy would do. He called his mom. Read more →
Matoska Park’s dog beach, between Sixth and Seventh Streets, has been canine heaven in the summer since 2007, but some residents have complained that there’s more space for dogs to swim than there is for humans, especially since the lake water is rising again. Read more →
Surely someone would notice if their pig was missing, right? Not, apparently, in Albert Lea, Minn., where police were called to a neighborhood this week when a pig appeared. Read more →
We’ve always had a special place in this space for people who walk away from whatever chains tie them to the daily routine and walk or kayak or bike across America, often in search of it or themselves.
Perhaps we’re being too romantic because the story of Mark Baumer is frightening. Read more →
NOAA’s new GOES-16 satellite has given us the clearest high-resolution pictures yet from a geostationary satellite 22,000 miles above us.
The first images — it’s still undergoing testing — were released today. And they’re magnificent. Read more →
The Hibbing School Board and the Hibbing Rifle and Pistol Club intended to give a new deal to use the Lincoln Elementary gun range a year’s test.
It lasted not quite two weeks after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported elevated levels of lead at the gun range. Read more →
If we’re going to make America great again, maybe we can start with getting rid of rain ponchos. Read more →
The Twin Cities got a shout out from the International Space Station during its pass on Thursday. Read more →
In the madness of another mass shooting, it would be a big blow for simple decency if we could find a kid’s bear. Read more →
MPR’s Tom Weber has been in Ely, doing some legwork for an upcoming broadcast and found someone else doing some legwork. She’s Betty Kunstel, a member of Ely Memorial High School’s cheerleader squad. She’s also the only member of Ely Memorial High School’s cheerleader squad.
Like everyone else in the Twin Cities, we have been entertained by the video of outtakes during a commercial filming for White Bear Mitsubishi.
There’s nothing better than seeing slapstick from mascots. Read more →
It hasn’t been much of a winter, which makes this year’s Bartz Brothers spectacular in New Brighton all the more… spectacular. Read more →
Hell, Mich., is for sale and apparently nobody wants it. Read more →
Tracy Mumford
A few favorite finds from stacks of 1930’s newspapers stuffed into the floorboards Read more →