Bob Collins
It happened in Enfield, Conn., on Friday when emergency responders infuriated dogs everywhere. Read more →
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While unleashed, Lucy the greyhound was lost. After she was found, a rescue organization took the dog because of an adoption agreement which apparently required her to be on a leash at all times. The family is pressing for Lucy’s return. Read more →
There aren’t many places in Minnesota where you can score a 30-room, 8,726-square-foot mansion with seven bedrooms and four bathrooms for a little over $150,000. But if you want to live in Crookston, this baby can be yours. Read more →
About 400,000 mattresses are purchased in Minnesota every year, which usually means about 400,000 mattresses are thrown out, sometimes by the side of the road. Read more →
We’ve said it before but we say it again: No industry works as hard to alienate its customers as the airline industry does. Read more →
‘Jeni wrote me a letter and she said ‘Dear Tom, I’m the daughter of the man who’s heart is inside of you and I’m gonna get married on August 6th,’ Arthur Thomas said. ‘And one further thing if you’re willing, would you walk me down the aisle?’
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Don’t you just hate when this happens? You’re paddling along, enjoying a scenic trip on one of Wisconsin’s lakes when you find a leg sticking out of a beaver dam. Read more →
Every now and again we are reminded of the incredible capability and creativity of the human mind when faced with a problem to solve.
In Philadelphia, it’s been hot. So a group of neighbors rented a dumpster, cleaned it up, put some tarps inside, and turned on the fire hydrant.
And they got this. Read more →
The best obituary for Allen Seletsky, of Boston, is the closed storefront that sits on a prime piece of land in the city that would bring a fortune to a corporation that would lease it if it could. Read more →
With the second day of a heat wave about to percolate Minnesota, we feel a need to dip in early to the ‘Because it’s Friday, that’s why’ file for a little backdrop for some ‘where can I get away from all of you’ daydreaming. Read more →
It’s National Lollipop Day, a piece of trivia that nobody cares about except the occasional TV anchor, a blogger or two, and the lollipop industry that’s probably behind making it National Lollipop Day for some free media advertising.
Who’s responsible for this ongoing daily nonsense? Read more →
Youth is wasted on the young, and there’s nothing better than being a kid in the summer while the old crumbs go off to work.
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Rosemary Dibbley’s order was the same every day at a doughnut chain. So there was no reason to break the habit just because she died. Read more →
Flooding is causing nightmares for the people of Pine and Kanabec counties in Minnesota.
The only good news is we’ve got new additions to our growing scrapbook of TV reporters who think they have to stand in water to tell you about it.
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If you make the La Crosse Tribune, Greg Remen gives you a kite. Otherwise, it’s $2. Read more →