Bob CollinsThere’s a little something for everybody in the Pioneer Press story about the arrest of a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a person at a gas station on Sunday evening. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
The Chilcot Report, Britain’s investigation into the Iraq War, was released this morning, and it’s too big for reporters at The Guardian to go through alone. Read more →
People are already staking out parade viewing spots for a parade that doesn’t start until Friday evening. Read more →
Glenn Burke, who left the airport job in South St. Paul last year when he was appointed manager of Metropolitan Airport Commission’s Crystal and Anoka-Blaine airports, has been charged with seven counts of theft by swindle, according to a press release from Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom. Read more →
In Willmar, Minn., over the weekend, several hundred residents could do the only thing they could to grieve for two Somali boys who drowned last week. They walked. Read more →
Putting flowers on her desk today is about all we can do. We couldn’t offer any support to her during her three-year affair with cancer because she never told us. Read more →
Future alien archaeologists who discover Earth and try to figure out the civilization that once roamed it will have a thankless job.
How can you explain the civilization, based only on the just-completed 24 hours let alone centuries of existence.
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Our correspondent in the western part of the state caused a mini-uproar in his community a few weeks ago when he suggested after Gov. Mark Dayton ordered flags at half staff in memory of those slaughtered in the Pulse nightclub attack that maybe we’ve taken this half-staff thing too far. Read more →
A gentleman in Nisswa went old school when it came to saving a spot for the town’s 4th of July parade on Sunday evening. He saved his spot by actually occupying it. Read more →
A boat provides he perfect location to watch fireworks over Hudson, Wis. Read more →
Brent Olson had big plans for his Bush Foundation grant in Clinton, Minn. He would reopen a closed cafe and try to give people a reason to stay and live in a declining small town. How has it worked out? Read more →
Reader Andi Lassiter has responded to our request for pictures of the ways people are calling ‘dibs’ for July 4th parade viewing spots.
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Goodhue County is looking for the driver of a Ford Focus who couldn’t be bothered with detours, it reports on its Facebook page. Read more →
I find pride in finding people — often older people– giving up a piece of a holiday weekend to do something for the benefit of someone else. Read more →
Self-driving cars are safer than those driven by humans. But they can never be made risk free. It’s like casual sex, Maggie Koerth-Baker says. Accidents happen. Read more →