The word ‘volunteer’ doesn’t begin to convey Virginia Claudon Allen’s service, which took her from helping the most seriously injured fliers at a Florida hospital to rallying morale in Burma as ‘G.I. Jill,’ the antidote to the anti-American messages of Tokyo Rose. Read more →
After watching so much of our architecture destroyed forever in the ’70s for the sake of urban renewal, it’s hard to imagine anyone would entertain the thought that we’d allow a building like this to be shuttered or, worse, to end up as rubble.
Read more →
A casket, an empty casket, was found near Friendship, Wis., west of Tomah, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports on its Facebook page. Read more →
Far be it from us to recommend you go listen to another radio station today, but go listen to another radio station today. Read more →
A state senator in Milwaukee is finding that Facebook can be dangerous for a reputation.
Lena Taylor was downtown last night when she snapped this picture of a protest during the debate of Republican presidential candidates. Read more →
On this 75th anniversary of the Armistice Day Blizzard, I’m reposting this 2010 NewsCut post.
Read more →
It’s been five months since Chris Ring jumped into Lake Itasca and started swimming. He’s been swimming most every day since. Read more →
It’s Veterans Day, of course, so everyone is saying all the things they should be saying on a day to honor people who served in the military, many of them forced to do so by the threat of prison time if they didn’t.
It’s also a day when we might remind ourselves that are words are empty in the face of reality contained in a recent investigation this week from Colorado Public Radio that didn’t get anywhere near the attention it deserved.
Read more →
People plan their grocery shopping excursion to the Cub in Edina to coincide with Ronnie Steffen’s performance after he finishes his. Read more →
It’s farmers vs. anti-ethanol individuals as the Environmental Protection Agency nears a decision on an ethanol mandate. Read more →
Neel Kashkari, 42, named today to be the head of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, isn’t entirely like past heads of the Fed around these parts. Here’s a few things to know about the guy.
Read more →
There’s no such person as Gil Fulbright, although the group, Represent.Us, contends that they’re everywhere; the financial elites that control politics and the candidates who take their cash. Read more →
We’re delighted to refer you to another piece of history: The day the inimitable T.D. Mischke conducted an interview with a historian, asking all of his questions as Lightfoot. Read more →
The end has come for Daniel Fleetwood, the Star Wars fan who got to see the upcoming The Force Awakens episode as his last wish.
Read more →
When students set up a camp to protest racism on campus, they declared their public space a no-media zone, then assaulted reporters who tried to do their job and tell the story. Read more →
Bob Collins