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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Clowns

This or That

When clowns are just nice people

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2019, 9:02 AM May 13, 2019
9

Maybe there was a time when a guy could dress up like a clown and hand out candy to kids to celebrate his birthday, but those days are long gone.
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This or That

When a clown votes

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 27, 2017, 3:18 PM Sep 27, 2017
13

A clown showed up to vote in a primary election Boston on Tuesday. So people called the cops. Read more →

War

The clown of Aleppo

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 1, 2016, 12:33 PM Dec 1, 2016
13

There are angels who walk among us, but they are no match for the evil of war. Anas al-Basha could have left Aleppo any time but he stayed behind, trying to maintain a civil society. Al-Basha could make kids laugh. He’s a clown. Now, he’s dead.

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Education · Sports

Clown mask takes out a soccer coach

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 11, 2016, 6:32 AM Oct 11, 2016
18

Ben Hildre says he wouldn’t have done it if the gorilla costume he normally wears for some annual team tradition hadn’t been damaged. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Hopkins police solve clown threat

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 5, 2016, 11:39 AM Oct 5, 2016
6

Anyone who’s ever raised a teenager can tell you a truism: Teenagers can be really stupid. It comes with the territory.
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Crime and Justice

Clown terror sweeps nation

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2016, 9:59 AM Oct 4, 2016
22

We’re not exactly Ground Zero when it comes to clowns but Minnesota is, nonetheless, well represented in the sudden, weird fascination with dressing up as a clown and frightening the landscape merely by being a clown. Read more →

Crime and Justice

A clown stalks Green Bay

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 4, 2016, 12:08 PM Aug 4, 2016
17

Our long drought of creepy clown sightings has finally been broken and for this we thank you, Wisconsin. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Obits: A clown passes on

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 25, 2016, 7:24 AM Jul 25, 2016
2

We don’t learn a lot about Dorothy Jetta Mueller in the paragraph, but we learn enough.
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Arts & Culture · Education

The clowns return to La Crosse

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 16, 2016, 12:11 PM Jun 16, 2016
1

For the first time since 2009, Clown Camp, which made La Crosse somewhat internationally famous in the clown community, is back in town, the La Crosse Tribune says. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Filmmakers to unmask creepy clown

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 5, 2016, 8:27 AM Feb 5, 2016
3

We’re about to reach peak Wrinkles the Clown.

Wrinkles patrols the mean streets of Naples, Florida, and nobody seems to know why. Of course, he’s become an Internet hit with occasional videos.
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Crime and Justice

Wisconsin city on edge as clown stands on sidewalk, does nothing

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 24, 2015, 2:00 PM Nov 24, 2015
3

The mere mention of the word ‘clown’ can send people into hiding.

A clown with an orange jumpsuit has Waukesha, Wisc., under the covers. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Regional history

The clowns of La Crosse

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 4, 2014, 12:00 PM Jun 4, 2014
6

At one time, La Crosse was the center of the clown universe. Read more →

The great, creepy clown search

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 16, 2013, 3:00 PM Sep 16, 2013
1

Few things can get people as stirred up as the random appearance of a clown.
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