We have another case of the lack of ethics by drivers faced with an obvious mistake that allows them to take advantage of a low price for gasoline. It happened in Woodstock, Illinois Sunday night when either human or computer error put gasoline on sale for 1 cent. Faced with this, what would you do? Read more →
Why does it take six years to get the health care law into effect? Hudson, home of heroin. A Duluthian has emerged as a breakout star of the Olympics, and he’s not even an athlete. Should Columbus Day be eliminated? And four things you can do while waiting for warmer weather. Read more →
It turns out that if you might be drafted in the NFL, you don’t just call up a reporter and say you’re gay. There’s a little more information about the lengths to which his agents had to go in an article on Outsports.com. Among the nuggets: Former Viking Chris Kluwe, currently embroiled in a legal Read more →
In 1994, 94 percent of the Lake Superior was frozen. That’s a record that may fall in the next few days. Read more →
The Boston Marathon is a fairly soft target for terrorists. Twenty-six miles of city streets can’t be locked down, especially with the carnival atmosphere that accompanies the event. “We are never going to reduce the risk to zero in any event, especially ones that attract hundreds of thousands of people, but we have to do Read more →
A Wisconsin woman with a brain tumor has written another chapter in the ongoing saga of the power of social media to punish horrible customer service. Read more →
Should the government pay you to be alive, Judging a person by their cover, the homeless patch of North Dakota, it takes a village to keep a 102-year-old-woman in her home, and why on earth do we live on this sport on earth? Read more →
In the last 24 hours, Minneapolis moved into position to claim the prize as America’s Best Bike City, and it didn’t have to lift a foot to do it.
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Golden Valley shows why mental health care for children is still a taboo subject in much of America.
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Three statistical stories today that will make you spit out your beer. Read more →
For a few days, St. Cloud is the center of the trivia universe. Read more →
Can you brag about going to the BWCA for just a day? Read more →
A discovered WWII diary found in a Minnesota basement helps a Louisiana family recall a lost airman. Read more →
The disaster waiting to happen on Franklin Avenue happened, why aren’t there more fights at caucuses, Warroad’s olympians, can diversity be funny, and bright lights and big dreams for a 14 year old. Read more →
Even a week later we still wonder why on earth people would want to bike (or hike or ski) 135 miles across northern Minnesota in the dead of winter. Read more →
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