St. Paul has its Peanuts characters, Chicago had its cows, Bemidji has its Paul and Babe, and Faribault has its Tilt-A-Whirl cars.
Or at least it will on Thursday when the second restored Tilt-A-Whirl car will be placed outside the State Bank of Faribault building.
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It took less than 24 hours for a ring found in Detroit Lakes to find its owner in Colorado. Read more →
In a smaller community, people know who the neighbors are that want traffic to slow down on the residential street and when restrictions come to the ‘hood, the whole ‘nice people in small town’ thing gets pitched out the window. Read more →
The lesson from last weekend’s protest on Lake Mille Lacs may be that protest works. Or maybe it doesn’t.
A flotilla of fisherpeople and area business owners encircled Gov. Mark Dayton’s bought, protesting restrictions on the taking of walleye.
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If you’re going to make a mistake when writing a check, don’t make it in the part where you write out the words, and don’t make it with an insurance company. They’re ruthless. Read more →
A new poll from Pew Research shows the assault on the idea of higher education has finally connected with Republicans, who viewed it favorably just two years ago. Read more →
The minute Patton Oswalt announced his engagement last week, everyone pretty much knew what was coming. The internet commenters would not approve. Read more →
The University of Minnesota tried its best to hide the fact that selling the naming rights to Mariucci Arena was anything but a grab for cash at the expense of sports history. Read more →
Wisconsin is the only state that doesn’t treat first-time drunk driving as a crime and that apparently is the way it’s going to stay, the La Crosse Tribune says today.
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An idea hatched by some private schools — including Blake in Minneapolis and Mounds Park Academy in St. Paul — may be about to revolutionize how your kids get into college, let alone how they approach their work in high school.
They want to get rid of grades and course information in high school transcripts. Read more →
There’s a lot of money in Woodbury, one of the most affluent communities in Minnesota. But not enough for a life guard at the city’s Carver Lake and now a five year old boy is dead. From the sound of things, it’s lucky his rescuer is waking up today, too.
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From available evidence, a Minneapolis police officer wasn’t being threatened by a dog when he answered a burglar alarm at a home in north Minneapolis Saturday afternoon. But Ciroc and Rocko, two Staffordshire terrier therapy dogs, got shot anyway.
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Steve Winfree has a lot of worries on his mind. He started dialysis in November and he needs a kidney for a transplant. But he’s not so consumed with worry that he can’t appreciate the excitement of opening a new pack of Topps baseball cards.
It’s a stress-relief hobby for him and his wife, Heather. Read more →
No good deed goes unpunished, the quip goes, and make no mistake: Laura Benedict, of Augusta, Maine, does good deeds when she holds fundraisers at her restaurant. But there’s a limit on how much goodness the state of Maine can stand. Read more →
Bob Collins