Bob Collins
The search for a missing teenager in Joplin ends.
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Woman denied service at trot-through window
Gadeise Gebywe left a son behind when she left Ethiopia for the Twin Cities and hasn’t seen him since. Now, he’s graduating from college.
Should government stay out of your smartphone; ready, set, help; why the low turnout at Killebrew’s celebration; self defense or murder; and were voters hoodwinked on Legacy Amendment?
Tornado Diary: The disaster specialist
The New York Stock Exchange doesn’t stop for anybody, but it paused for a moment of silence this morning for CNBC anchor Mark Haines, who died suddenly today at 65.
Do gas prices go down as fast as they go up, whites as victims of racism, get to know a Minneapolis neighborhood, the need to see what a tornado looks like, and why letters matter in New Ulm
North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale has released security camera footage of the tornado that ripped through north Minneapolis on Sunday.
Some people in Fillmore County might be feeling a little slighted; a tornado struck there on Sunday, too.
Tornado comedy