The decision by Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo to forbid his officers from being in uniform for the city’s annual Pride parade is certainly going to drive a wedge between the LGBT community and police supporters. Nothing occurs in a vacuum where the police are concerned — as the national crisis over NFL players taking Read more →
Today’s confirmation that life is utterly unfair comes from Iceland where a couple from Le Crescent, Minn., died while fishing. Read more →
With the increasing commercialization of transit vehicles, it was only a matter of time before some riders objected to the advertising message of one of Metro Transit’s buses or light rail cars. Read more →
They said goodbye to Billy Noss yesterday in Eau Claire in a fitting reminder to the rest of us that the glue that makes a community a better place is anyone overflowing with niceness. Read more →
People in Hawaii seem remarkably unperturbed by middle Earth springing a leak. Read more →
The plan to move a huge floating bog on North Long Lake near Brainerd seemed a little far fetched to succeed but you have to admire the spunk of the area Read more →
Billions of years from now, another civilization will come to what remains of earth and its archaeologists will uncover evidence of the Duluth smelt parade and come up with some fascinating conclusions about the species that once inhabited the planet. Read more →
Debbie Kujava and her brother, Dennis Kujava, are settling in as millionaires just fine, thank you very much. There are no sad stories about the burden of new money in Ross, Minn. Read more →
Any driver knows that the vehicle making the turn yields the right of way to oncoming traffic. So why was the first question whether the cyclist was wearing a helmet? And how might the stories be different today if the answer was ‘no'”? Read more →
My airline friend snaps pictures of some of my favorite cities when he’s flying upfront in the jumpseat (I presume). This morning, he grabbed one of my most favorite communities. Read more →
In the category of advertising icons, few can top Ray Szmanda, even if few people know his given name. Read more →
Bruno might be the most famous dog in Minnesota because every day he went for a walk, four miles into town to visit the folks there.
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Apparently there’s not been notice taken of the ‘Walk Her Inn, Drag Her Out’ tavern until the #MeToo movement, but some things don’t hold up over time and the 14-stool bar is the latest battleground. Read more →
Tony Giles has visited 125 countries on all seven continents so far. His goal is to visit every country in the world. Read more →
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