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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Arts & Culture

The great unsolved mystery: Who is Postcard Underground?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2019, 3:45 PM May 23, 2019
4

Many of been on the trail of the people who mysteriously send postcards. None has solved it. Read more →

Arts & Culture

High over Fargo, a photographer recreates an iconic image

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2019, 1:34 PM May 23, 2019
4

The ironworkers on the Block 9 construction project in Fargo inspired a construction company supervisor to recreate history. Read more →

This or That

Five years after plane crash, a family retraces their son’s steps in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2019, 11:19 AM May 23, 2019
1

It was five years ago when Alexander Voigt’s adventure to Minnesota as a German exchange student ended when the plane in which he was a passenger crashed into a house in Sauk Rapids. Last week, his family made another pilgrimage to the state, to try to retrace the last month of Alexander’s life. Read more →

Arts & Culture

On museum tour, students find racism

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2019, 10:35 AM May 23, 2019

Who’s going to believe a bunch of children of color that they ran into racism while visiting one of the nation’s great museums? Read more →

Health

A civilized approach to mental illness pays off in Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2019, 8:47 AM May 23, 2019
4

Duluth police have had 31 percent fewer mental health-related calls, a confirmation that a more civilized approach to dealing with mental illness is working and deserves expansion throughout the state. Read more →

Education

Call it racism

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2019, 7:12 AM May 23, 2019

It’s 2019 and if high school students in Chaska are still dabbling in blackface, Chaska has some racist students. Read more →

What’s on MPR News – 5/23/19

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2019, 6:00 AM May 23, 2019
22

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

Politics

Andrew Jackson is safe on the $20 bill for another decade

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2019, 1:24 PM May 22, 2019
29

Harriet Tubman isn’t going to be on the $20 bill. Not anytime soon, anyway. Read more →

Sports

MIAC can’t beat ’em, so it throws St. Thomas out

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2019, 12:08 PM May 22, 2019
26

It was a short and sweet announcement from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference today. The University of St. Thomas is out. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Sports

Where the heck is Aaron Rodgers in ‘Game of Thrones?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2019, 8:28 AM May 22, 2019
11

The Green Bay Packers quarterback confirmed he was in the final episodes somewhere, but he wouldn’t say in what role. Read more →

Economy

The curse of the dairy economy claims another farm

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2019, 7:07 AM May 22, 2019
6

Three dairy farms a day go out of business in Wisconsin, the dairy state. Like any business story, it’s a tale of low prices for milk and high prices for feed and supplies. It’s simple math. But it’s hard not to feel for the people whose job is their life and always has been. The Read more →

What’s on MPR News – 5/22/19

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 22, 2019, 6:01 AM May 22, 2019
6

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →

War

The plane that led D-Day is flying back to Normandy

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2019, 2:44 PM May 21, 2019
3

With the 75th anniversary of D-Day coming, dozens of C-47s — the military version of the DC-3 — are on their way to the coast of France. And this derelict is getting some well-deserved attention. Read more →

Education

A rat and aardvark got married, and it’s too hot for Alabama

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2019, 1:00 PM May 21, 2019
20

A rat and an aardvark got married in a cartoon and that’s too hot to handle for the children of Alabama.

That’s pretty much 2019 in a nutshell. Read more →

This or That

After 70 years, S.D. strips man of his catfish record

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2019, 10:53 AM May 21, 2019
5

The family thinks the record was removed for marketing purposes. Read more →

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