Bob CollinsHaving listened to NPR coverage of Hurricane Michael this morning, it just wasn’t registering. “The city of Tallahassee, known for its extensive tree canopy, says ‘thousands of trees are down,’ causing widespread damage and blocked roads,” but I couldn’t figure out what the reporter was trying to convey. “Dozens of houses on the narrow strip Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for October 2018
There was nothing happening in the sugar beet section of Minnesota on Wednesday. The yards at the sugar beet factory in Crookston were empty, the machines were silent. There were no trucks. Along the fields from Ada into Crookston, harvesters, combines, and trailers sit idled. It’s been raining and snowing and the harvest is on hold.
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Fox News is still providing online coverage of the rallies, but Politico claims the White House is concerned that the president is losing an important megaphone.
Congratulate someone today who has learned English as a second language. Their accomplishment is massive. Read more →
Curiously, the demographic that has increased the most, is also the demographic that has been most upset about the players’ protests for racial equity in America. Read more →
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This is a good day to bring back one of my favorite posts of recent years, particularly since we heard from Bobby Marko late last week that the documentary of the trip — The Arrowhead Traverse — is completed and will premiere at the Fresh Coast Film Festival in Marquette, Michigan later this month. Read more →
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We have some more footage of the tornadoes that struck parts of southern Minnesota last month, this time an EF-1 tornado in Waterville, Minn. Read more →
An 81-year-old Madison, Wis., man was missing after his car was found in a slough. On Monday, 75 volunteers showed up to find him. As near as we can tell, nobody cared who voted for whom. Read more →
Why would people not pick up the urns containing the ashes of their loved ones? Read more →
Abby Marie Zoellmer, 37, of Mankato, had five mugs of beer and then got in her car and started driving last January.
She struck and killed William Maher, 88, who had gone into the roadway to avoid the ice of the sidewalk. Read more →
If there’s one thing we learned after the big tax breaks for corporations, it’s that when big business sounds like it’s giving a big chunk of money to the little people, the big picture provides an entirely different story.
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Rick Stein’s family raised the obituary/death notice bar with their obituary in a Delaware paper.
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