We hold doors for each other. We let the pedestrians cross against the light and think nothing of it because they’re out there and we’re safe in a car and, what the heck does it matter anyway? We’re nicer
this week and we got that way without terrorists having to ram jetliners into buildings like the last time we were all nice to each other because we were all in it together. Read more →
If not for Rowland Fowler, the people of Embarrass, Minn., might not have much of a reason to be so darned proud of their little slice of paradise.
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Nick Ziegler has provided plenty of videos on YouTube experimenting with ways to take advantage of the cold. He calls it the Minnesota Cold Channel.
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For many people, the calendar is irrelevant when it comes to the first day of winter. It starts when the Madeline Island Ferry calls it a season because of ice on Lake Superior between the island and Bayfield, Wisconsin. Read more →
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources posted this chart today proving that, while severe, this isn’t really the worst winter ever.
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Yes, it’s been a bitterly cold winter no matter where you are in Minnesota. Here’s a map. Read more →
Valentine’s Day, ice dams, long winters and bad cats. It’s all part of 5X8. Read more →
In 1994, 94 percent of the Lake Superior was frozen. That’s a record that may fall in the next few days. Read more →
It was -24 in International Falls, Minn., this morning when 135 or so people started the Arrowhead 135, the race in which people bicycle, ski, or run there way to Fortune Bay. Read more →
Yes, it’s cold in Minnesota but climate-wise we’re doing OK. Read more →
Call it an “arctic hurricane” and the polar vortex sound scary. Read more →
Bob Collins
Bruce MacDonald