Bob CollinsIt didn’t take long for the lives to change for winners of a lottery in Nova Scotia. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Archives for July 2018
That the St. Paul Saints, who clinched first place in promotion smarts years ago, haven’t had a Millennial Night, is likely not an oversight. The franchise knows a third-rail when it sees one.
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The locals in Sioux Falls lost their collective minds this week, thanks to a fairly non-descript tweet that Tom Hanks made early on Tuesday in support of James and Deborah Fallows’ book. Read more →
In Duluth, “smart boards” were a focus of a $315 million dollar plan to add more technology to the classroom. But there’s no such thing as “long range” in technology. It doesn’t take long to be obsolete. Read more →
The Star Tribune obituary for Rachel Chazin will break even the hardest heart. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Read more →
We have a new way of looking at the universe. Read more →
An investigation is underway in Thief River Falls to determine if a City Council member really did swing a chair at another member during an apparently heated discussion about a splash pad project.
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Across the country, social media is revealing a growing list of incidents where people of color are assaulted for being in public. Read more →
It doesn’t take much, really, to get to the top of a list of president’s in one’s lifetime. Not many presidents serve during the average lifetime. Read more →
How inspiring Minnesotans find Smith’s story will be determined by how many Minnesotans go out and cut someone else’s grass this week. Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on MPR News. Want to comment on what you hear? Do so here. Read more →
The newspaper business is plenty hard, harder still when it services one town of 764 (Raymond, Minn.) and another of 497 (Prinsburg, Minn.)
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No doubt there will be plenty of debate surrounding the story behind this scene, filmed by Brianna Lindell in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis on Tuesday. One thing seems clear: if she hadn’t been filming, there’d probably be no news conference to explain the story. Read more →