Bob Collins
The fishing opener is a little more than a month away and — perhaps you’ve heard — winter doesn’t seem to want to let go of its warm embrace. Read more →
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How many pothole fillers does it take to get a pothole repair truck out of a pothole? Read more →
Three Coast Guard ice breakers arrived in Duluth yesterday, sailing under the Aerial Lift Bridge in the closest sign of spring that we get around here anymore. Read more →
Joe Mueller was in the right spot at a bad time today when a series of collisions closed the westbound lanes of the Mendota Bridge during a snowstorm. He was able to film the crashes that involved an estimated 60 vehicles. Read more →
Don’t even think of watching this video from some guys in New York and New Jersey if you’ve never strapped on a pair of skates and played hockey on a pond. Read more →
The thing with a long, cold winter is when it ends, it ends in a hurry. A week ago today, this was the condition of the famous ice road connecting Madeline Island with Bayfield: good, solid Lake Superior ice Here’s the condition today: The morning ice road status line says they’ll try to keep the Read more →
In Minnesota — and in this case: Minneapolis — winter is the time of the year when you can almost roll a car while parking it. Read more →
With the warmer temperatures, we eagerly await the attack of the ice monsters on the larger lakes in Minnesota. Read more →
While we’re stuck in the unique hell of both winter and the spring pothole season season, perhaps we can work on our art appreciation, for potholes are art. Just ask Davide Luciano and Cladia Ficca, a husband and wife team who some years ago created mypotholes.com to show their obsession with streetscapes reimagined. You see Read more →
Sure, it was cold again overnight with a little bit of snow and there’s no indication spring is anywhere in sight. Trust me, we’re one morning closer than we were at this time yesterday. In the meantime, we present today’s “Can your summer do this?” entry. Related: Chisholm musher begins run in grueling Iditarod (Duluth Read more →
Swimming in the snow? Read more →
Montreal gets a lot of snow and knows how to remove it efficiently from the streets. Can we learn something? Read more →
You’re stuck on a highway going nowhere. What do you do? Wait it out, or do something like this? Cars are turning around in front of me on 394 and driving the wrong direction to escape the gridlock. pic.twitter.com/GWhjjvF7Hk — Chris Egert (@ChrisEgert) February 21, 2014 Three semi-trucks are blocking the road near I-94. This Read more →
There are only two kinds of Minnesota drivers in winter: The ones who do this, and the ones who don’t. It is of questionable value and meaning. In freezing rain, theoretically, it could prevent breaking the wiper when pulling it out of the ice. This, however, requires an ice pack equal to or greater than Read more →
Feeling upbeat about shoveling as the big snow approaches? Read more →