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July 7, 2017 5:10 AM

Are goats busting unions now?

The labor lines are being drawn in Michigan where goats are being employed to eat poison ivy on the campus of Western Michigan University and AFSCME is not happy.

by Bob Collins

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July 7, 2017 4:03 AM

A battle over public access to public data in Duluth

If data collected by Minnesota's state and local government is public, why do we have to pay so much to get it?

by Bob Collins

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July 7, 2017 2:12 AM

Dying vet is first across new St. Croix bridge

Jack Bohmert, 82, of Oak Park Heights, entered hospice two weeks ago and created a bucket list of things he wanted to accomplish before he goes. At the top of the list was a ride across the new St. Croix River bridge, which doesn't open until next month.

by Bob Collins

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July 7, 2017 1:30 AM

Victims of anti-Semitic graffiti won’t cover it up

Shoshana and Ari Simones of Phoenix were on vacation when someone spray-painted a swastika and the word "Jew" outside their home. Their neighbors covered it with paper but when they got home, the couple took it down and let everyone see what we're becoming.

by Bob Collins

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July 6, 2017 3:58 AM

Crossing Maryland

Last evening, Eric Saathoff, a teacher who lives in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood, demonstrated what he calls 'the pedestrian experience' on St. Paul's Maryland Avenue. It could've been anywhere in the city, however. It was hard crossing the four-lane section of the road. It wouldn't take much to get killed.

by Bob Collins

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July 6, 2017 2:28 AM

Cities trying to block poor, disabled from moving to town

West St. Paul and South St. Paul have passed ordinances limiting the housing options for people who are low-income and disabled. One politician insists it's not discrimination.

by Bob Collins

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July 6, 2017 1:47 AM

Minnesota’s soft approach to drunk drivers criticized

Presuming that most people aren't big supporters of drunk drivers, one might think being less lenient on DUI offenders (1 in 7 Minnesota drivers has a DUI conviction) would be a slam dunk for state politicians. So why is it relatively easy for people to still be driving after 9 arrests?

by Bob Collins

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July 5, 2017 7:21 AM

Cops go for ride on giant slip-n-slide

Someone called the cops in Asheville, N.C., over the weekend because some people in a neighborhood built a home-brewed slip and slide in the street, which should immediately lead most of America to exclaim 'why didn't I ever think of that?'

by Bob Collins

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July 5, 2017 6:22 AM

From Moorhead to Louisiana, father pushes son across America

Shawn and Shamus Evans rolled into Minneapolis today enroute to Lake Charles, Louisiana. They left Moorhead last week with the aim of running along the Mississippi River to support Ainsley's Angels of America, providing running chairs to children along the way.

by Bob Collins