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Yearbook adviser suspended after mentions of Trump removed

Yearbook adviser suspended after mentions of Trump removed

What's another day in June without a yearbook controversy in the nation's schools? This time it's Wall High School in New Jersey where student Grant Berardo noticed a difference between the photo he submitted and the one that was printed, according to the Asbury Park Press.
by Bob Collins

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Teen takes first solo flight in an airplane she built

Where is the next generation of pilots coming from? Sometimes, they come from the garage; they're the little kids building airplanes with a grown-up.
by Bob Collins

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When veterans try to get health care covered, VA says ‘no’

If you're a veteran and you want the government to honor its committment to provide health care coverage, it helps if you can get your story told on a local TV station.
by Bob Collins

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What’s it take to put a white-collar con man away for good?

If you stuck up a bank and walked away with a few hundred thousand dollars -- several times -- how long do you think you'd be in prison? The case of a White Bear Lake man provides an instruction for how to steal money properly: do it with a white collar.
by Bob Collins

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End of the line for parking lot attendants in Fargo

Parking lot attendants in Fargo are finding out what most cities have already learned. The world doesn't need parking lot attendants anymore.
by Bob Collins

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Whatever happened to that health care bill?

Whatever happened to that health care bill?

If you've watched sports stadium debates over the years, you might recognize the technique. Nothing's ever dead except for people's interest in opposing it.
by Bob Collins

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How a Latvian man allegedly used Startribune.com to steal millions

Peteris Sahurovs, 28, of Latvia has finally appeared in a Minnesota court years after being indicted for a scheme that put 'scareware' on people's computers
by Bob Collins

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Court OKs Bemidji State prof’s suit over Iraq war job cut

In 2005, the Army recalled Martin Breaker, a reservist, and when he informed BSU that he intended to return in 2008, the state university said his previous positions had been eliminated. It offered him a temporary position at less pay.
by Bob Collins

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A lesson in proper parenting, hockey style

Former University of North Dakota hockey player Carter Rowney won a Stanley Cup last night with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
by Bob Collins

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Decades later, fourth-grade student and teacher reunite

Eighteen years ago, Phil Kiltie, a retired teacher in Alexandria, got a nice letter from Scott Lempka, who was once in Kiltie's fourth-grade class, had grown up and become a teacher himself in Ohio. Kiltie kept the letter. Teachers, we're guessing, especially fourth-grade teachers, don't get a lot of letters from their all-grown-up students.
by Bob Collins

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