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Faribault considers how to herd cats

Faribault has a big cat problem. The city has too many feral cats. That's setting up a debate over whether the problem goes away by killing them or capturing them.
by Bob Collins

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Mark Heistad, MPR’s voice of documentaries, dies

Mark Heistad, MPR’s voice of documentaries, dies

Heistad was the classic public radio storyteller whose work, fortunately, has reached a new audience in the last several months as MPR News has reaired some of his productions as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the organization.
by Bob Collins

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Stretch & Bobbito to NPR

The new podcast, assuming the hosts -- Robert Garcia and Adrian Bartos -- bring it all with them, could be the biggest disruption to the staid NPR brand in its history.
by Bob Collins

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Duck, Duck Gray Duck vs. Duck, Duck Goose in August tilt

Sad news, St. Paul baseball fans. We've missed out on our chance to pick up some slick jerseys worn by the St. Paul Gutteral Uff Da’s.
by Bob Collins

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Family finds $14k. Gives it back

Don't you just hate it when you take $14,000 in cash to a car dealer, decide you don't want to buy a car afterall, and when you put the bag of money on your roof while digging for your keys, you forget it's there and drive off?
by Bob Collins

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Survivor who led fight against priest abuse dead at 58

If not for people like Joe Crowley, the Catholic Church's chronic problem of sexual abuse might never have found its believers.
by Bob Collins

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What if the country were a business?

If the U.S. government actually were a business, it'd have to issue a 10-K filing with regulators -- a report to shareholders -- and we'd all get a look at how the business is doing. This morning, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the results of his project to do just that and it landed with a bit of a thud.
by Bob Collins

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Five trees destroyed in Ely, so 15 more are planted

Five trees destroyed in Ely, so 15 more are planted

You have to really hate somebody or something to wipe out trees planted at a veteran's memorial project. But, suddenly, destroying trees is a "thing" now.
by Bob Collins

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Family of NFL player listens to their son’s heart beating inside Rod Carew

Family of NFL player listens to their son’s heart beating inside Rod Carew

Konrad Reuland, a 29-year-old tight end for the Baltimore Ravens, died in mid-December of the brain aneurysm that struck him down in November. He wasn't a great NFL star. He was waived seven times in a very brief career which is why, perhaps, his death merited a few paragraphs in the usual places.
by Bob Collins

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Told women can’t run marathons, she persisted

Told women can’t run marathons, she persisted

No runner in the Boston Marathon will ever again wear number 261. It has now been retired in honor of the woman who once wore it, and ushered in the era of women's running.
by Bob Collins

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