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In St. Charles, thy name is ‘good sport’

In St. Charles, thy name is ‘good sport’

In St. Charles, Minn., gateway to Whitewater, there lives a young woman who was raised properly.
by Bob Collins

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Police may have wrong man in beer-can throwing incident

Police may have wrong man in beer-can throwing incident

It was a shocking moment the other night when someone threw a can of beer at an outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles, just as he was about to make a catch on a deep fly in the wild card play-in game.
by Bob Collins

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It’s time for a NewsCut road trip!

It’s time for a NewsCut road trip!

The weather of the last week has reminded me that there's no good reason to stay in the official NewsCut cubicle, given that in a few months we'll be paralyzed by flurries. There's something about fall in Minnesota that gives me journalistic wanderlust.
by Bob Collins

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The astronaut who didn’t want to walk on the moon

The astronaut who didn’t want to walk on the moon

Apollo 8 wasn't a moon-landing mission; it was a test of whether the spacecraft could get there. So Frank Borman never got a chance to do what only 12 humans have ever done: walk on the moon. Here's the thing. He didn't want to.
by Bob Collins

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Detroit Lakes rallies to its Muslim neighbors

A crowd of mostly white, mostly Christian residents of Detroit Lakes wanted nothing to do with an anti-Muslim speaker who disrupted a 'Meet Your Muslim Neighbors' night in the city this week.
by Bob Collins

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UND: Racist photos protected by Constitution

For the second time in a week, a college campus is getting a lesson on constitutionally protected speech that many find distasteful.
by Bob Collins

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Terrifying clown incidents violate the Clown Commandments

Terrifying clown incidents violate the Clown Commandments

World Clown Association president Randy Christensen has one thing to say about people using the clown costume to scare the public: “Anybody doing that is not a clown.”
by Tracy Mumford

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Hopkins police solve clown threat

Hopkins police solve clown threat

Anyone who's ever raised a teenager can tell you a truism: Teenagers can be really stupid. It comes with the territory.
by Bob Collins

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Stop rocking out and move over for the ambulance

Stop rocking out and move over for the ambulance

The Crystal Police Department says on its Facebook page today that it's not out to shame the driver who wouldn't get out of the way of an ambulance. Fortunately, NewsCut is under no such constraints. We've had our fill of knuckleheads on our roadways.
by Bob Collins

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