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The best/worst job you ever had

The best/worst job you ever had

What we do we do for a reason. What's yours? What's the best job you ever had? What was the worst? We'll talk about it on the radio Monday morning, but share a story now.
by Bob Collins

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Windom hero revealed

Windom hero revealed

Paul Langseth stepped forward today to say that he's the guy who stopped to help a truckdriver in Windom this week. After being rear-ended by another truck, the driver was stuck in a burning cab, and the state trooper who was trying to free him was making no progress.
by Bob Collins

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When the public blows its own horn

When the public blows its own horn

Those of us who covered city councils and school committees as young journalists can understand what might've prompted the St. Paul Board of Education to stop allowing cable access TV to show the 'public comment' part of its meetings. But at the very least, it's great entertainment that a lot of cable watchers might miss.
by Bob Collins

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Fun with ants and iPhones

A video of ants and an iPhone reminds us why we like the sciences so very much.
by Bob Collins

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Merle Haggard doesn’t like country music anymore

Merle Haggard doesn’t like country music anymore

Country music long ago lots its soul. Like other genres, the formulaic recipe for a hit turned it into wallpaper, even though it appears to be as popular as ever. Sure, legend Merle Haggard sounds like everyone's parent, telling the kids to turn that noise down, but it's still Merle Haggard, who's in town in Moorhead for a performance at the Bluestem Center for the Arts on Sunday.
by Bob Collins

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After 41 years, a friendship forged in football ends

After 41 years, a friendship forged in football ends

In a perfect world there would be happy endings to stories about cancer, but there's nothing perfect about cancer, of course.
by Bob Collins

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The big business of storing stuff

The Rush nightclub, along Highway 61 in Cottage Grove has been closed for quite awhile. At one time it was a country bar and if there's one thing that should do well in Cottage Grove, it's a country western bar. But it didn't.
by Bob Collins

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Chargoggag… etc. revisited

Chargoggag… etc. revisited

Did you know there’s a Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg? I do (I even know how to pronounce it) and today it got me in trouble on Twitter because I did what I usually do with NewsCut, I connected unrelated (though interesting) facts with something that’s currently in the news, in this case the effort to rename Lake…
by Bob Collins

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Duluth woman takes stand against bike thieves

Amber Marshall had to take a stand. You don't steal an 8-year-old's bike off the front porch. Not in Duluth, anyway.
by Bob Collins

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