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Religious debate: Can a woman be a cop?

The long-time pastor of a Minneapolis evangelical church is getting some examination in some religious circles after he said women shouldn't be police officers.
by Bob Collins

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Staples-Motley breaks 5-year losing skid

The longest high school football losing streak -- 39 games -- ended Friday with a 24-to-14 win over Frazee, which probably is making for a pretty lousy Monday in Frazee.
by Bob Collins

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Help build a rail line to Rochester, get a green card

A private firm that wants to build a high-speed rail link from the Twin Cities to Rochester (and on to Chicago) is considering using the country's immigration laws to make it happen.
by Bob Collins

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What to do with an empty crypt?

Mary Solberg, of Crookston, knows she doesn't have any legal rights when it comes to her former husband, Toby, with whom they picked out side-by-side crypts in Riverside Cemetery in town in 2010, years after they divorced in 2009. He died in 2013. Her ex-husband's family has removed his body from the cemetery and buried it in Erskine, near where his parents are buried.
by Bob Collins

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From Turkey to Minnesota by boat

It's back to the cubicle wars. Monday, perhaps, is the day you wonder whether you should pursue that bucket list item instead.
by Bob Collins

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Rise of the Monarchs

Are you noticing more Monarch butterflies compared to a year ago?
by Bob Collins

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Has the religion/political landscape really changed?

The Christian Democrats of America pushed a press release today claiming that the Republican Party is losing its hold on the “faith vote.” It cited this article on the liberal Think Progress site earlier this month that said it’s getting harder for Republican Christians to justify awarding a vote to Republican candidates. But the loss…
by Bob Collins

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Now starting for South Milwaukee: Jordan Schroeder

Now starting for South Milwaukee: Jordan Schroeder

In South Milwaukee, Jordan Schroeder,16, would like to be playing for the South Milwaukee Rockets football team tonight when it hosts West Allis Hale.
by Bob Collins

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Goodbye, blimps

Goodbye, blimps

The Associated Press reports today that the end of an era is at hand for the Goodyear blimp.
by Bob Collins

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