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Is there still room for two newspapers in the Twin Cities?

Execs at the Pioneer Press newspaper insisted today that the decision to cut 170 jobs at its printing plant near Holman Field and contracting with the rival Star Tribune does not indicate a sale of the paper itself despite ongoing rumors that it’s only a matter of time before the Twin Cities become a one-newspaper Read more →
by Bob Collins

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Timberjay loses gutsy fight for open data

The Minnesota Supreme Court took some bite out of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act when it ruled today that contracts between private firms doing business for a government entity can remain confidential in some cases. The Court overturned a Court of Appeals ruling that originally favored the Timberjay newspaper in its bid to get Read more →
by Bob Collins

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In Mankato, local cafe serves coffee, community and memories

In Mankato, local cafe serves coffee, community and memories

Nothing keeps a community together like a cup of coffee in the right setting. In cities all over the Midwest, especially those where businesses have moved out and the people remaining aren’t far behind, the town cafe holds it together.
by Bob Collins

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Begging for funerals, a failed anti-stadium fight, and when sex offenders almost walk (5×8 – 11/20/13)

Begging for funerals, a failed anti-stadium fight, and when sex offenders almost walk (5×8 – 11/20/13)

Funeral panhandling, what’s happening at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, it’s over for stadium opponents so on to Atlanta, when sex offenders almost walk, and the ‘joy sessions.’
by Bob Collins

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When a hunter willingly goes home empty-handed

We've all heard the tales from hunter friends or relatives who've gone through great lengths to track and bag (in their stories at least) a deer in the woods. But what would drive hunters to risk their lives to save one?
by Nate Minor

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A food drive for employees working on Thanksgiving

A food drive for employees working on Thanksgiving

This sign at a Walmart store in Canton, Ohio is either: (a) Proof that Walmart doesn’t pay its employees enough to make a decent living or: (b) Proof that Walmart cares about its employees. The Cleveland Plain Dealer says the idea for the food collection tubs, which are in an employees-only area, originated at the Read more →
by Bob Collins

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The case of the ‘good parents’ who almost starved their child to death

If you've almost starved one child to death, are you fit enough as a parent to retain three others in your care if they aren't starving or, apparently, abused? Today, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled you are.
by Bob Collins

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A woman’s place in the space station

When is the last time you heard a male astronaut asked how he could leave his children home to spend time aboard the International Space Station?
by Bob Collins

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A week of history in the first person (5×8 – 11/18/13)

A week of history in the first person (5×8 – 11/18/13)

Why are we obsessed with the Kennedy assassination, risking lives to get a viral tornado video, Ian Leonard’s concussion, the harvest in Hendricks, and there’s an ‘i’ in Grinnell.
by Bob Collins

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Last season for an old-school coach

Bob McDonald, it’s safe to say, never got rich in basketball; at least where money is concerned. And he probably hasn’t gotten the attention that young high schoolers have received. But he must have gotten something out of it because he’s been the head basketball coach in Chisholm, McGregor, and Barnum for nearly 60 years. He’ll get his 1,000th win sometime this season, which opens next Friday.
by Bob Collins

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