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Adopted son’s search for birthparents rekindles an old love

Dave Lindgren, 53, and Michele Newman,55, were high school sweethearts when they were growing up in Loyal, Wis. But after they'd already broken up, Newman found out she was pregnant. They decided to put the baby up for adoption.
by Bob Collins

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At marathon, a former Supreme Court justice plays a mournful tune

In the category of uniquely Minnesotan, Alan Page playing his sousaphone on the route of the Twin Cities Marathon near Kenwood Park still stands above all others.
by Bob Collins

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Washington Post journalist is likely casualty in the war on truth

Washington Post journalist is likely casualty in the war on truth

A Saudi journalist is probably dead because there's no country left on the planet using its moral authority to prevent the killing of those who seek the truth about power.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 10/8/18

Here are the topics, guests, and stories you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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A journalist destroys his TV station’s credibility

A journalist destroys his TV station’s credibility

KTTC, the Rochester TV station, has some explaining to do if it wants to restore the credibility it lost when a news anchor wore a Make America Great Again hat during a live shot at President Trump's appearance in Rochester.
by Bob Collins

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A squirrel, a cop and a good Samaritan: tales from Brooklyn Park

A squirrel, a cop and a good Samaritan: tales from Brooklyn Park

Watch enough episodes of "Cops" and you learn that when an officer walks up to a guy who's out of his car and by the curb, it almost never ends well. This time it did.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News – 10/5/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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Juan Romero, RFK’s final handshake, dead

Juan Romero, RFK’s final handshake, dead

It was only recently that Juan Romero finally began to let go of the memories from a night in June 1968. It was only recently that he began to celebrate his birthday again, because it fell on the same month as the time he got to see Robert F. Kennedy close up.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: The media goes to a political rally

Let's check in on how the media is faring at the big Trump rally in Rochester.
by Bob Collins

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A death in the family, a wrong number, and the meeting of two cultures

A death in the family, a wrong number, and the meeting of two cultures

Leena Ali had never heard of people celebrating a life after death, only sad funerals, apparently. Then she got a text to attend a celebration for someone she didn't know.
by Bob Collins

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