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No cameras in court? No surprise

The Supreme Court, like many states, put a provision in its rules that guarantees we often won't see coverage; it gave attorneys for both sides the right to object. If one side objects, the cameras are banned. End of story. That's what happened Monday.
by Bob Collins

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The urge to get home meets a blizzard

If weatherpeople gave us a three-day warning about a blizzard (they did), and authorities told drivers in southern Minnesota to stay off the road (they did), why were so many people stranded and had to be rescued by first responders who had to assume the risk of doing so?
by Bob Collins

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Snow removal crews are people too

Lee Sjolander, the official police chief of NewsCut City, issued a call to the people of Kenyon on Saturday that should be amplified to every city: Give the snow removal people a break.
by Bob Collins

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Duke the mayoral dog dies

Duke the mayoral dog dies

The mayor of Cormorant Township in Becker County has died. Duke, as his friends called him, was a good boy. Oh, yes he was. He was a good boy.
by Bob Collins

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Obit: an ‘uncanny ability to simply make people love him’

Obit: an ‘uncanny ability to simply make people love him’

Arvid Dalby, of Debs, Minn., is the sort of guy you wish you'd known, and we know that because his family and/or friends have written pretty near the perfect obituary, featured here in our continuing series on the subject.l
by Bob Collins

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Is a MAGA hat disruptive to learning in school?

A student in California is protesting her high school's refusal to allow her to wear her MAGA hat. The news here, of course, is that the high school kids may actually be motivated by her complaint to read and study the U.S. Constitution.
by Bob Collins

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Hockey coach focused on state tournament while carrying weight of son’s suicide

If you're the type to toss the sports section from the daily newspaper, you'll miss a well-written and bittersweet story about a father who's trying to press on after his son killed himself.
by Bob Collins

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