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MIDDLE AGED PLAGUEThe Formidably Frightening Car Alarm Fiasco
So I'm sitting in the car when I hear the tell-tale snick of all the doors locking. "All the doors just locked," Tired of Being Youngest announced helpfully from the back seat. "I noticed that." W...
5/15/12 at 3:08 PM Reality TV Shows: Your Real Life Is So Much Better 5/9/12 at 1:49 PM
Something Different: A Community of Independent Thinkers 5/3/12 at 2:56 PM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING!Movie Review: The Avengers
Action movies only work when you care whether the protagonists live or die. If you don't care, all the pretty explosions in the world won't be enough to be entertaining. (See: Transformers.) The supe...
5/10/12 at 1:00 PM Lawyers, but No Guns or Money 5/9/12 at 1:00 PM
News from--and in--the Oil Patch 5/8/12 at 1:00 PM
STAFF BLOGFORUM COMMUNICATIONS CO.The Forum wins Sweepstakes award in annual North Dakota Newspaper Association contest
FARGO, N.D. - Five Forum Communications Co. papers won more than 200 awards during the annual North Dakota Newspaper Association convention held last week in Williston, N.D. Papers received recognitio...
5/8/12 at 2:50 PM FCC staffers receive awards in annual North Dakota Professional Communicators contest 5/2/12 at 1:59 PM
FCC's Daily Republic earns first in General Excellence category at SDNA convention 5/1/12 at 11:06 AM
THE SOCIAL GENERATIONContent Aggregators
Last week I talked about web discovery engines and the like. That's one way of finding what you want on the internet. There's also another way that I think is more efficient. Sites that put together c...
4/19/12 at 7:07 PM
STAFF BLOGCOMMUNITY.AREAVOICES.COMAreavoices Digest #70 - A song that might drive WDAY's Weather Guys Crazy!
Okay, technically "Fargo's First Radio" isn't turning 90 until May 22nd, but I'm a firm believer in celebrating milestones as long as possible. But perhaps more than that, the station's anniversary i...
4/4/12 at 2:28 PM Let's Hear it for the Bison! 10/15/10 at 12:10 PM
Welcome Dragon News! 10/14/10 at 3:48 PM
NEW PLATEAUSMinnesota's most popular news source is The Onion?
Forbes indicates that for Minnesota and Wisconsin, The Onion is a very influential media. This is measured by how often their stories were shared online. Check the map out yourself. Forbes color-coded...
4/2/12 at 10:53 AM Trayvon Martin's Death: The Opportunity to Reform Justice 3/29/12 at 2:21 PM
THE VIEW FROM THE EDGE OF TOWNWhere The Water Boils
If you are an avid angler or just like to try your hand, from time to time, at fishing, I am happy to say I will be adding some Minnesota fishing reports to the View From The Edge Of Town from time to...
3/28/12 at 1:26 PM It's Still Hard...I guess 3/3/12 at 2:43 PM
How Hard Is This ? 2/24/12 at 3:38 PM
WILLMAR KIWANIS CLUBWelcome to spring
Spring is officially here, and April will provide Kiwanis with many opportunities to give back. Read our monthly "Kiwanian" for a full list of events and notes from our President, David Herzer: April ...
3/27/12 at 2:30 PM
STAFF BLOGHEALTHBEATGiving the patient bad news
The patient, a young rodeo rider from rural Ohio, lies in a hospital bed, sick and in pain. The doctor has the results of his bone marrow biopsy and the news isn't good: It's Hodgkin's lymphoma, a can...
3/2/12 at 2:09 PM Health care journalism: An endangered species? 8/10/09 at 6:48 AM
RED RIVER ORTHODOXBeginning Lent
The beginning of Orthodox Lent rarely, if ever, makes the news. In fact, I've never seen it make the news. The closest I've seen it come is what I saw on KVLY on Sunday night. There, they mentioned th...
2/27/12 at 4:36 PM
TWINS FOCUSMRI Reveals Torn UCL for Joel Zumaya
Multiple sources are reporting that the MRI Joel Zumaya had this morning revealed a torn UCL in his right elbow. A torn UCL will mean Tommy John surgery and that he will not pitch in the 2012 season. ...
2/26/12 at 1:44 PM Zumaya already injures elbow? 2/25/12 at 2:37 PM
Twins Pitchers and Catchers report today! 2/18/12 at 2:09 PM
OURLILYTREEBaby Rowan and Lend A Hand...
When we found out Rowan had Lissencephaly back in September, I remember wanting to be quiet and I didn't really want people around. I just didn't know what to say, and I didn't want to ask for help. E...
2/6/12 at 9:39 AM
COMPASS POINTSBig changes on tap for Cats Incredible catfish tournament
There've been rumblings about this for several weeks now, but the official word came out today when the Chamber of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks announced the Cats Incredible Catfish Tournament wil...
1/3/12 at 3:29 PM Feds to remove gray wolves from Endangered Species List 12/21/11 at 11:33 AM
THE NEW FORTYPaws-itive newspaper clippings...
Who doesn't love a hero? What else but admiration can you have for someone who swoops in to save the day? The hero of the day for me is Jim Johnson who saved three very young kittens Friday who were b...
10/10/11 at 3:23 PM Embracing my inner Pollyana... 6/5/11 at 7:05 AM
STAFF BLOGCAPITOL CHATFox rejects Pawlenty request for a job
Fox News Channel turned down former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty when he asked for a job. Howard Kurtz reports on the Newsweek Daily Beast blog that Roger Ailes, the combative conservative behind the ...
9/26/11 at 10:50 AM
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