http://www.mankatofreepress.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_310222738.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_310222738.html With all the marginal items on eBay that people bid top dollar for, you’d think it would be easy to sell a motorized recliner driven by a drunk who gained national attention. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:42:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_303234413.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_303234413.html Goliath — McDonald’s — has more than 31,000 restaurants in nearly 120 countries. David — Bert Notermann — owns a sole side-of-the-highway hamburger place in Eden Prairie.
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_297001542.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_297001542.html “From protecting celebs to busting shoplifters, there is no job too big for mall cops.” Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_290001137.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_290001137.html Bob Dylan continues to be a mystery inside a conundrum wrapped in an enigma. Never more so than this week, when his “Christmas in the Heart” hit the streets. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:38:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_282213910.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_282213910.html Sleepy Eye’s delightfully loopy and tourist-luring Linus statue has its stolen heart back. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_275233431.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_275233431.html Yes, some women actually do carry to full term without knowing they are pregnant. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_268212330.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_268212330.html They continue to be a staple in many rural weekly newspapers. The headings of these glimpses into a bygone era go by various terms — Peeks of the Past, A Look Back — and reading the Twitter-like snippets of vintage small-town reporting a century or so ago is a treat. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_261221327.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_261221327.html Pro athletes too often dwell in a tone-deaf bubble of entitlement. It’s as if vast sums of money have the counter effect of making them penny-ante and disconnected from the real world. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:52:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_254235342.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_254235342.html Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_248003645.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_248003645.html I have seen sports memorabilia at the highest levels. But the other day, in a Mankato bar, I saw sports memorabilia at its lowest ebb.
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_240232926.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_240232926.html It seems that those who grow grass for a living in this state are put out because the Minnesota Twins infringed upon their turf. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:10:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_233221150.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_233221150.html There are seven Wonders of the World. Randy Spear just might have the eighth in his garage. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_212224249.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_212224249.html St. James dairy farmer Steve Cross is moo-ving to Missouri. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_205212942.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_205212942.html I bought some kitchen trash bags the other day, drawn to the product by the words “new” and “unscented” on the package. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:36:00 +0000 http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_198214234.html http://www.mankatofreepress.com/columnistBOJ/local_story_198214234.html If it’s true that you don’t really miss something until it’s gone, then put me down as someone who misses weird vegetables.