Mary Rose Corkery on January 28, 2021 Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota said Thursday that wearing two masks “may actually be counterproductive.” Osterholm told Chuck Todd on “Meet The Press Daily” that officials should’ve distributed “the highly efficient and effective kinds of respiratory protection, namely these N95 masks or respirators” earlier and…
Dear Black Lives Matter: For the very first time, you have the ears of the entire nation. Many Americans, including mainstream conservative pundits have seen the video footage of George Floyd die with a knee on his neck. They were all horrified. People who were previously skeptical of your message, who criticized taking a knee…
A five-year-old boy from Woodberry, Minnesota has been hospitalized since Friday after receiving critical injuries as a result of being thrown from the third-floor balcony of the Mall of America by a 24-year-old male who allegedly has a history of mental health problems. The boy is “still very much with us and fighting,” according to…
Duke, the beloved four-term mayor of Cormorant Village, Minnesota, passed away last Thursday at the age of thirteen. Typically, any resident seeking to become mayor in Minnesota must be above the age of 21, but due to the “dog years” rule, Duke was approximately 50 years old when he was elected. In all seriousness, Duke…
Grace Carr Two Minnesota boys sued the state’s high school league, levying discrimination charges over rules barring them from performing on their school’s all-female dance teams. The boys, Zachary Greenwald of Hopkins High School and Dmitri Moua of Roseville High School, sued the Minnesota State High School League, alleging that the state’s rule barring the boys from competing…
Hanna Bogorowski on January 4, 2019 Newly elected Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar posted a list of celebratory firsts and records Thursday on Twitter, but Republican Michigan Rep. Justin Amash pointed out one falsehood. Omar, the first Somali-American elected to U.S. Congress, wrote “The #116thCongress has SO much to be proud of” before listing several broken…
Wednesday night, the St. Paul City Council voted 6-1 in favor of “supporting legalization and decriminalization of recreational cannabis in Minnesota and expungement of Minnesotan records of convicted cannabis crimes.” The one vote in opposition to the resolution came from Council member Dan Bostrom, who would announce his retirement later on during the same meeting….
Written By: Squiggly Line Guy Follow on Facebook or Twitter The saga of The Piggyback Bandit has been one of the strangest ongoing stories of the last decade, and it hasn’t ended yet. Sherwin Shayegan received this nickname after being dubbed as such by an article in the Associated Press, republished by a puzzled ESPN. He…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck We wish it weren’t true, but as a new report explains, it all started with a theft, and snowballed from there, ultimately resulting in a Minnesota judge legally circumventing probable cause restrictions: A Minnesota bank received a call in January from who they thought was Douglas, their customer,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield One day after fainting during his State of the State address, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has announced that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, reports Twin Cities News Talk AM1130. Dayton’s announcement came during a press conference with reports, in which he also announced Minnesota’s 2017 budget plans. The…