After 13 years, Dorothy’s stolen ruby red slippers have finally found their way home
13 years ago, a call was placed to the FBI to investigate a peculiar crime: Someone, quite inexplicably, had stolen the ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in the classic film The Wizard...
MnDOT awards 108K grant for Minnesota bicycle program
Since 1960, the rate of youth bicycling and walking to school has decreased from 48% to 17%. This is a trend that Safe Routes to School programming and funding opportunities hopes to reverse -...
Reading between the lines: The 2018 St. Paul Library Budget Proposal
I don't remember exactly how old I was, but I remember going to the library in my hometown to get a book on Computer hacking. As I brought my book up to the counter,...
Will Lime scooters and bikes turn St. Paul green?
While in St. Paul the other day, I noticed a few green scooters and bikes parked what seemed like randomly along city streets and boulevards. I heard rumors from friends and coworkers about these...
Do they drop bombs here? Why Minnesota roads are the way they are
If you have lived in Minnesota for any amount of time, you have eventually come to the realization that there are only really two seasons here: The first season is called survival, aka winter,...
There’s no such thing as a safe alcoholic beverage, according to new study
The risks of drinking too much are well-known in America. Anyone who has attended high school in the last thirty years has had at least one class on the dangers of drinking, drinking and...
Preventing rabies: Keep wild animal contact visual only
We know how to appreciate the great outdoors in Minnesota - even in the Twin Cities greenspace abounds and their are plenty of opportunities for hiking, biking, or just an evening stroll beneath overhanging...
Most Liveable Cities in the World, 2018
St. Paul, Minnesota bills itself as "The most livable city in America" and it might be true - though we don't have access to the data that quantifies that claim. We love St. Paul,...
That Girl: Can empowered women coexist with chivalrous men?
Women are strong. We are empowered. It's a beautiful thing: Not only do we have rights, but we have laws that protect us and work for us as well - finally. It only took a...
The Minnesota Zoo’s Tiger Conservation Campaign raises $1 million to combat extinction
Dorthy spoke of them in The Wizard of Oz. One bounced around with Winnie the Pooh, and another still proclaims how "Greeeeaaat!" his breakfast cereal is. And the end of July was great for tigers...