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Sally Jo Sorensen publishes Bluestem Prairie for those who prefer take their corn with a progressive chaser.
Usually the Mankato Free Press’s courthouse/police beat reporter Dan Nienaber brings readers the goods on the likes of Jeremy Giefer or Jennifer Nibbe. Yesterday, a report came up about the rash of prepubescent goat roping in Mankato.
No details have been shared about the visit, but the White House released a statement about a Presidential swing through the Midwest that includes Southern Minnesota, Forum political reporter Don Davis writes.
Via the Worthington Globe’s Obama plans Monday Minnesota visit:
With the debt crisis bill passed, Minnesota’s congressional delegation is out on recess–and Al Franken is using the time to visit Greater Minnesota.
On Monday, Bluestem posted about management’s intransigence in Locked-out workers picket American Crystal Sugar; company hauls in scabs.Union members overwhelmingly rejected the co-op’s offer over health care and contract language would make it easier Continue Reading
A beautiful young acquaintance, mother of three, mentioned me in a retweet this morning:
RT @mntoday: Amount spent on Michele Bachmann’s hair and makeup since June 13: $4,700 http://mprne.ws/5R5vb . . .
While a high-profile lawsuit and DOJ investigation of bullying in a suburban school are drawing headlines like the Strib’s Anoka-Hennepin sued over bullying, community anti-bullying organizing is gaining steam in southern Minnesota, the Austin Herald and the Austin edition of the Post-Bulletin repo Continue Reading
Tuesday afternoon, Bluestem posted guest commentary by Javier Morillo-Alicea, A modest proposal to progressives for renaming the “school shift.” Morillo-Alicea argued that by forcing districts to borrow money since state aid would Continue Reading
Back in late June, Bluestem looked at the controversy brewing over silica sand mining in rural Goodhue County in Connecting the dots on fracking sand: from Hay Creek Township’s citizens to the New York Times.
So a deal’s been struck on ending the Minnesota state shutdown, and nobody’s happy except for some armchair strategists who believe that their side has gained an advantage going into the 2012 elections. Their logic depends upon which side they’re on, and Bluestem will let the smart people write that part of the story up themselves.
Looking around at Greater Minnesota editorials online this steamy July evening, Bluestem is reading calls for compromise.