Funky swamp dance party over the weekend at my family's favorite @threeriverspark. The boy got lots of reactions to his Plague Doctor costume...

Residents in Wisconsin are required to show an ID at the polls. That is not the case in Minnesota, where I have voted for nearly 3 decades and never once shown my ID to an election judge.

In November, the US Mint will release a 1 ounce gold coin, with a $250 face value and President Trump's likeness. It is very similar to the clad $1 Trump coin released earlier this year. The price has not been released, but will certainly exceed $5K. usmint.gov/semiquincentennia…

Jordan Collins, convicted for the murder of his teenage son Manny, called @WCCO today from the @AnokaCoSheriff jail. He is upset that a @MNCourts judge denied video access to his trial & future sentencing, set for December. But the rules clearly forbid it. cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/j…

Got this piece of @GopherMBB history, which never happened, at a packed estate sale today. RIP Jan Ganglehoff – at Columbia Heights, MN

As a cyclist, getting "doored" is one of the things I am weary of. (A guy died in St Paul in July.) This was a recent close call, although I have had much closer. It is also important to be aware of your surroundings: I heard/sensed no cars in the lane I swerved into.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has a searchable public database but it is so woefully delayed that it's not terribly helpful. The last homicide it released public information on was from August 30, 2026. hcmeopublicdata.hennepin.us/

When I'm not in the newsroom, hanging out with my family, or riding my bike, I'm often working on my side hustle: reselling random undervalued items I buy on the secondhand market. Started as a COVID hobby but has become necessary with inflation over the years.

I am not sure what this guy was cleaning up on the side of the road, however my wife drove through there and said it looked like animal carcasses! 🐄

Despite a bail amount of only $5K (10% of which needs to be posted) Taiwanese national Kai Chun Hu remains in the Carver Co Jail. According to jail records, the defendant lives at this garage in Taichung City, Taiwan. So how did he end up in MN and who sent him?

Look: @USNavy Information Systems Technician 3rd Class, Henry Muehlhausen, from Minnesota, rescues a dummy near the side of the missile destroyer USS Mustin during a man overboard drill in the Indian Ocean on Oct. 3, 2026. 📸@DVIDSHub

When @elliottengenMN was arrested for DUI, an officer transported @WalterHudson and an unidentified party to the PD, from where they could arrange rides home. Hudson offered to get the unknown man where he needed to go, but that dude chose a different option:

I wanted more info so I requested the incident report, lol.

A 24-year-old Taiwanese national is in the Carver County Jail, charged with aiding attempted theft by swindle, after he attempted to pick up $90K in gold bars from a Chanhassen man who was targeted in a prevalent scam.

In August 2025 Minneapolis based @Sharplink bet big on cryptocurrency Ethereum, increasing its holdings to 521,939 ETH. At the time ETH was valued at $3,634. Today it's down 25% at $2,709.

The rideshare ordinance requiring human monitors in autonomous vehicles just passed the Minneapolis City Council on a 7-6 vote.

Just now #Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez says he supports the ordinance mandating "human safety monitors" in autonomous rideshare vehicles because cats are "being murdered by these vehicles." A vote on the measure is expected soon...

This is one of my favorite vanity plates, especially since @atmosphere Slug is probably the only MN lyricist who can afford a Lambo, but he's a Southsider. This cat also has a Lambo SUV (same color), with personalized plates (COURSES if memory serves). Somewhere in 55418... – at Columbia Heights, MN

Did you know @MinnCorrections frequently grants aging inmates supervised Conditional Medical Release? But not all geriatric inmates leave prison. For example, 84-year-old Ronald Vernon Schneider remains behind bars for the 1985 murder of @RobbinGov Police Officer John Scanlon.

The late Roland Amundson, who served as a @MNCourts Court of Appeals Judge, was fascinated with Russia. Not only did he adopt 4 children from the collapsed USSR, but also check out his bookplate (and the book topic). (Amundson would later go to prison for embezzling $300k.) – at Columbia Heights, MN