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Major derailment in Frazee on BNSF's Staples Subdivision. Thankfully it appears there are no injuries. Tomorrow's eastbound Empire Builder will likely be detouring via Morris and Willmar on its way from North Dakota to the Twin Cities. I was interested to see how Amtrak's 'Track Your Train' tool wo...

I tried bicycling down the new cycletrack in Richfield. I would have much preferrred traffic signals to the roundabouts, not only on my bicycle but every time I have to use the Portland Roundabout in my car. In fact I go out of my way to avoid it. I much prefer both biking AND driving through the R...

Windows were mostly installed yesterday; workers were up installing flashing. My son wanted to stop by on the way home from school

As long as there are law enforcement departments around the metro area who use vehicle deficiencies as pretext for pull overs, I think helping cover vehicle repairs is overall worth it. Of course the money can be used for vehicle repairs - it is unrestricted money. But if the city is really trying ...

I was scrolling today, and came upon a notice about the Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot. I was reading through it, and came across the below copy within their website - that kind of made me pause; Long-term investment examples: tuition, college savings, vehicle repairs Why would the city choose to inc...