— Reality check: Original plan not working
Like any good theory, "Just Do It Summer" has been tested and was in need of adjustments. Long story short: Didn't work.
— Reality check: Original plan not working
Like any good theory, "Just Do It Summer" has been tested and was in need of adjustments. Long story short: Didn't work.
Freep Spirit by Robb Murray
When the 77 Lancers arrived at their base camp Saturday, they found a little surprise waiting

DFL leadership has turned more sensitive to tax increases and the public mood has changed, due in part to media amplification of groups like the Tea Party

Longtime GOP senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham thwarted GOP filibuster on gun bills. Finally, it looks as though Mankato long-awaited civic center expansion will happen.
Editor's blog by Editor Joe Spear
Rewrite by Free Press Publisher Jim Santori
Blink of an Eye blog by Free Press photo staff
Freep Spirit by Staff Writer Robb Murray
Puckato by Sports Writer Shane Frederick
Baseball Outsider by Copy Editor Edward Thoma

Western civilization in the U.S. had its hands full this week with dilemmas on gay marriage, gun control and cyber attacks

As the Minnesota Legislature debated gun background checks this week, a 12-year old called in a false report of a school shooting at a New Prague middle school. Meanwhile, a mega-sports weekend in Mankato spurred anew the missing fan debate

The school shooting hoax in New Prague Wednesday reminded me of another such call about 16 years ago. That was an incident at Le Sueur High School that was no hoax.

Police stormed abandoned building Thursday morning in Upstate, N.Y. and take out man suspected of shooting four people. This goes under the heading: "Another day, another shooting." A quick search of Free Press archives shows nine stories of shootings since the Dec. 14, Newtown, Conn. shooting..

California armed guards drop in to seize guns of man recently admitted to mental hospital; Obama reaches out in surprising ways to Republicans and Democrats; Gov. Mark Dayton surprisingly ditches sales tax reform quickly

It's not been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon: Murder, lawyers, guns and money