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Miles of Accidents on I-35
Miles of Accidents on I-35
Miles of Accidents on I-35
You see the weather reports and wonder "How bad is it really? It's just a few inches of snow." Well Heidi Ubben had an interesting, to say the least, drive on Interstate 35 last night north of Faribault.   According to her Facebook post, Ubben was heading back to Sioux Falls from the Twin Cities in yesterday's storm when she saw this chain of accidents and other drivers stranded on the r
Austin Resident Dies In Crash
Austin Resident Dies In Crash
Austin Resident Dies In Crash
Clarks Grove, already devastated from a tornado touchdown on Monday night, was the scene Thursday morning of an accident that killed an Austin resident and injured two people from New York and Albert Lea. The State Patrol reports that a 1997 Toyota 4-Runner was traveling south on Interstate 35 in Clarks Grove when the driver, 37-year-old Ileana Babastro of Austin, lost control, traveled down the c
Airport Honors Strohfus
Airport Honors Strohfus
Airport Honors Strohfus
The calendar changes to March and the first Wednesday of each month we are scheduled to visit with representatives of the Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce. I honestly don't know what information they will have for us today but one thing is for certain, it will be informative...
Mike's Freeway Driving Rules
Mike's Freeway Driving Rules
Mike's Freeway Driving Rules
Interstate 35 is a major north/south Interstate Highway that runs from Texas to Minnesota that splits into I-35E and I-35W in Burnsville and reconnects just south of Forest Lake to continue on to Duluth. I-35 is a modern marvel of transportation that passes through several major cities in the heart of the United States...
Appreciate Your Bus Driver Wed.
Appreciate Your Bus Driver Wed.
Appreciate Your Bus Driver Wed.
So, you've never heard of Minnesota School Bus Driver Appreciation Day? Of course you haven't; we haven't had one yet. The first is coming up in a few days. In a State of Minnesota proclamation signed by Gov. Mark Dayton, Wednesday, February 22, becomes the first School Bus Driver Appreciation Day...
Load Limits Start Friday
Load Limits Start Friday
Load Limits Start Friday
This is a sure sign of spring, even though I am sure old man winter will be back a couple of times yet this winter. I received a notification from the Minnesota Department of Transportation that Seasonal Load Limits will go on Friday February 17, at 12:01AM...
No Cellphones While Driving?
No Cellphones While Driving?
No Cellphones While Driving?
According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Democrat Rep. Frank Hornstein and Republican Rep. Mark Uglem are working on a bill that would ban the use of cell phones while driving, except for hands-free devices. Hornstein's theory is that more accidents are happening because of distracted driving...
New Cars for 1961
New Cars for 1961
New Cars for 1961
I ran across this full page insert for the new cars of 1961. Odds are some of you owned one of these vehicles. There were 29 new cars unveiled in this issue. It didn't include pickups. I'll share some pictures over the next few Fridays. Here's the first few to check out...
Jerry Can't Drive Bacon-Fueled Bike
Jerry Can't Drive Bacon-Fueled Bike
Jerry Can't Drive Bacon-Fueled Bike
This motorcycle was in Hormel's booth at Pork Congress. It is the world's first bacon-fueled motorcycle. It has a three-cylinder 800 cc engine that runs on 100 percent Black Label bacon biodiesel. Most of the biodiesel that is blended in diesel fuel in Minnesota is made from soybean oil...

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