John Anderson’s Blog

July 20th he was driving his lawn mower down a street in Madison Lake in Blue Earth County. And he was apparently not happy that a police car was following. So he stopped the lawn mower to talk to the officer. Thomas Grothe, 60, has a history of drunken driving convictions was in trouble again because he was driving his lawn tractor on a street with a 0...

Here are five of the new laws went into effect as of August 1 in Minnesota. These are according to the Minnesota House of Representatives, public information services. 1. Companies can limit life insurance to beneficiaries of suspected terrorists...

Apparently due to some benefits of doing so shown online in various places, people are drinking hydrogen peroxide. According to the Star Tribune, six people have been treated at Hennepin County Medical Center after accidentally drinking a highly concentrated version...

So Kelly K (Krage on KDHL or K-Rage, her Power 96 Alter Ego) has been with you afternoons since 2008. I moved up to the mornings in the fall of that year and Kelly had been doing part-time work prior to that. Well it appears now she has come full circle...

The Minnesota Lynx at 17-2 are a pretty good bet to make the playoffs that start in September. But there is a problem. The renovations to the Target Center will not be done yet. And by then the Minnesota Wild will be ready to get back on their ice for some workouts...

Hormel has always been known for, and probably will always be known for, coming up with Spam. Spam even has many varieties. But now for those people who are on the go a lot and want an inexpensive, delicious and healthy snack, you can now look for some snacks under their Natural Choice meats brand...

Note: Please don't eat while driving. Recently a man broke down on I-35W in the Roseville area. He was blocking traffic so when the state trooper arrived he pushed the vehicle out of the way with his squad car. According to a KARE TV report, while the trooper was running the man's driver's license, a Jimmy John's driver showed up to the parking lot where the trooper had pushed the car...

The fair is not officially open yet as I write this, but the fairgrounds are bustling with activity. We had a great three J's breakfast from the Cardinal Cafe on Tuesday morning. Jerry Groskretuz and Fair Secretary John Dvorak joined us for good food and an update on how the final fair preparations were going...

In December 2016 I gave you an update on Greg Thomas, a cancer patient, who while dealing with the issues that cancer was causing him, worked on restoring the 150-year-old Budejovice Church/St. John’s Chapel near Montgomery. Now it is part of the Holy Redeemer Parish...

My colleague James Rabe recently asked the question, "Are Pop Tarts Ravioli." Well I got to thinking about some other things my Mom used to make, including what she called Jell-o salad. Now usually Jell-o was a dessert item. It was either plain or with a little whipped cream on top...