St. Patrick’s Day can seem like an invitation to excessive drinking. It’s important that those choices not include driving while drunk. A University of Pennsylvania study showed that on St. Patrick’s Day, there are 23% more accidents resulting in death or serious injury. National Highway…
The Minnesota State Patrol is reminding all drivers to watch out for patrol cars out on the road. The increased snow and ice has a lot more need for them out there. As BringMetheNews reported: “Since Jan. 1, we’ve had 13 state patrol squads struck,…
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board is leaving, according to the Washington Post: Deborah A.P. Hersman, who has served as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board for almost six years, will step down to become president of the National Safety Council, the NSC announced Tuesday.…
Some day the snow will melt and the streets will widen across Minnesota. But, does it matter if the roads are replaced with big holes? There are many near rear end collisions as people slow to navigate the giant’s golf course like terrain. St. Cloud…
This past week, the Crosier’s released a list of Crosiers with one or more credible claims of sexual abuse of minors. On that list were the names of 17 Crosier Priests who worked in Minnesota: ——— Cornelius DeVenster, osc Date of birth: 12/12/1907 (Nijmegen, the…
Don’t forget, it is Spring ahead tonight, where we lose an hour of sleep and have to change all the clocks. I love the VCR’s and Cell phones that take care of themselves. But did you change the necessary batteries? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety…
In what they called hope for ” healing, peace and comfort to the victims and their families” the Crosier Province, headquartered in Phoenix released the names of 19 Crosiers with one or more credible claims of sexual abuse of minors. The also included that there are…
According to the American Academy of Pediatric, in the Pediatricsmedical journal, children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash if they are in a rear-facing child restraint. Originally the suggestion was to turn them after one…
With the passage of the Child Victims Act, survivors who were sexually abused as children now have an open window in Minnesota to bring cases that have been previously barred by the statute of limitations. It will be important that every person who was abused,…
This time of year, Xcel Energy reminds everyone to check their gas meter for problems from ice and snow. The piles of snow can cause all sorts of problem. I have always been concerned about the damage that moving snow piles may cause. This is…