Laura Bradshaw

If you are someone who goes to Costco either once a week or once a month, or you don't want to go at all because it's too busy, maybe this will help allieve some of the busy-ness that happens here at the St. Cloud location.

I remember being a kid in 1976 and celebrating America's Bicentennial. It's hard to believe that it's been so long that now we are celebrating another 50 years with America's 250th Birthday!

Lately we have been hearing so much about businesses, restaurants and retail spaces closing. It's sad to see anything like that, and sometimes it seems so odd.

Hey - meet me after the game and we'll settle this thing. Or something like that. Coming up on July 10th, there will be a brawl in the outfield, or the infield or a combination of the two.

In an edition of " know before you go " as the new Mystic Lake Amphitheater opening is now about a month away, there is a list of things that are absolutely forbidden from inside the amphitheater.

This is definitely the time for festivals around Minnesota. Almost every weekend there is something like this going on. Lots of music, food, drinks. artsy things and more!

When people who don't live in Minnesota and sometimes people who do live here think about foods that Minnesota is known for most people would probably mention hotdish.

This past weekend it was warm, people were out on their bikes cruising around, walking around and so forth. But there were also a bunch of kids on e-bikes too.

Doesn't everyone kind of love a county fair? Some of them are free, which is even better.

As a consumer, if you go to any town, mall, strip mall, downtown areas, etc in Minnesota you will see somthing that is fairly common- a lot of help wanted signs.