Dave Overlund

I for one would like to welcome our new insect overlords to Sartell!

So my friends, this is a call to action. Eat more ice cream. Rocky road, chocolate, even nasty mint-chocolate... consider this your green light to consume as much frozen, sugary goodness as you can.

A group of juveniles has been arrested after setting fire to a fireworks display at an Eagan, Minnesota Hy-Vee grocery store.

The most famous train on Earth is making an appearance in Duluth in August. Thomas the Train will bring his friends Percy and Sir Topham Hatt to Duluth's North Shore on August 6,7,8 and 13,14,15.

So my wife brings me out to the backyard and is like "Surprise!!" and my kid yells out "HAPPY FODDER DAY" and I am all happy and smiling but also like "Oh dang there goes my Friday."

What even is that picture at the top of this story? I cannot tell you how long I sat on the porch like an idiot staring at this picture trying to figure out how NOT to blow up my family when I turned on the flame.

There's no wrong way to eat ice cream. With chocolate syrup, topped by peanuts, mixed with fruit... it's literally all good. However, every time I top my ice cream with my favorite topping I get weird looks from my wife.

Is there ever any enforcement for red light runners in this area? I see a lot of speed traps in the obvious spots in town every day but I have never seen a cop positioned to pull over the folks who disregard the semaphore altogether.

Minnesota is a great place to live if you are a working dad. The Land of 10,000 Lakes recently came in third in a study of the best states for hard-working fathers.

Now? Now confusion reigns. How do I keep my lawn from dying? Should I mow it even though it's crispier than a fresh $20 bill? Where do babies come from?

Certainly this can't just be a case of people believing they (and their grass) are more important than everyone else, right? They must have been given the green light from the city for some reason.

St. Cloud native Alise Willoughby is headed to her third Olympic Games as a member of the United States' BMX team. The Olympics, which were originally scheduled for 2020, will be held in Tokyo this summer.