Back in 2012, a woman named Rita Crundwell was arrested and sentenced to 19.5 years in prison after it was discovered that she'd embezzled $53.7 million dollars from my hometown of Dixon, IL.
Three weeks after someone broke the arm of the Paul Bunyan statue in Bemidji, the folk legend and his companion Babe the Blue Ox are both looking much better!
Curious to know what stories our listeners may have, we took to social media to ask. The results are juicy, dramatic and -- in some instances -- just awful.
St. Cloud has a Crime Index of 7; 100 is the safest. In other words, St. Cloud is only safer than 7% of all other cities in the country, which is not very impressive at all.
"We all know of the legend, and continued misadventures, of Florida Man," said reddit user maz_menty. "What would Minnesota Man’s claim to infamy be?" The internet did not disappoint.
I still stand firm that Black Friday is an unnecessary day of glorified consumerism that can bring out the worst in humanity -- regardless, apparently, of age.