Following up on yesterday’s news item about a woman in Ulen, Minn., who wanted to keep her duck in defiance of a city ordinance: the City Council voted 3-1 last night to allow
Monika Spitzmiller to keep the duck, named Houdini. She had to get license — a duck license? — and provide proof from a vet that the duck is healthy.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins