For years, maps of the Wisconsin Dells area as were produced by Ad-Lit, Inc. (now Vector & Ink) for the cause of tourism depicted the US 12 exit towards Lake Delton and Baraboo (as in Exit 92 of I-90/94) as having no egress from I-90/94 to US 12, while showing access in the opposite instance.

Which, it turns out, was designed as a copyright device, as in entrapping unauthorised users of the material. (I'm not sure of any actual instances of complaints being brought by Ad-Lit in connexion.

Ripley, eat your heart out.

From the Minnesota State Fair website:

>Rod Stewart has canceled his current tour dates, including the Sept. 1 concert at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand. According to a statement from Sir Rod Stewart, following a routine coronary stent procedure, on the advice of his doctors, he will take the next few weeks to recuperate.

>Minnesota State Fair concert ticket sales have been suspended and refunds will be issued.

Meat-and-potatoes from the story:

>In his order, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz, an appointee of George W. Bush, made clear he had “grave doubts about the legality of the racial discrimination in which MPS is forced to engage” under its collective bargaining agreement with the teachers union. The policy in question, which the district and union agreed to following a three-week educator strike in 2022, allows the district to retain “underrepresented” teachers, rather than strictly follow seniority order, during staff reductions. Schiltz said that policy could lead to a Black teacher being retained over a white teacher on the basis of race.

>Still, Schiltz said, the lawsuit must be dismissed due to a quirk in how federal law governs discrimination cases. Since the policy was governed by a collective bargaining agreement, Schiltz said, the union was a necessary party to the lawsuit. But the Department of Justice did not and could not include the union in the lawsuit, because under federal law, the U.S. Attorney General can only bring lawsuits alleging a pattern or practice of discrimination against governmental entities — not against private entities like labor unions.

>“The Court concludes that this action cannot proceed ‘in equity and good conscience’ without the Union,” Schiltz concluded.

>Schiltz said that any aggrieved teacher could file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is tasked with enforcing discrimination laws against private entities.

In effect, replacing the Dutch Mill Park & Ride Lot as Madison's ur-bus station.

Imagine that--a Siemens Charger unit on the point of the Borealis!

So pray, where were the white flags on the P42 as designates an extra movement?

Tell me we don't have here another of those proto-music videos which the Hanna-Barbera-Mike Curb collaboration as produced Cattanooga Cats created with such lushness of visuals ...

The meat-and-potatoes, so to speak:

>Attorney General Keith Ellison announced a settlement requiring a nonprofit to dissolve after an investigation found hundreds of employees were misclassified as volunteers at concession stands in Twin Cities stadiums.

>Ellison called MN Fundraising Initiative a “sham charity.”

>He said it took advantage of parents who wanted to pay for their children's activities by working at venues such as Target Field and U.S. Bank Stadium in exchange for grants. Other venues included Grand Casino Arena, Allianz Field and numerous University of Minnesota locations.

>His office said the nonprofit wasn’t operated for any charitable cause and instead operated as a staffing agency that saved on labor costs by misclassifying hundreds of employees.

As Snagglepuss would have parsed it, "But is it kosher, halal even?"

(BTW, they have been ordered to wind up their operations and dissolve forthwith.)

One of the more obscure points of Minnesota history explained--as in the Port Cargill shipyards near Savage on the Minnesota River, which built some 18 vessels during World War II.

#LestWeForget

And it was about time, methinks!

Taking the Original Wisconsin Ducks tour for what turns out being the last such of the day ... and, for some reason, being the only one on board besides the guide, and sitting in the "catbird seat" besides. Such being enough to essentially eschew the official narration and instead go into ad-lib dialogue over the celebrated Duck Trails.

Now who's laughing?!

>A woman who called a Black, autistic child a racial slur last year has been found guilty of one count of disorderly conduct and not guilty on another.

>The incident, which occurred at a playground in Rochester in April of last year, was caught on video by a bystander and went viral. Shiloh Hendrix, 37, called a then 8-year-old boy the n-word after he allegedly reached into her diaper bag at Roy Sutherland playground in Soldier's Field Park and took an item. She then began cussing at the bystander, who is Black — hurling the n-word at him as well.

>The incident prompted Rochester City Attorney Michael Spindler-Krage to charge Hendrix with two counts of disorderly conduct, one involving her words and behavior toward the child and the other involving her words and behavior toward the man who video taped the incident.

>The guilty verdict was related to her behavior toward the man who video taped the confrontation.

(emphasis added)

And we'd be curious to know the town ... and whether such was on the same day.

The opening paragraphs speak for themselves:

>The slate of endorsed Republican candidates lined up onstage in a bowling alley banquet hall when a voter among the dozens in the room posed a question: How can you win?

>This year, that might apply to the primary election more than anything.

>The Minnesota Republican Party’s endorsement is typically the ticket to the November ballot. But the endorsed candidates for governor and U.S. Senate in particular face stiff challenges this year that could derail that straight shot.

>In May, businessman Kendall Qualls and former Navy SEAL Adam Schwarze prevailed over competitors for the GOP endorsements for governor and U.S. senator, respectively. But opponents who are more widely known and better funded remained in the race for the party’s nomination. Early voting is underway.

>If either Qualls, Schwarze or both lose, it would reverse a three-decade trend for Minnesota Republicans that the endorsement is golden. No candidate for Senate or governor has reached the November ballot without the party’s endorsement since the mid-1990s.

As The Old Farmer's Almanack put it in 1916:

>Whether through the Pre-Preliminary or otherwise, the Direct Primary is almost certain to become the Indirect Secondary.