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Jay Boller

Co-owner/editor of Racket.

Why Don’t Papers Cover Friday the 13th Like This Anymore?

Plus regional hauntings, the best frights at restaurants and bars, and remembering that Jason Voorhees statue in Louise Mine Lake in today's extra special, extra spooky Flyover news roundup.

St. Paul May Build All the Triplexes and Fourplexes That Minneapolis Won’t

Plus an heir to the Downtown Journal, a whole lot of restaurant news, and a terrible place to live in today's Flyover news roundup.

Enter Racket’s Spooktacular Flash Fiction Contest, Compete for Fabulous Prizes

Five winners will get published on this very website and, crucially, score prize packages that include THC edibles and Racket merch.

October 11, 2023

Minneapolis City Council Hopeful Has Racked Up 209 (!) Property Violations

Plus a bridge reopening, info on how Minnesotans die, and the debut of a dirt-bike park in today's Flyover news roundup.

‘They Were Freaking Out’: Why MN United FC’s Game Day Production Crew Went on Strike

Saturday's strike was the first in the history of IATSE Local 745, the union that represents hundreds of local sports broadcast technicians.

October 10, 2023

Top Minneapolis Safety Commissioner Candidate Doesn’t Live in Minneapolis

Plus Garth builds houses, GOP donors lose thousands, and a White Castle goodbye in today's Flyover news roundup.

Cops Sure Like to Take Stuff

Plus LGBTQ books targeted, MIGIZI's new digs, and saving up snow in today's Flyover news roundup.

So About Those Communist Recruitment Posters All Over the U…

Plus what's next for the Lyndale White Castle, doubting Target, and local candy history in today's Flyover news roundup.