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Jay Boller

Co-owner/editor of Racket.

How Chef Doug Flicker Invents Frozen Pizzas for Heggies

Flicker's third installment, a riff on Italian beef sandwiches, is just hitting grocery stores and bars.

January 31, 2025

All 50 of MnDOT’s 2025 Name-a-Snowplow Finalists, Ranked

Our annual exercise in plow name reviewing trudges ahead.

January 28, 2025

Best Budget Bites: $8.75 Olive Burger From Sandy’s Tavern

Quality-wise, did the 'world famous' menu item survive a semi-recent ownership transfer?

January 22, 2025

Leonard Peltier, Member of MN-Launched American Indian Movement, Granted Presidential Clemency

Plus Revival is cooked, Klobes drops Dylan ref., and remembering MLK in MN in today's Flyover news roundup.

January 20, 2025

UnitedHealth Group: Accused of Overcharging Patients by 1,000%; Reports $100B Quarterly Revenue

Plus transparency around policing improves, Graze adds 3 tenants, and RIP Uecker and Lynch in today's Flyover news roundup.

January 16, 2025

A 25th(ish) Anniversary Oral History of Mitch Hedberg’s Never-Released Movie

The Minnesota-shot comedy 'Los Enchiladas!' premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, but never received a proper release. Twenty years after the death of its writer/director/star, that could soon change.

January 15, 2025

Workers at The Athletic, Home to Powerhouse MN Sportswriters, Move to Unionize

Plus the homelessness crisis, the creator of the MN-shaped forest, and big changes for MPD in today's Flyover news roundup.

January 6, 2025

Walz-Flanagan on the Flanag-outs? Alleged Rift is the ‘Talk of the Capitol.’

Plus new life in Uptown, a chat with Satanists, and a nod for Schell's in today's Flyover news roundup.

December 18, 2024

RacketCast, Ep. 9: Reviewing 2024 feat. ‘Daily Show’ Co-Creator Lizz Winstead

A special bonus episode of our biweekly 'RacketCast'? Believe it.

December 18, 2024