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Increase in Pedestrian Deaths: Yield for People in Crosswalks!

The Minneapolis Tribune reported that pedestrian deaths are on the rise: “It is distressing to see such an increase in pedestrian deaths,” Donna Berger, director of the DPS Office of Traffic Safety, said in a statement.

By Mike Bryant

/ 5 Jan 2018

No DUI’s this WEEK in St Cloud

Let’s have no DUIs in St Cloud this week.

By Mike Bryant

/ 1 Jan 2018

2018 New Years Resolutions: Stop Drinking And Driving!

As highway death statistics in Minnesota rise, there is a greater concern for alcohol related crashes.

By Mike Bryant

/ 31 Dec 2017

What You Were Reading In 2017 At The St Cloud Legal Examiner

This year has been a good one. I did take a couple of months off from writing, but am back. There were a couple of trials that were taking up a lot of my time. We thank everyone, who took the time to read any…

By Mike Bryant

/ 29 Dec 2017

College Bowl Game: Don’t Add Drinking And Driving

There is no doubt that Jon Lewis, Brandon Smith, and Matthew Sill, from here at the Legal Examiner, will be cheering on their local teams in the college playoffs. Locally, we will not be watching the Gophers this year.

By Mike Bryant

/ 27 Dec 2017

Thoughts of Family Christmas Joys

Being a product of divorced parents I had the opportunity growing up seeing Christmas arrive in two separate parts of the country. With my Mom, Christmas in Rhode Island was lobster dinner at my God Mothers, midnight mass and opening of the first presents sometime around 1:30…

By Mike Bryant

/ 25 Dec 2017

3 Names Added to St. John’s Abbey List of Sexual Abusers

This past week St. John’s Abbey released a list adding 3 Monks accused of sexually abusing minors. Father Augustine Strub Father Hugo John “Augustine” Strub, OSB was born on March 7, 1921, Father Strub entered the monastic community of St. John’s professing simple vows on July 11,…

By Mike Bryant

/ 2 Oct 2017

17 Cases Settled, 3 Names Added to St. John’s Abbey List of Sexual Abusers

News Release: 17 Cases Settled, 3 Names Added to St. John’s Abbey List of Sexual Abusers St. John’s Abbey settles 17 more sex abuse cases, 3 never before disclosed names added to its list of abusers Newly identified abusers, Fr. Strub, Fr. Kelly and…

By Mike Bryant

/ 1 Oct 2017

Understanding the Fourth of July

It’s Independence Day. It was always one of the greatest days growing up back in Rhode Island. There was a 3-4 hour parade, clam bakes and fireworks that night. The whole town of Bristol was electric as people returned home and there were parties everywhere. It was…

By Mike Bryant

/ 4 Jul 2017

Constitution? States Rights? Right to Contract? Crazy Ideas H.R. 1215

Those odd Republicans in Washington are at it again, contradicting their core values. This new Medical Malpractice bill (HR 1215) pretends to “reduce healthcare costs” by 1) capping damages in medical malpractice cases, 2) capping attorney fees, and 3) doing it with a federal law.…

By Mike Bryant

/ 22 Jun 2017

Startling Look at Cost of Child Abuse

A recent Centers for Disease Control and Protection(CDC) study, The Economic Burden of Child Maltreatment in the United States and Implications for Prevention, was both interesting and frightening. The CDC states that … the total lifetime estimated financial costs associated with just one year of

By Mike Bryant

/ 19 Jun 2017

Crosier Order Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Framework Established for $25.5m Agreement with Abuse Survivors

News Release June 1, 2017 Crosier Fathers & Brothers File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Sexual abuse survivors, Crosiers have framework for $25.5 million agreement (Minneapolis, MN) – Today, the Crosier Fathers & Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in United States Bankruptcy Court,…

By Mike Bryant

/ 5 Jun 2017