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* The news has been so relentlessly bad lately that I think we need a respite. Statehouse reporter Scott Reeder sent me this earlier today…

Small Newspaper Group statehouse intern Kevin Lee saved the lives of two people over the weekend. While canoeing down rain-swollen Sugar Creek in Indiana’s Turkey Run State Park, he came across a brother and sister whose canoe had capsized and were clinging to a log in The middle of the stream. He jumped into the swift current and pulled the pair to safety. Apparently the girl didn’t know how to swim and her brother was too frightened to act.

* From the the editors of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune comes news that Jeff Meitrodt, a top-notch Statehouse reporter recruited from New Orleans and then abruptly laid off by the Chicago Tribune, has found new employment…

We are pleased to announce that Jeffrey Meitrodt, a hard-charging journalist with a long track record of exemplary investigative work, will become our next Investigations Editor. […]

Jeff is deeply committed to the kind of investigative work that we consider a top priority in the newsroom. He will lead our I-Team projects, supervise our expanding Whistleblower initiative, and help reporters around the newsroom develop investigative stories. He’ll also play a big role bringing our investigative work to life in an ambitious new way online that will be unveiled soon. Projects work by our Health and Business reporters will continue to be led by Kate and Eric Wieffering, respectively.

Jeff will be moving soon to the Twin Cities with his wife and two young daughters from Springfield, Illinois. He will start work in late July.

* Anybody else have any good news out there?

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 2:16 pm

Comments

We have had many Blagojevich-free news days this month!

Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 2:32 pm
How about good news instead of not bad news?

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 2:34 pm
Expect a big summer sale coming up on Tollhouse Cookie dough!

Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 2:36 pm
It’s Father’s Day weekend. While it seems that news stories frequently focus on the lack of fathers in many kids’ lives, the good news is that countless men are living up to the term ‘father’ every day. Here’s to all the great dads out there - you are often underappreciated for what you do. Happy Father’s Day.

Comment by Some good news Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 2:45 pm
I saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico

Comment by John Bambenek Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 2:59 pm
My family is happy and healthy. Looking forward to father’s day.

Comment by siriusly Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 2:59 pm
Switching to Geico is so easy, even a Celebrity could do it.

Comment by siriusly Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 3:00 pm
cubs beat the sox yesterday

Comment by friday Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 3:05 pm
The Taste of Randolph festival is this weekend in the West Loop. Tomorrow night’s line-up includes Tinted Windows (a power-pop supergroup including Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick and James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins) and 90s curiosity Urge Overkill (”Sister Havana”). Could be fun if weather cooperates.

Comment by Anon Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 3:06 pm
friday, I specifically asked for “good” news.

lol

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 3:08 pm
3.5 weeks until the Bears open training camp with a quarterback who can reportedly stand upright, throw the ball downfield, hold onto the ball and not throw complete passes to the other team in the 4th quarter.

Comment by Shore Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 3:13 pm
how about they’ll probably lose tomorrow?

Comment by friday Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 3:15 pm
My kids tend to take after my wife, that’s good news for me and society as a whole.

Comment by OneMan Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 3:28 pm
Son, Dau-in-law and 3 grandkids coming for the week. Chaos, disorder, wailing…and I’ll miss it 5 minutes after they’re gone.

Comment by You Go Boy Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 3:53 pm
Roland Burris is running for (re) Election … good news or not it will make for same very funny times in the days, weeks and months ahead!

Comment by WOW Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 4:11 pm
Car shows all weekend long and we’re hoping for more trophies for the ‘32 Ford Truck.

Comment by Little Egypt Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 4:17 pm
We are FINALLY going to have a nice weekend.

Comment by It's Just Me Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 6:56 pm
With the cooler weather we’ve having, I can still afford to power up my laptop and read CapFax!

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 19, 09 @ 10:44 pm
Congrats and best wishes to Jeff Meitrodt. He did first rate work in the brief time he covered state government for the Tribune. His new job is great news for him and readers in Minnesota and a loss for those in Illinois.

Comment by Dana Heupel Saturday, Jun 20, 09 @ 6:45 am
Beautiful weather with clear skies and low humidity in the Quad Cities this weekend …
the historic bluffs along the Mississippi river, the bike trail along the Mississippi River, the rich array of live music, the diverse restaurants (Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Burmese, etc.) — all make the Quads the place to be this Father’s Day Weekend!

Comment by There you go again Saturday, Jun 20, 09 @ 10:57 am
Rumor has it that Lisa will be running for US Senate after talking with Barack out in Washington. I guess that would qualify as “good news” no matter how you view Lisa. GOP will now be happy since they have a decent shot at Governor of Illinois. Democrats (and Obama) will be happy since she will be a “slam-dunk” to win that US Senate seat. Holy cow! Everybody is happy (except Alexi)! That will be a first.

Comment by John Doe Monday, Jun 22, 09 @ 7:13 am