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Nearly 70% of readers appear to favor policing reform to mitigate excessive use of force
Following the death of George Floyd, an outpouring of protests resulted in proposed police reform measures. These reform elements were singled out by readers.
June 17, 2020
Channel 19
Resource for local curfews and road closures, and a piece of beauty in an unexpected place
If you can avoid a crowd's venture into an interstate, take every available opportunity: resources for timely info here. And: A KW at the end of the rainbow.
June 1, 2020
Business
Reefer rates continue ticking up ahead of holiday
Demand for reefer and van capacity is building with the calendar year drawing to a close. In marked contrast to the previous week, the number of available loads jumped 6.7 percent overall, while the number of trucks fell 2.2 percent last week — rates could be expected to move up accordingly with such a demand boost.
November 21, 2018
Channel 19
Spot market UP-date, weekend edition: Good news for a change
The weekly demand charts from DAT came in a smidge later than usual this week, so I thought I’d host them here on the blog this time around. Data is for the week prior to Labor Day, and the good news is that volume and load-to-truck ratios rose on the spot market and rates followed, especially […]
September 10, 2016
Business
Top drivers to square off
The 75th anniversary 2012 National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships, hosted by American Trucking Associations, will be held August 7-11 in Minneapolis, Minn., at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
August 2, 2012
Channel 19
Operators pitch in to foil suicide attempt, take two
It was truckers to the rescue again Monday in Minneapolis as a suicidal man stood poised to jump, hanging onto nothing more than the outside of a chain-link fence at the edge of a 25-foot-high bridge over I-94. A trooper on the scene, Carl Hoffman, took a page from the Tuscaloosa, Ala., police’s handbook and […]
April 18, 2012
Channel 19
Meet owner-operator of the year Larry Severson
Leased to Dart Transit since the late 1970s, Truckload Carriers Association/Overdrive Independent Contractor of the Year Larry Severson’s longevity with the company beats that of even some of the Oren-family management. Dan Oren, grandson of the company’s founder and one of three brothers who continue to be active participants among the company’s family ownership, remembers […]
March 25, 2012
Channel 19
Koch & Sons driver’s adventure at Minn. driving championships
Driver John Borman and I haven’t met in person, but via the monthly photo contests I help host for Truckers News and, before that, our monthly featured photo from the magazine’s Flickr.com photo-sharing group, I’ve become well-acquainted with Borman as not only a great photographer but a consummate professional. When he asked if I’d be […]
August 12, 2011
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