As we begin the Labor Day weekend, the signs of summer coming to an end are all around.

Most students are back to school already. College football has already started with Thursday night games. Many travelers are getting in a last trip (and hopefully the radios will be working at all airports). Plus, many folks will be hitting the beach for the last time, all before the summer of 2025 takes its last bow.

Our apologies, we’ve been a little off our normal publishing schedule this week. The last two days have been occupied with following the local news coverage here in Minneapolis of the tragic story at the Annunciation Church and School, where students were in a Wednesday morning service having just begun their new school year, when the unthinkable occurred.

It is a story that no one wants to have to report on.

But we have seen all of the local television newsrooms here in the Twin Cities do some outstanding work with covering the story. One that has unfortunately played out in too many locations around our country. We have some observations on what we have seen across the past 48 hours, and we will share them here next week, when we return after the holiday.

Here’s hoping you have an opportunity to enjoy the weekend in some fashion. Do make it a good one.