Porky’s Withdrawal and Morning Roundup

Republicans in the legislature are fighting passionately to “water down Minnesota’s wild rice pollution rules,” writes the Strib, the as-of-yet theoretical Steel Toe Brewing has turned to Kickstarter for support, a Bill Ward look at “beer geeks” featuring a glossary, a story on an 11th-hour bid to save Porky’s drive-in features my 2011 Comment of the Year (“WE R TRYING 2 SAVE PORKY’S IT A LANDMARK IF U DO LIKE PORKY’S MOVE OUT OF MN”), could the newly minted Sorpanos Italian restaurant possibly be “worse than Olive Garden?” a local interview with Greg Koch of Stone Brewing, a eulogy for Porky’s, and some gorgeous photos from a local home brewing session.